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fins having besides the usual blackish margining. The golden colour does 

 not reach so low as the lateral line, which line is ivlilte as well as all the 

 body beneath it, the usual blackish mark on each side being consequently 

 wanting. 



It was a deep, finely-made fish, length 27 inches, depth of body measur- 

 ed in a straight line 6^ inches. 



The Bib, Pout, and Whiting Pout,* Gadus luscus, Linn., 



3Iorrhua lusca, Cuv., 



Is of occasional occurrence on all quarters of the Irish coast. 



I have seen specimens at every season of the year in Belfast market, 

 but rarely more than one at a time ; they are brought from the Antrim 

 and Down coasts. 



3Iarch 10th, 1835. — I purchased the specimen in Belfast market of 

 which the following are particulars : 



Length 15 inches. 



1). 13, 23, 17 ; P. 17 ; V. 6 ; A. 33—21 ; C. 28 ; B. 7. 



The 1st and 2nd rays of V. fin " produced and Setaceous." Flem. and 

 Don. say 1, Pennant 2. 



Depth of body 4^^ inches. 



Teeth in both jaws and on vomer. 



Bubble-like membrane blown over each eye. 



Process from under jaw 1 inch long. 



Colour of body uniform grey glossed with gold and silver, more espe- 

 cially about the head ; belly dirty white. 



D. and C. fins pale grey edged with a darker grey, the latter terminated 

 by a narrow black band. 



P. pale grey with a conspicuous black spot on the centre of one and at 

 the base of both. A. fins of a darker brown than the others, and uniform 

 in colour ; a white stripe on the body of the fish at base of first anal fin. 



Irides silver clouded with blackish brown. 



On dissection I found this specimen to be a female, the roe being very 

 large. It was taken at Killough. Called Hen-Jish in the market. 



Feb. 2'lth, 1837. — I bought a Gadus luscus in Belfast market, brought 

 from Killough. It was 13^ inches long, and a female containing pea — 

 each ovum being at least ^ less than ordinary-sized clover seed. The 

 stomach was filled with the remains of small crabs {Bruchyitri), and con- 

 tained a specimen of Trocltus tuinidus. Another specimen which I ex- 

 amined contained the remains of fish. 



The Poor or Power Cod, Gudus mimitus, Linn., 

 Morrhua minutu, Cuv., 



Has been obtained on the North-East, the South, and the West coasts. 



The following note was contributed by me to the Annals Nat. Hist, 

 vol. i. 



" Gadus minutus, Liiin. Poor. — Among some fishes taken in a trawl-net by 

 Mr. Hyndman in Belfast Bay in tin; month of September, 1835, and kindly pre- 

 served for me, arc three individuals of this species, which as British has hitherto 

 been known only to the southern coast of Engiitiid. These specimens arc under 

 4 inohes in length ; their fin-rays about the number described by Mr. Jenyns, 

 but it may be observed that in the 1st and 2nd D. fins the second ray is longest; 



* Called Ilen-Jfsh in Bdi'-cist market, and (according to Mr. M'Calla) C'row- 

 fish in Galway Bay. 



