ALLICE SHAD. 189 



head, and placed one diameter and a half from the end of the 

 nose ; mucous vessels of the gill-covers beautifully distri- 

 buted ; the nape and shoulders rise suddenly ; the greatest 

 depth of the body just before the ventral fin ; scales of the 

 body rather large, nearly circular, and thin ; no distinct la- 

 teral line ; abdominal edge strongly serrated, particularly 

 behind the ventral fins. The colours very similar to those 

 of the Twaite Shad, with a single dusky patch behind the 

 operculum, sometimes scarcely visible. 



Figure 1 of plate III. in Dr. Fleming's Philosophy of 

 Zoology is a representation of the Allice Shad. 



Intending to make the fishing-boats of several countries 

 the subjects of some of the vignettes, that at page ISO repre- 

 sents a Dutch boat : the vignette below is a representation of 

 a French fishing-boat. 



