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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  normal 
  colour, 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  being 
  perfectly 
  white. 
  This 
  

   was 
  on 
  Jan. 
  12th. 
  

  

  On 
  Feb. 
  29th 
  I 
  obtained 
  a 
  Plaice 
  (Pleuronectes 
  platessa), 
  

   9| 
  in. 
  long, 
  whose 
  head, 
  and 
  the 
  anterior 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  as 
  far 
  

   as 
  half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  pectoral 
  fin, 
  were 
  of 
  the 
  normal 
  

   colour 
  ; 
  the 
  remainder 
  and 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  was 
  of 
  a 
  

   pure 
  white 
  quite 
  to 
  the 
  extremity 
  of 
  the 
  tail. 
  On 
  the 
  " 
  surround- 
  

   ing 
  " 
  fins 
  were 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  small 
  but 
  brilliantly 
  red 
  spots. 
  

  

  On 
  March 
  2nd 
  quite 
  an 
  interesting 
  menagerie 
  characterized 
  

   the 
  fish-wharf 
  ; 
  from 
  the 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  odd 
  smacks 
  still 
  fishing 
  

   out 
  of 
  Yarmouth 
  (at 
  one 
  time 
  the 
  headquarters 
  of 
  the 
  trawling 
  

   industry) 
  were 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  deep-sea 
  fishes, 
  including 
  a 
  four- 
  

   stone 
  Angler-fish 
  (Lophius 
  piscatorius) 
  , 
  a 
  large 
  Lumpsucker 
  

   (Cyclopterus 
  lumpus), 
  a 
  fair 
  size 
  '* 
  double-Turbot," 
  both 
  sides 
  

   being 
  coloured, 
  and 
  spined, 
  alike, 
  save 
  on 
  the 
  under 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   head 
  ; 
  this 
  was 
  white 
  only. 
  Not 
  far 
  away 
  was 
  a 
  perfectly 
  albino 
  

   Turbot, 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  soup-plate. 
  

  

  A 
  couple 
  of 
  7 
  j 
  in. 
  examples 
  of 
  Sebastes 
  norvegicus 
  came 
  in 
  on 
  

   March 
  11th. 
  I 
  sent 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  to 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  Southwell, 
  calling 
  

   his 
  attention 
  to 
  an 
  unusual 
  spot 
  upon 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  it 
  ; 
  to 
  which 
  

   he 
  made 
  reply: 
  "The 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  gill-cover 
  is 
  a 
  new 
  feature 
  

   to 
  me." 
  

  

  March 
  8th, 
  a 
  2£ 
  in. 
  Ballan 
  Wrasse 
  {Labrus 
  mac.ulatus), 
  given 
  

   to 
  me 
  from 
  a 
  shrimp-net. 
  It 
  was 
  magenta 
  in 
  colour, 
  with 
  white 
  

   spots 
  on 
  the 
  " 
  cheeks." 
  

  

  After 
  several 
  years' 
  intentional 
  looking 
  for 
  it, 
  Montagu's 
  

   Blenny 
  (Liparis 
  montagui) 
  turned 
  up 
  on 
  March 
  19th. 
  It 
  had 
  

   been 
  recorded 
  for 
  the 
  Norfolk 
  Estuary 
  (the 
  Wash), 
  but 
  hitherto 
  

   had 
  escaped 
  detection. 
  I 
  obtained 
  it 
  through 
  the 
  good 
  offices 
  

   of 
  a 
  shrimper, 
  whom 
  I 
  had 
  commissioned 
  to 
  bring 
  to 
  me 
  any 
  

   "queer-coloured" 
  Suckers 
  — 
  the 
  name 
  usually 
  applied 
  here 
  to 
  the 
  

   Unctuous 
  Sucker 
  {Liparis 
  vulgaris), 
  and 
  whose 
  yellow 
  carcases, 
  

   fantastically 
  streaked 
  with 
  white 
  in 
  many 
  patterns, 
  are 
  well 
  

   known 
  to 
  them. 
  The 
  example 
  was 
  of 
  a 
  bright 
  mahogany 
  colour, 
  

   and 
  naturally 
  caught 
  his 
  eye, 
  after 
  his 
  instructions. 
  It 
  was 
  in 
  

   ova. 
  A 
  second, 
  also 
  a 
  female, 
  2£ 
  in. 
  in 
  length, 
  was 
  obtained 
  on 
  

   March 
  28th, 
  and 
  a 
  third, 
  also 
  in 
  spawn, 
  on 
  April 
  25th. 
  I 
  was 
  

   exceedingly 
  glad 
  to 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  give 
  the 
  fish 
  a 
  place 
  on 
  my 
  

   Yarmouth 
  list. 
  

  

  