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foreign substance was placed, and within a week they had become 

 pale grey, with some scattered brown spots. 



Solea lascaris. — Seems to be rare on the Irish coasts ; it has 

 never occurred personally to either Mr. More or myself. 



Solea mriegata. — I may remark that in Thompson's specimen, 

 obtained in Belfast Lough, 18th June, 1838, the rays of the D. and 

 A. fins are in both cases less than the number given by Day, being 

 only 63 and 49. In the Ann. ^ Mag. of Nat. Eist., vol. vi., 

 p. 405, Professor M'Coy states that this species is found in toler- 

 able abundance off Dublin Bay, between the Kish lightship and 

 the harbour. 



Solea lutea. — The first example preserved, though not recorded 

 at the time, seems to have been Ball's, from Youghal, county Cork, 

 taken in October, 1834 or '35 ; (2) Three taken by Thompson and 

 Hyndman off Dundrum, county Down, 23rd August, 1836 ; (3) 

 Four by Hyndman in Belfast Lough, 18th June, 1838 ; (4) By 

 M'Calla, off Dublin Bay and coast of Down, in or prior to 1840 ; 



(5) A few off Bundoran, Donegal Bay, by Thompson, July, 1840 ; 



(6) By M'Coy, along with the last species (which see) ; (7) Off the 

 Dublin coast by Ball, no date given. The largest Irish specimen 

 recorded measured 41 in., and two examined by Thompson had 

 76 rays in the D. and 58 and 59 in the A. fins, respectively, these 

 numbers exceeding the maximum given by Dr. Day. 



Salmo salar. — In the Foyle tributaries the fry of all the Salmoni- 

 dse, before putting on the migratory dress, are known as "jinkins." 

 After the anadromous forms have assumed the silvery dress, simply 

 as " fry." During the season of 1884, the fisheries in the Foyle 

 above Londonderry were exceptionally poor, a fact which was par- 

 tially attributed to artillery practice having taken place in that 

 city at the time when the main body of fish were running up the 

 river. In the summer of 1876 I saw a curiously deformed salmon 

 taken at Portrush, which, owing to spinal disease, had the back so 

 much humped that its girth in front of the rayed dorsal was exactly 

 the same — 19 inches— as its total length. During February and 

 March numbers of small dark-coloured fish ^ run up the Burnden- 



1 Owing to the date of their appearance, I have never been able to obtain a speci- 

 men for examination ; but it is possible that these may be a barren variety, similar to 

 those observed in the Ehine by Barf urth. 



