Ogilby — On some Irish Fishes. 533 



that this species and 8. acus are " by far the most common pipe- 

 fish" on the Irish coast ; for, according to my experience, N. cequO' 

 reus outnumbers the two together by two to one, at least. 



Tetrodon lagocephalus. — For " Tranmore," read " Tramore." 



Orthagoriscus niola is uncertain in its visits to the north coast. 

 Occasionally it appears to be common, as in 1876 ; but from that 

 date till 1879 — when I left Portrush — I did not see a single one. 

 During the summer of 1876 one over 5 ft. long was caught in the 

 salmon nets. 



Acipenser sturio. — About a dozen are got annually in the 

 salmon nets of the Foyle estuary. The largest which my informant 

 (Mr. Wm. Donaghy, of Dunnalong) remembers to have seen 

 measured 9 ft. 2 in., and was sent by the Fishery Company to 

 London for use at the Queen's coronation dinner. 



Carcharias glaucus. — For " Nymph brand," read " Nymph 

 bank " — this is oif the coast of Waterford. I am afraid that Mr. 

 Blake Knox has overstated its abundance in Dublin Bay (see 

 Zoologist, 1866, p. 509). 



Galeus vulgaris. — Locally " famrie " on north coast. 



Alopias vulpes. — That this species is " often very common in 

 Dublin Bay," as stated by Mr. Blake Knox, cannot but be 

 erroneous. That no specimen has ever been captured there, and 

 no competent icthyologist ever recorded it from so thoroughly well- 

 known a locality, speaks for itself. 



8cy Ilium, canicula is commonly eaten by. the poorer classes 

 about Portrush, and esteemed superior to the piked dog, which is 

 also largely consumed. It is equally common in summer and 

 winter, and feeds quite as much by day as by night. 



Acanthias vulgaris. — I can quite vouch for the boldness of this 

 horrid fish ; many a time I have amused myself, while my fisher- 

 man was hauling the deep-sea lines, by gaffing the " goboys " as 

 they swam round the boat, in readiness to seize anything which 

 might fall off the hook while coming up ; and more than once I 

 have seen the whole pack, perhaps as many as a score, start like 

 hounds after a ling or cod which had managed to struggle clear of 

 the hook. There is no doubt that the wound caused by the dorsal 

 spines is excessively painful, and frequently suppurates ; but per- 

 haps the continual wetting with salt water may induce, or at least 



