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COLYMBID/E, PlICENICOPTERIDiE, PlATALEID^, Tmi- 



tahis, CicONiiDiE (excei)t LeptojHilus), Serjoentarius, 

 Pernid^e. 



D. Coverts showing distal overlap over nearly the whole outer 

 surface of the wing. Leptoptilus (Fig. 21), all the 

 CATHART^ (Fig. 22), Pelecanus, Fregata, Sula (Fig. 

 23), Flotus (Fig. 24), Procellariid^. 



XXX. On the Occurrence of the Anchovy (Engraiilis en- 

 crasicliolus) in Scottish Waters. By Professor J. Cossak 

 EwAUT, M.D., F.E.S.E. 



(Read 19th Marcli 1890.) 



Professor Ewart reported the occurrence of Anchovies in 

 December last in the Moray Firth, and exhibited several 

 specimens. A considerable number were captured off Troup 

 Head by the Buckie herring fishermen about the end of 

 December, and it was said that with fine meshed nets a large 

 number would have been taken. A few were also captured 

 near the mouth of the Forth about the end of January by 

 herring fishermen.^ 



There is only one record of the existence of Anchovies in 

 Scottish waters in former years. In Day's "British Fishes" 

 (vol. ii.; p. 207) it is mentioned that Mr Peach had taken 

 Anchovies from herring nets off Wick. During the present 

 winter Anchovies have been especially abundant off the 

 south coast of England, and they are said to have been 

 found on both the east and west coasts in larger or smaller 

 numbers. 



^ In the end of May 1890 Mr R. Service, Dumfries, informed the Society's 

 secretary that Anchovies were then abundant in the Solway, and forwarded 

 a specimen captured by a shrimp trawl on the 30th of that month. On 18th 

 June Professor Ewart received another taken in Loch Striven (Clyde) 



