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floods of Autumn, and go to sea; probably they after- 
wards remain on the shore, for they are found inhabiting 
the sands and mud between high and low water mark. 
The CongER on our coast isabundant, but seldom large. 
It was considered by distinguished naturalists not twenty 
years ago, specifically the same as the common Eel, changed 
in size and color by living constantly in the sea ; but it is 
now well known that specific differences are striking and 
numerous ; above all, that the Conger has thirty vertebr& 
more than the Eel. Both are now known to be oviparous, 
and not viviparous, as until lately believed. 
ANGLESEY MoRrrISs. This curious and rare little fish 
has been often brought to me from Stolford in summer. 
The late Mr. Anstice met with two specimens taken in 
the Parret, which he sent to Col. Montagu, and an account 
of them was published in the Wernerian Transactions. 
BEARDLESS OPHIDIUM. One specimen only has come 
to my hands, which was taken at Stolford, in September 
1838, and I sent it to Mr. Yarrell, with two of the last 
named species, who wrote to me as follows : “I have your 
obliging letter and box with the interesting contents, —the 
two examples of the Anglesea Morris and the Beardless 
Ophidium, which I had never seen before, and as there is 
an example of a Bearded Ophidium in the British Museum, 
I shall be able to do well with this genus, in the second 
edition of British Fishes.” 
Sanp EELS are found in the mud and sand between 
high and low water at Stolford, but not in great numbers. 
The PırE FısHEs are found as curiosities; the Great 
Pipe Fish is most frequently taken. 
The OsLong Sun FısH has occurred in the Bristol 
Channel off our coast. One was washed ashore at Swansea, 
in 1843, which weighed 180 Ibs. 
