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the tideway near Norwich, and I ho^De in the course of 

 next s^n-ing to be able to make some experiments in 

 hatching their eggs artiiically. The eggs are of a 

 yellowish colour, but smaller than salmon eggs. 



ARGENTINE. 



(Scopelus horeaVis. Scopehis pcnnantii.) 



This fish appears to be limited to the northern portion 

 of the Atlantic. No instance is recorded on the coasts 



AKGENTINE, 



of Devon or Cornwall. It has been obtained in the 

 Orkneys, Wick (Sutherlandshire), and Banff. They are 

 generally found in the cold months of the year thrown 

 ashore, entangled by sea-weed in stormy weather. It 

 is a very small fish, measuring about two inches in 

 length, and half an inch at its greatest depth. There 

 is an able paper on the argentine by D. W. B. Clarke, 

 in the Marjazine of Xatural History, p. 32, January, 

 1838. 



