18 Mr. J. Blackwall’s Ornithological Notes. 
but the skin does not retain a trace of them. The dorsal fin had 
an orange tinge, and the lateral line extended along the lower 
third of the body. The distance of the vent from the end of the 
operculum was 46 inches.” 
We agree at once with Mr. Yarrell in pronouncing this to be 
the same species as the Cullercoats fish, and it is confirmatory of 
our opinion that the crest was really a continuation of the dorsal 
fin. This Scotch specimen, like the English ones, was caught m 
the spring, and makes the eighth British example of this fish, 
which is therefore not so extremely rare as has been supposed. 
We observe that in the last Number of the ‘ Annals’ Professor 
J. Reid of St. Audrews has given a highly imteresting description 
of what he believes to be the first British example of the Deal 
fish, and we take the present opportunity of stating that in the 
Newcastle Museum there is a specimen which was taken at New- 
biggen on the Northumberland coast, June 18th, 1844. This 
specimen is 5 ft. 5 in. long, and has 1 ft. maximum depth. The 
body was of a silvery gray, the dorsal fin and tail red. 
EXPLANATION .OF PLATES I. ann II. 
Piate |. 
Fig. 1. Anterior portion of Gymnetrus Banksii, the jaws being slightly pro- 
truded ; the dotted lines on the crest and ventral processes repre- 
sent these parts as they are believed to have been originally, the 
continuous lines represent them as they were seen by us. 
Fig. 2. Outline of section of body at part of greatest thickness, showing the 
relative depth and thickness. 
Fig. 3. Outline of section of ditto, showing ditto ditto at 3 or 4 in. from tail. 
Fig. 4. Two of the radiated scale-like bodies from the silvery matter of the 
skin. 
Fig. 5. Different forms of blood-globules, some shown on edge. 
Puare II. 
Fig. 1. Side view of G. Banksii in outline. 
Fig. 2. Side view of ditto, abdomen laid open, showing the viscera in situ : 
a, esophagus ; ¢c, cxcal prolongation of stomach; e, pancreatic 
czeca covering duodenum; f, intestine; g, anus; 2, liver; J, ova- 
ria; m, ureter. 
Fig. 3. Plan of viscera removed from body: a, cesophagus; b, stomach ; 
ec, stomachic cecum ; d, pylorus; e, pancreatic ceca surrounding 
duodenum; f, intestine; g, anus; /, spleen; 2, liver; J, gall-blad- 
der; £, ductus communis choledochus; /, ovaria; m, ureter ; 7, ve- 
sical dilatation of ditto; 0, kidney ; p, supra-renal bodies. 
I].— Ornithological Notes. By Joun Buackwau1, F.L.S. 
[Continued from vol. xix. p. 379. ] 
Tue Great Gray Surike, Lanius excubitor. 
REMARKABLE for the boldness and fierceness of its disposition, 
this species of shrike is sometimes troublesome to birdcatchers 
