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river, should be aft'ected by tlie cold, when one reflects that the depth of the 

 river varies in some of tliese places from forty to sixty feet. The water here, 

 though not quite so salt as the sea, is yet very salt." 



The AnGLESEA Morris, Lcptocephalus Morrisii, Penn., 

 Has been obtained on the north-eastern, southern, and western coasts. 



It was first made known by me as an Irish sp. in the following commu- 

 nication to the Zool. Soc. in 1835 (see Proc. p. 82) : — 



" Leptocephalus Morrisii. — By the kindness of scientific friends I am enabled 

 to mention the occurrence of six specimens of L. Morrisii on the coast of Ire- 

 land. Dr. Ball has thus written me respecting it. ' The first 1 saw was at 



Cove, in 1809 I was at the capture of a second at Clonakilty, in 1811. 



I caught one myself at Youghal, in 1819, and procured another which was taken 

 there. The fifth, the specimen which 1 have preserved, was taken in a shrimp- 

 net at Youghal also, in 1829, the four others having been found under stones 

 near low-Mater mark.' I also got one from Dr. Allman, which he took on the 

 coast of Cork. Dr. J. L. Drummond informs me that when in Bangor (Co. 

 Down), in June, 1831, a specimen of the L. Morrisii about 4 inches in length 

 was brought to him. It had been just taken from a pool left in the sand by tlie 

 ebbing tide, and was almost perfectly transparent." 



The following note was published by me in Charl. Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 vol. ii. p. 20 : — 



" Anglesea Morris. Leptoc.e2ihalus Morrisii. Early in the summer of 1837, 

 Capt. Fayrer captured a specimen of this singular fish in the harbour at Port- 

 patrick. He remarks that 'it appeared in an active state of health and vigour, 

 sporting now and then on the surface, and as quickly descending.' On account 

 of its delicate organization, it was judiciously put in very weak preservative 

 liquor, about one part only of common spirits to four of water ; and was thus 

 kept by me for four months, without being injured as a specimen. It was 

 almost equally transparent as it had been in its native element. When put in 

 stronger liquid, for permanent preservation, it of course became discoloured, and 

 more opaque. It is so buoyant as to float on the surtace like a cork, and on the 

 phial being reversed as quickly attains this position. The specimen is b^ inches 

 in length (the size of Dr. Ball's specimen) ; and in the spotting dilfers from 

 others described and figured. Distant Ij inch from the anterior extremity 

 small black dots appear on the lateral line, and continue to the tail ; ~ inch from 

 the same part a row of black dots — larger than those on the lateral line — com- 

 mences, and extends on each side to within I inch of the end of the tail ; from 

 where these terminate the black is taken up by the base of the anal fin ; every 

 ray — and they are here close together — being spotted at the base. Not a spot 

 appears on the dorsal ridge, nor anywhere but as here mentioned. The irides 

 are bright sdver. I have elsewhere recorded a Lepfocephalus, which was taken 

 on the opposite coast of Downshire (Zool. Proc. lt^35, p. 82)." 



The Ordnance CoUccfion contains a specimen labelled " Cairnlough 

 [Co. Antrim], 1837 ; " and Mr. M'Calla informed me in 1840 that he had 

 obtained three lishes on the Galway coast which he believed to be of 

 this species. One of them, which I saw in his possession at Roundstone, 

 preserved in muddy spirits, seemed to be the Anglesea Morris. 



Dr. Harvey observes (in the Cork Fauna), — 



" L. Morrisii, Penn., Anglesea Morris. — I watched for some time a number 

 offish in Cork Harbour, a few months since, which I have no hesitation in con- 

 sidering as of this species. I was unable to procure a specimen. It had been 

 found by Dr. Ball previously." 



Dr. Ball's specimen, labelled "Youghal, 1820," measures 51 inches in 

 length. (It agrees with the generic description of Montagu, Wern. Mem., 

 vol. ii. p. 438.) 



