PLATE XLIX. 



Frill or Scallop. liutcJiins Dorset, p. 77. 



Pecten Maximus. Great. Penn. Br. Zool. No. 61. tab. 50. fig. 61, 



Pecten. Maximus inaequivalvis, costis circiter quatuordecim rotun- 



datis, & admodirm crassis. Vulgaris, the common 



scallop. Ba Costa Br. Conch, p. 140. tab. 9. 



fg. 3. 3. 



The large Escallop is found on most of the coasts of Great Britain 

 and Ireland, particularly on those of Portland and Purbeck in Dorset- 

 shire. — The fish is eaten and much esteemed. 



It is said by modern, as well as antient authors, that Escallops will 

 move so strongly as to leap out of the catcher wherein they are 

 taken : their way of leaping or raising themselves up, is by forcing 

 the under valve against whatever they lie upon. 



