194 RIBAND-SHAPED. 



size from one to six feet, were driven on shore by bad 

 weather. 



Olafsen, in his Voyage to Iceland, states that this fish is 

 rare even in Iceland : it seems to approach the shore at flood- 

 tide, in those places where the bottom is sandy and the 

 shore not steep, and where it remains till left dry. The 

 inhabitants, he adds, consider the fish as poisonous, because 

 the ravens will not eat it. 



To assist observers in identifying this species, the repre- 

 sentation at the head of this article is, reduced in size, from 

 the figure in the Magazine of Natural History, which contains 

 Dr. Fleming's paper at length, parts only of which are here 

 extracted. To this is added, as a vignette, an outline of 

 the fish, and the form of the lateral spine, from Schneider. 



A good figure of this species is still wanting. 



