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17. The Whiting (rj, a foft, but well tailed fim, is lefs plentiful 

 than the Haddock. There are two {mall bones in the head much 

 ufcd in making artificial flowers, and their pendulous narrow 

 foliage. 



18. Whiting-Pout (s) is often taken. It is lefs efteemed than 

 the whiting. It is a fhort, broad fifh, rarely growing longer than 

 nine inches, or broader than three. 



19. The Coal-Fi/h (t) is taken plentifully near the fea- rocks. It 

 is nearly of the fhape and fize of a Whiting, a dufky yellow on a 

 black ground, in an elegant variegation ; the mouth large, and 

 armed with numerous white teeth j .the lateral line ftraight, 

 very broad, and white. 



20. The Whiting-Pollack fu) is taken in abundance with the for- 

 mer, from eight to thirteen inches ; the mouth alfo large, and 



minor. Scsntf. Icth. p, 18. Tertia Afellorum fpecies. Rand., de Pifc. i. p. 277. Gadus 

 cirratus albicans, maxilla fuperiore longiore, cauda fub-bifido. Artedi. Spec. 64. Linn. 

 iF aun. Suec. p. in. n. 297* HADDOCK. ST. PETER'S FISH. Dale. Hariv. p. 428. n. 5.. 



(>) Afellus minor & mollis. Cbarlet. Pifc. p. 3. n. 2. Afellus mollis major f. albus. Will. 

 fife. p. 170. Raj. Syn. Pifc. p. 55. Afellus candidus. Scbonf. Icth. p. 17. Gadus dorfo 

 tripterygio, ore imberbi, corpore albo, .maxilla fuperiore longiore. Artedi. gen. 19. Syn. 

 34. Sp. 62. Linn. Fa.un. Suec. p. no. n. 294. 



(s)^ Afellus barbatus. Cbarlet. Pifc. p. 3. n. 5. Afellus mollis latus. Will. P,fc. App. 

 p. 22. t. L. mem. i. n. 4. Raj. Syn. Pifc. p. 55. WHITING-POUT. Dale. Hanu. 

 p. 428. n. 4. 



(t) Afcllus niger f. mollis nigricans. Charkt. Pifc. p. 3. n. 3. A POLLOCK. Cornub. 

 COAL-SAY. Nortbumb. CoAi-Fisn. COAL-WHITING. Cbarlet. 1. c. 



(u) Afellus virefcens. Sconf. Icth. p. 20. Raj. Syn. Pifc. p. 53. Gadus dorfo triptery- 

 gio, ore imherbi, dorfo virefcente. Linn. Faun. Suec. p. in. n. 296. WniTiNG-PoL- 

 . Dale. Harw.p.^zS. n. j. ROCK POOLER. N'orthumbr. 



armed 



