taken off the coast of Northumberland. 17 
Cornish specimen of G. Hawkenii. The Banksian figure, though 
possessing a good general resemblance to a Gymnetrus, differs so 
widely from the figure we have been favoured with by Mr.Couch, 
that we believe neither of them to have been a copy of the other, 
and the differences in the measurements that accompany the 
figures are such as to strengthen this belief; the length of the 
Banilesiaiis specimen is said ‘al be 8 ft. 10 in., Mr. Goucis 82 ft. 
The depth of the former is 10 in., of the ‘latter 104 in.; the 
thickness of the former 2+ in., of the latter 23 Sin. These dis- 
crepancies could scarcely have arisen from errors of copying, but 
are more likely to be the result of examinations by different ob- 
servers. It would therefore appear that there must either have 
been more than one fish caught on the Cornish coast, or else that 
different drawings and descriptions have been made of the same 
specimen. 
The figure in the pamphlet does not appear to us materially 
to elucidate the species of the Cornish fish ; indeed the details 
both of the figures and descriptions are so imperfect that they 
may quite as readily be taken for the G. Gladius as for the 
G. Banksii; the spotting of Mr. Chirgwin’s drawing brings 
strongly to mind the markings of the G. Gladius. 
We are glad to be able, from a letter of Mr. Yarrell in the 
above pamphlet, to add to the list of specimens now put on record 
one which was cast on shore alive at the village of Crovie near 
Macduff, after a severe north-easterly gale in March 1844. It 
is thus described :—“ Length without the tail, which was want- 
ing, 12 ft., greatest depth 12 in., greatest thickness 23 im. The 
dorsal fin was 2} in. in height, and extended to the back of the 
head to a point near the fail: Rays in the dorsal fin apart from 
its anterior elongation on the head 264. Filaments rising from 
the head 15 ; the longest measuring 27 inches. They were con- 
nected at the base by a thin membrane similar in consistency to 
that which connects the rays of the dorsal fin, and are evidently 
a continuation of that fin. The pectoral fin is 23 in. long, the 
rays 12in. The ventrals consisted of two filaments 3 ft. in length. 
They were fringed with a thin membrane on two sides, and had 
evidently been broken. The head was 9 in. long from the point 
of the lower jaw to the end of the operculum. The whole body 
was covered with a delicate silvery white membrane, under which 
appeared a series of tuberculated and smooth bands extending 
over the whole length of the body ; twelve of these bands occu- 
pied the space above the lateral line. When the fish was in a 
fresh state these bands did not appear distinctly, but when the 
skin was taken off they appeared distinct enough. Behind the pec- 
toral fins appeared a few narrow dark bands extending across the 
fish ; these were quite distinct when the fish was in a fresh state, 
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