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VAR. 



THE variety described in the eleventh volume of 

 the Naturalist's Miscellany was of a whitish colour, 

 with a dusky blueish tinge on the back : the whole 

 body variegated with irregular orange-red spots and 

 streaks, those about the gill-covers and abdomen 

 flexuous : all the fins red ; spotted and streaked 

 with blue. 



VARYING LABRUS. 



Labrus Turdus. L. viridis, albo, luteo, vel rubro variatus. 

 Green Labrus, with white, yellow, or red variegations. 

 Labrus Turdus. Lin. Gmel. Turdus viridis major. Will. p. 

 322. ? 



LENGTH about ten or twelve inches : front teeth 

 larger than the rest : general colour yellowish green, 

 often varied with white or whitish spots and streaks; 

 and sometimes with orange or red, with the abdo- 

 men silvery. It is said to admit of three principal 

 varieties, viz. 1. yellow, with white spots, accom- 

 panied by some black ones above, and some red 

 streaks on the sides, the abdomen silvery, streaked 

 with red, and the fins red, spotted with white : 2. 

 green, with the pectoral fins yellow, and the ventral 

 blueish : 3. green, above, with gold-coloured spots 

 about the mouth, and the abdomen yellow, with 

 irregular white spots bordered with red; the lateral 

 line being marked by a row of white spots. Native 

 of the Mediterranean. 



