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(h.) Half-armed Stickleback, Yarr. 

 {c.) Smooth-tailed Stickleback, Yarr. 

 (d.) Four-spined Stickleback, Yarr. 



Dr Parnell, in May 1836, took two specimens of the last in the 

 pools left by the tide on Yarrow-haugh, Berwick ; and he is of 

 opinion that it is different from the four-spined Stickleback of 

 Yarrell, but the only difference I can perceive is, that the 2d ray 

 of the dorsal fin is shorter than the 1st or 3d, while in YarrelFs 

 they appear to be nearly all of the same size. Dr P. agrees with 

 those authors who consider all the varieties as properly constitut- 

 ing distinct species ; but becaubC they are to be always met with 

 in the same pools, living and mixing freely together, and because 

 it is not seldom difficult to refer a specimen to its supposed species, 

 from an obscurity or commixture of characters, I have preferred 

 following the example of Mr Jenyns, in his Manual of our Native 

 Vertebrate Animals. 



13. GrASTEROSTEUS spiNAOHiA, Zttin. Fiftecu-spined Stickleback, Fenn. 



Of not uncommon occurrence in the Tweed, at its mouth, and 

 occasionally taken in the bay. I have had this fish brought me 

 as the young of the Sturgeon ! 



14. Spabus aueata, Zmn. Gilt-head, Yarr. Eare. A specimen 

 occasionally taken, during the summer, at the mouth of the Tweed. 



15. Sparus centrodontus, Jenyns. The Sea-Bream, Yarr. Not un- 

 common. 



16. Brama RAii, Ctw. Toothed Gilt-head, Fenn. Eay's Bream, Yarr. 

 Eare. I have seen two specimens only cast on shore after a storm; 

 and the Eev. Mr Baird has seen another, which had suffered a 

 similar wreck, on the shore below Cockburnspath. 



17. Scomber scomber, Finn. The Mackerel, Yarr. Common. 



18. Caranx trachurus, Cuv. The Scad, or Horse-Mackerel, Yarr. 



Of occasional occurrence during the herring season. 



19. Zeus faeer, Finn. The Dory, Yarr. Eare. 



20. MuGiL CHELO, Cuv. The Thick-lipped Grey Mxillet, Yarr. The 



Mullet, Frov. Of frequent occurrence in the bay in autumn, 



21. Blennius phoeis, Lhm. The Shanny, Yarr. Common, lurking 

 under stones between tide marks. 



22. Blennius yarrellii, Valenc. B. Palmicornis, Jemjns. The 

 Crested Blenny, Yarr. Very rare. In pools between tide marks. 

 My specimen was taken on January 27. 1833. 



23. Blennius gunnelltjS, Xwm. Spotted Blenny, Peww. The Spotted 

 Gunnel or Butterfish, Yarr. Common under stones between tide 

 marks. 



24. ZoARCES viviPARus, Cuv. The Viviparous Blenny, Yarr. Barber 

 Eel, Frov. Frequent, especially in the river near its mouth. 



