POLLACK. 147 



occasionally appeared that for some weeks together 

 it was impossible to dip a pail into the sea without 

 taking several. 



The varieties as to colour which this fish some- 

 times exhibits are different shades of brown rather 

 than black ; but in all the lateral line is invariably 

 white, which therefore forms a good specific mark. 

 Though the Coal-fish, in general, in its full grown 

 state is but little esteemed as a food, yet it is 

 frequently salted and dried for sale, in the manner 

 of the Cod and others of this genus. 



POLLACK. 



Gadus Pollachius. G. subargenteus, dorso pinnisque fusds, 

 maxilla inferiore longiore, linea laterali curva nigra. 



Subargenteous Gadus, with dusky back and fins, lower jaw 

 longer than upper, and curved, black lateral line. 



Gadus Pollachius. G. maxilla inferiore longiore, linea laterali 

 curva. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel p. 1169. Block, pi. 68. 



Pollack. Penn. Brit. Zool. 3. 



" This species (says Mr. Pennant) is common 

 on many of our rocky coasts : during the summer 

 they are seen in great shoals, frolicking on the 

 surface of the water, and flinging themselves into a 

 thousand forms : they are at this time so wanton as 

 to bite at any thing that appears on the top of the 

 waves, and are often taken with a goose's feather 

 fixed to a hook : they are a very strong fish, being 

 .observed to keep their station at the feet of the 



