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as he omits this sp., which is commonly brought to Belfast market; 

 whereas, in the North, I have never met with T. Lyra. 



August 29, 1850. 

 Tngla Pint, and Hirundo. I saw one of tlie former and several of the 

 latter in Belfast market, and was much struck with the narrowness of the 

 head of the former, as contrasted Avith that of the latter. The develop- 

 ment of spines on the snout of T. Hirundo differ very much ; the largest 

 examples to-day had them least developed. 



3Iarch 19, 1836. 



Specimen obtained in Belfast market: — Length, lo inches; D. 9-18 

 (reckoning two last from same base as 1) ; P. 11-3 ; V. l-|-6 ; A. 17 ; C. 

 11. 



Ajyril 13, 1838. 



Do., 16^ inches in length. 



P. 8-18'; P. 11-3; V. 1-1-5; A. 16. 



The hinder half of this specimen was greyish, like the T. Hirimdo (of 

 which a small one was taken with it), the anterior half, including head, a 

 mixture of grey and scarlet. It was a female, the ova half the size of 

 small clover-seed. 



The Streaked Gurnard, or Lineated Gurnard, Trigla lineata, 



Gmel. Don. Yarr., 



Is occasionally taken from North to South. ^\1ien announcing this 



species as an addition to the Irish Fauna, in 1835 (Zool, Pro. p. 79), I was 



only able to give the following note respecting it : — 



" Lineated Gurnard, Trigla lineata, Linn. — On the 28th of February, 

 1835, Dr. J. D. Marshall, being attracted by the peculiar colour of a 

 gurnard in Belfast market, kindly communicated the circumstance to me, 

 and, on inspection of the fish, I found it to be the Trigla lineata, and 

 learned that it had been taken in Strangford Lough. Its length is 16^ 

 inches. On the 3rd of ]March I procured another specimen, but of smaller 

 dimensions, from the same locality." 



Since the publication of the above note, many examples of tliis fish 

 have come under my notice ; a few having been every year captured on 

 various parts of the coast of Down, but chiefly at Ivillough. [One was 

 taken by Dr. Ball at Youghal in 1819. Ed.] 



The specimens noted by me were taken during the months of July, 

 August, October, December, January, February, and March. 



Contents of Fire Stomachs examined: — Substance having the appear- 

 ance of vegetable food, and a young sole, about three inches in length ; 

 crab-like Crustacea ; fifteen full-grown specimens of shrimp-like Crustacea, 

 and three small brachyurous Crustacea, one of them a full-grown " Long- 

 horned Crab,'' Penn. ; two full-sized Portatius jmsiUus, and two or thi-ee 

 other crabs; the remains (some almost perfect) oi Portunus pusillas horn. 

 full size down. 



An example of this fish, which I obtained on 2Sth February, 1838, was 

 thus described in a note which I made respecting it when recent : — 



Its length is 16^^ inches; B. 7 ; D. 10-1-17 (reckoning two last, which 

 touch at base, as 2) ; P. 11 (reckoning two first, which touch at base, as 

 2) ; and 3 free, V. 1-5 ; A. 16 (reckoning two last as above) ; C. 12 ? 25 

 scales on each side of the dorsal fin ; iris, blackish purple, excepting 

 round the pupil, where it is golden. 



Colour ; — Head, back, and sides, as low as midwav between medial and 



