THE BRITISH BLACK GOBY. 115 



from Strangford, 1838, and one from Culdaff, Co, Donegal, 1839. Dr. 

 Ball notes the black goby as found on the Dublm coast, but these have 

 not been critically examined in reference to species. 



The following notes were made by me on examination of my several 

 specimens in April, 1846 : — 



" Dr. Allman's Gobius niqer, fi-om Glendore (Aug. 1838), specimens 

 given to me— Length, 4^ inches ; D. 6—13 ; P. 19 ; V. 5 ; A. 12 ; C. 15 ; 

 and some .short outer row of teeth largest and curving inwards. Sulcus 

 (deep) from head to D. fm. Papillce as numerous as in G. nitjer. Mont, 

 (described by me)." 



" An examination of two specimens of G. niger, Mont., from Tory 

 Island (largest 3J inches long), with one (4| inches long) from Glendore, 

 shows — 



Jaivs, no marked difference in. 



Teeth of G. nuier, Mont., rather sharp. 



Sulcus broad in G. niger, Cuv., rather a depression than a sulcus nar- 

 row and deep, in G. niger. — Mont. 



Papillce no marked difference — numerous in both species." 



" Gobius Britannicus. 



1 specimen, Youghal (Zool. Proc, 1837). 



2 — Tory Island (1845). 

 Seem this species in teeth." 



" G. niger, Cuv. and Val. 



1 specimen, Galway Bay, June, '34 (Zool. Proc, 1837). 



2 — Coast of Cork, R. B. (Ann., vol. ii.). 



1 — Glendore, Allman, seems this in teeth. See notes on it, 

 and Tory Island specimens." 



" Gobius niger. 



2 specimens taken at Tory Island bv Mr. Hyndman, Aug., '45. 

 Z\ inches long ; Xo. 1, D. 6—14 ; A. 12. 



P. 19 ; V. 5 ; C. 15 ; and some short. No. 2, D. 6—15 ; A. 12. 



1st D. fin orange towards extremity, or upper 1|3 so ; a narrow line of 

 orange margining the 2nd D. In No. 1, the orange appears in the same 

 places of both D. fins, but there is less of it than the smaller one. Sulcus 

 from head to D. fins ; Papillae same as my G. niger"- — Mont. 



(See Proc. Zool. Soc, 1837, p. 62.) 



The Doubly-Spotted Goby, GoUus liuthensparii, Euph., G. bipunc- 



tatus, Yarr., 



Is common on the North-East coast, especially along the shores of Down, 

 and is also abundant on the Avestern coast. 



In the Bay of Galway, on the western coast of Ireland, I took several 

 specimens in July, 1834, in the course of a few minutes ; they seemed to 

 be quite abundant. During the folloAving year Dr. Ball took specimens 

 at the Island of Arran, which is probably the extreme western range of 

 the species. 



In 1834 I made a communication on this species to the Linn. Society, 

 the following abstract of which appeared in the Phil. Mag., vol. v. p. 

 299:— 



" It was remarked of the Gobius niger, from specimens taken in the North of 



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