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BIBLIOGRAPHY: 



and Records published with respect to the Natural History and 



Physical Features of the North of England. 



MARINE FISHES, 1889-1892. 



The present instalment has been compiled and edited by 



WM. DENISON ROEBUCK, F.L.S. 



The previous instalments of the Biography of Fishes (both 

 freshwater and marine) have appeared as follows : 



For 1884 — in i Naturalist,' June 1885, pp. 253-7. 



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1885 — „ Aug. 1 886, „ 242-4. 



1886-88 — „ Jan. 1891, „ 27-37. 



The records for marine and freshwater fishes have hitherto been 

 _iven together, but will henceforth be separated, and the present 



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instalment includes records of marine fishes for four years. 



The counties and vice-counties of which cognizance is taken are 

 the following, as named and numbered in the Watsonian scheme :• 



53, Lincoln S. ; 54, Lincoln N. ; 56, Notts.; 57, Derby; 

 58, Cheshire; 59, Lancashire S. ; 60, Lancashire W. ; 61, York 

 S.E. ; 62, York N.E. ; 63, York S.W. ; 64, York Mid-W. ; 65, York 

 N.W. ; 66, Durham; 67, Northumberland S. ; 68, Cheviotland; 

 69, Westmorland with Furness ; 70, Cumberland ; 71, Isle of Man. 



Anon, [signed « Caligula ']. Isle of Man. 



Sport with Rod on the Manx Coast [for Pollack or Lythe, Manx ' Calig f 

 (Gadus pollac hius) , Coalfish or Saithe, Manx 'blochan' (G. virens), Red Cod, 

 a local variety of the ordinary Cod (G. morrhua), Whiting (G. merlangus), 

 Mackerel {Scomber scomber), Ballan Wrasse or 'bollan' (Manx) {Labrus 

 maculatus)^ Cuckoo Wrasse or ' doctors ' and * ladies ' (Z. mixtus)\ Field, 

 July 1 6th, 1887, p. no. 



Axon, [signed fc D. R. C.']. Isle of Man. 



Fishing at the Isle of Man [mentioning Rock Cod {Gadus tnorrhua var. K 

 Pont {Gadus luscus), Pollack, local name epilog (G. pollachius), Mackerel 

 {Scomber scomber), Sand Eels (Ammodytes sp.), Gurnard {Trigla gurnardus). 

 Mullet (Afugi/ sp.), Bream (Pagellus centrodontus), Conger {Conger vulgaris), 

 and Coalfish, local name Si-hen {Gadus virens)]. Land and Water, Sep. 

 24th, 1887, pp. 233-234. 



Anon, [not signed]. 



Durham. 



Food of the Haddock [{Gadus tigUfinus) ; in a specimen purchased at 

 Hartlepool were fourteen young Whiting (CI merlangus) and a Crab]. Zool., 

 Jan. 1889, P- 36. 



Anon, [signed , W.*1 



Cumberland. 



A Big Catch of Cod {Gadus morrhua) in the Solway [by a Maryport 

 fisherman ; about 50, weighing 25-35 lbs. each]. Field, Jan. 5th, 1889, p. 20. 



Anon, [not signed]. 



York S.E. 



A Large Skate {{Raja baits) taken in the deep sea, 120 miles from Spurn 



Point, oft the Dogger Bank ; weight 107 lbs. ; 6 ft. 4 in. long, by 4 ft. 8 in. 

 broad]. Field, Aug. 24th, 1889, p. 277. 



Jan. 1896. 



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