SKATE. 421 



CHONDROPTERYGII. RAIIDJE. 



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THE SKATE. 



BLUE SKATE, and GKEY SKATE, Scotland. 

 TINKER, Lyme Regis. 



Raia batis, Linn/eus. Block, pt. iii. pi. 79, female. 

 ,, ,, La Raie cendr6e, Cuvier, Regne An, t. ii. p. 398. 

 ,, l<Evis sen, cinerea, Willughby, p. 69, C. 5, male. 



,, batis, The Skate, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 111. 



Flem. Brit. An. p. 171, sp. 24. 

 „ „ „ Jenyns, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 510, sp. 199. 



„ ,, ,, Couch's MS. 



This species, which is frequently called the True Skate, 

 to distinguish it from the Thornback and Homelyn, "vvhich 

 are also popularly called Skate, is not so commonly taken 

 as either, but is still better than either as an article of food. 



