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in every angler's wallet, and the other, equally interesting, and 

 full of the genial humour and unlimited goodnature of the 

 lamented author, whose early death all good men must mourn, 

 should be placed in the hands of every child who is able to read 

 the English language, especially those children who have to 

 spend many weeks annually, without any rational employment 

 or amusement, on some part or other of our sea-coast, which 

 everywhere presents objects of attraction in Natural History 

 which should be a source of pleasure to young and old. 



In the following Catalogue the Mediaeval letters R., M., 

 S., and C., indicate whether the fishes are Residents, Mi- 

 grants, Stragglers, or Colonists, thus : — 



R. Resident ; truly native, and indigenous to the Coast or 

 the adjacent Sea, or to the Burns and Rivers. 



M. Migrant; approaching the Coast or ascending Rivers 

 periodically from deep-water to spawn. 



S. Straggler; occurring occasionally on the Coast, a wan- 

 derer from the North or South, but not resident. 



C . Colonist ; introduced artificially, that is by human 

 agency, at an earlier or later period into rivers, lakes, 

 and ponds, and now fully acclimatized. 



The above grouping of our local Fishes must be considered as 

 only approximately correct. Increased knowledge and informa- 

 tion respecting the habits of many little-known Fishes may 

 considerably modify the opinion expressed in the above divisions, 

 especially with that group which are now thought to be 

 Stragglers. 



