THE FAUNA OF LlVEKl'UOL. 



Order URODELA. 



Family SALAMANDKAD.E. 

 Genm TEITON. 

 Triton Ckistatus. (Jommon Warty Newt. Gn.at Water Newt. 



Frequentlj' found iii the roads after rain. In ponds, ditches, and under stones. 



Genus LISSOTRITON. 

 LissoTRiTON PuNCTATUs. Commoii Smooth Newt. Small Newt. Eft, 

 or Evet. 

 In ponds and ditches ; often abundant. 

 LissoTitiTON Palmipes. Paliuatecl Smooth Newt. 



Three fine specimens of this rare reptile, caught by my children in a clear 

 shallow stream at Upton, in 1851, lived for three months in a glass jar, 

 amongst " Vallisueria Spiralis." 



Class 4— PISCES. 



Order ACANTHOPTERYGIl. 



Family PERCID.E. 

 Genm PERCA. 

 Perca Fldviatilis. The Perch. 

 In ponds and streams generally. 



Genui L.\BRAX. 



Ijabrax Lupus. The Basse. Sea Perch. 



In the Dee and round tlie neighbouring coast. 



Genus ACEEINA. 

 AcERiNA Vulgaris. The Ruffe, or Pope. 



Caught in the Dee above Chester. — Mr. Brockholes. Streams in Lancashire 

 which run into the Mersey. — Mr. N. Cooke. 



Genus TRACHINUS. 

 Tr.ACiiiNus Draco. Great Weever. Sting-bull. 



I have seen a dried specimen hanging in a cottage at Hoylake, but it is not 

 certain that it was taken within our district. 

 Traciiinus Vipera. Lesser Weever. Otter Pike. Sting-flsh. 



This fish is noted for the mischievous effects to the fishermen which follow 

 punctures inflicted by spines which arise from their dorsal fins and 

 opercula. In volume V. of the Proceedings of the Literary and Pliilosophical 

 Society, I have endeavoured to describe a true poison apparatus wldch is 

 lodged in grooves of the spines. Severe pain, often continued for three or 

 four hours, always follows wounds, and in some instances deep seated suppu- 

 ration takes place, leaving the hand or fingers permanently crippled. 

 Having urg ;d upon the fishoi-men the practice of tying a tight bgaturo above 

 the seat of punctures and sucldng the wounds, which is now generally 

 followed, tlio usual serious effects are loss fre(|ucntly seen. 

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