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rickfergus in February, 1836. The chief characters of this species, 

 given in the ' Regne Animal,' and adopted in the 'Manual of the British 

 Vertebrata,' are, " Sa premiere dorsale plus relevee, et son premier 

 rayon tres ^longe, les ventrales deux fois plus longue que la tete," 

 2nd edit., p. 335. In the first character only as here given my spe- 

 cimen agrees, the third ray of its first dorsal fin being considerably 

 the longest, and the ventrals being only one fifth longer than the 

 head. 



* Platessa pola, Cuv. Pole. In Belfast market on the 26th of 

 April last, I procured six individuals of this species. They were 

 from 12 to nearly 15 inches in length, and were taken in a trawl- 

 net near Ardglass, in the county of Down. On the 5th of May I 

 obtained a seventh specimen from the same place. 



* Solea lingula, Rond. Red-backed Sole. In August, 1S36, three 

 small specimens of this fish were captured by Mr. Hyndman and 

 myself, when dredging off Dundrum, county of Down. 



Anguilla latirostris, Yarr. Broad-nosed eel. Inhabits loughs 

 Neagh and Erne, the river Shannon, &c. 



Ammodytes tobianus, Bl. Wide-mouthed Sand-eel. I have from 

 several localities on the Down coast, and from one on that of 

 Antrim. 



Syngnathus typhle, Linn. Syng. cequoreus, Linn. Syng. ophidian, 

 Bloch. The first native specimens of these three species that I have 

 seen were taken on the coast of Cork in 1835, and forwarded for my 

 inspection by Mr. Ball ; subsequently I have had all three from the 

 coast of Antrim. 



Hippocampus brevirostris, Cuv.? Sea-horse. In July, 1821, a 

 recent specimen of Hippocampus, presumed to be this species, was 

 found on the beach at Red-bay, county of Antrim, by William Ogilby, 

 Esq., F.L.S, 



Petromyzon planeri, Cuv. Fringed-lipped Lamprey. Specimens 

 procured in the vicinity of Naas, county Kildare, have been presented 

 me by Mr. Ball. 



Miscellaneous notes. 



Gasterosteus bracliycentrus, Cuv. Short-spined Stickleback. In 

 Minster-pool, Lichfield, I captured an immense specimen of this fish 

 in July. 1836. 



* Labrus lineatus,Don, Lab. maculatus, Bloch.. Lab. psittacus, Hisso} 

 On September 26, 1835, 1 obtained at Bangor, Down, two specimens 

 of a Wrasse, which agreed pretty well with the L. lineatus of Dono- 

 van, a species but little understood. They seemed also identical 

 with the L. psittacus of Risso, used as a synonym of the L. lineatus 



