SECOND SUPPLEMENT 



TO THE SECOND VOLUME OP 



THE HISTORY OF BRITISH FISHES. 



A NA OA NTHINI. PLEURONECTIDJ!. 



AXISOMERI. 



THE SAIL-FLUKE. 



Zeugopterus ? velivolans. EDITOR of the Third Ed. of Br. Fishes. 



DR. BAIKIE, writing from the banks of the Niger, re- 

 ferred to Dr. Alex. Dugiiid of Kirkwall for information 

 respecting the very curious habits of this fish, and that 

 gentleman, on being applied to, most kindly sent a sketch 

 made by a friend of his, said to be very correct, from 

 which the above wood-cut has been engraved. He also 

 furnished the following particulars of the history of the 

 fish. This Fluke, he says, is highly prized as an article 

 of food, its flesh being firm and white. It does not take 

 a bait, and he only once saw it caught in a net, but it 

 comes ashore, spontaneously, with its tail erected above 

 the water, like a boat under sail, whence its name. This 

 it does generally in calm weather, and on sandy shores, 

 and the country people residing near such places train 



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