268 FISHES. 



"The following are measurements of one killed at Wick, 

 September 1868, in herring nets: Length, 27 feet; pectorals, 

 7 feet; only one dorsal fin 3 feet high; tail more equally 

 lobed than in the Basking Shark ; teeth small, smooth, slightly 

 curved, and disposed in even rows obliquely across the semi- 

 cylindrical cartilage of the jaws, like a series of spirals. Its 

 liver filled nine barrels. 



" A large fish, apparently with only one dorsal fin, was seen 

 for some time, and fired into, in a gale in the Pentland some 

 years before this. It appeared about 25 feet long. 



" I have seen a fish of the same proportions, but only about 

 9 feet long, without dorsal fin except one, caught since on long 

 lines." 



Family SCYLLID-EI. 



Scyllium canicula (L.). Small-spotted Dogfish, 



Occurs, but not very common. J. G. M.-H. 



" Called by Orcadians ' Da,' the a being pronounced in as far. 

 They sometimes come close into shore, i.e. into 8 feet or less of 

 water. I only see one occasionally." W. Irvine-Fortescue. 



Scyllium stellare (L.). Large-spotted Dogfish, 



Somewhat commoner than the last, but the two species seem 

 to be frequently confounded. 



Family SPINACID.ffi. 



Acanthias vulgaris, Eisso. Picked Dogfish. 

 Ore. = Hoe. Sea Dog. 



Mr. Irvine-Fortescue writes us as follows : 



" Used frequently to fill Scapa Flow and drive all other fish 



