SKATE. 



CHONDROPTERYGII. 



4*1 



RA1IDJE. 



THE SKATE. 



BLUE SKATE, and GREY SKATE, Scotland. 

 TINKER, Lyme Regis. 



Raia batis, LINN^US. BLOCK, pt. iii. pi. 79, female. 



,, ,, La Raie cendrte, CUVIER, Regne An. t. ii. p. 398. 



laEvis sen cinerea, WILLUGHBY, p. 69, C. 5, male. 



batis, The Skate, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 111. 



,, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 171, sp. 24. 



JENYNS, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 510, sp. 199. 



,, ,, ,, COUCH'S MS. 



THIS species, which is frequently called the True Skate, 

 to distinguish it from the Thornback and Homelyn, which 

 are also popularly called Skate, is not so commonly taken 

 as either, but is still better than either as an article of food. 



