of the Fishery Board for Seotleind. 541 



Head of Kinsale.* Mr. W. L. Byrne, who drew my .ittontion to this 

 circumstance, informs me that the fisli sometimes finds it way to the 

 English markets. 



The Opaii or King Fish {Lmnjyris lima, Gmel.). 



A record of the specimens of this species landed at Aberdeen market 

 has been kept for me by Mr. James Robb, with a note of the place where 

 they were stated to have been caught. In June three specimens were 

 caught as follows: — 80 miles N.N.W. from Hoy, Orkney, in 125 fathoms; 

 40 miles N.N.W. from Foula ; 67 miles N. from Noup Head. In July 

 ten were recorded from the following localities :— 90 miles N. by W. 

 from Hoy ; 65 miles N. from Noup Head (three specimens) ; 60 miles 

 N. from Noup Head (two) ; 90 miles N.W. by W. from Hoy ; 45 miles 

 N. by E. from Foula (three specimens). In August one specimen was 

 recorded from 45 miles N. by E. from Foula ; and in September two 

 from 90 miles N.W. by N. from Hoy. They were all taken by line. 



The Angel-Fish {Rhina squatina). 



A male .specimen of this species was taken by a trawler lietween eight 

 and nine miles south-east of Buchan Ness, in January 1902. It 

 measiired 79-5 cm. and weighed 8 lbs. 1 oz. 



MacriiTKS kevis, Lowe. 



Six specimens of this species were captured by the steam-trawler 

 Aberdeenshire at St. Kilda, and landed some days later (3rd September). 

 Tliey measured from 296 to 420 mm., and were not in a very good state 

 of preservation. During the survey of the fishing grounds on the 

 West Coast of Ireland 25 specimens were taken, mostly about 26 to 40 

 miles off Achill Head, Co. Mayo.t 



The White-beaked Dolphin {Delphinus [Lagenorhynchus) 

 albirostris). 



It may be mentioned liere that a young specimen of this species was 

 captured in an otter-trawl at the mouth of Loch Inchard, on the West 

 Coast of Sutherlandshire, in about 40 fathoms, and landecl at Aberdeen. 

 It was alive when brought to deck. It was kindly identified by Pro- 

 fessor Sir William Turner, K.C.B., to whom it was sent, and who 

 described the species as Scottish some years ago. J Other Scottish 

 specimens are referred to by ]\Ir. Hugh Boyd Watt in a recent paper.§ 



*JouniM.n.A., v., 341. 



t Holt and C'alderwood, &■!. Tmns. Roy. Dxhlhi Soc. V. (Scr. II.), 473, 1895. 



i Proc. Roy. Phys. Sac, Ediii., X. p. 14, 1891. 



§ Ann. Scot. A\a. Hist., IX., 244, 1900. 



