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nearly the same total length, which differed most markedly from each other in 

 height. They are shown in the accompanying figures E and F, which are out 

 lined from photographs. We subjoin the dimensions (after preservation in 



Two specimens of Hippoglossoides platessoides taken in Donegal Bay, showing difference in height of body. 



alcohol), and of the others at our disposal, which most nearly approach them 



m size 



* It may be remarked that, in large examples, the upper eye is slightly posterior to the lower one, and 

 not at the same level, as stated in the diagnoses of several authors. 



