340 (YPRIN1DJE. 



ABDOMINAL 



MALACOPTERYG1L CYPR1NJDJE. 



THE WHITE BREAM, OR BREAMFLAT. 



Abramis bliccu, CUVIER, Regne An. t. ii. p. 274. 



tatus 1 GMELIN. JENYNS, Syst. Cat. p. 26, sp. 86. 

 Cyprinus blicca, BLOCK, pt. i. pi. 10. 



IN November 1824, the Rev. Revett Sheppard made 

 a communication to the Linnean Society, of which the 

 following is an extract from the Transactions of that So- 

 ciety, vol. xiv. page 587 : " There exist in the river 

 Trent, in the neighbourhood of Newark, two species or 

 varieties of Bream. The common one, Cyprinus brama, 

 is known there by the name of Carp-Bream, from its yel- 

 low colour, and has been taken of nearly eight pounds 1 

 weight. The other species or variety, which I believe 

 to be nondescript, never exceeds one pound in weight : 

 it is of a silvery hue, and goes by the name of White 

 Bream.' 1 



While investigating the natural history of the county 



