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they jumped clean up on the gravelly beach, and I collected quite a 

 number of living specimens. Many of the fishes were fully two feet from 

 the water's edge." 



Fam. Mugilid^. 



Mugil capito, Cuvier. The Grey Mullet. 



The "ear-stones" (otolites) of a grey mullet (Mugil capito, Cuv.), 

 captured in the Clyde off Fairlie, are in the collection of the late Dr. 

 Eobertson of Millport, at the Marine Station there. I am indebted to 

 Mr. Gray, the Curator, for this record. 



In the Vertebrate Fauna of Argyle and the Inner Hebrides, Mugil 

 capito is recorded from several localities on the West Coast of Scotland, 

 but there is no record of it from the Clyde. 



Fam. Gasterosteid^, 



Gasterosteus aculeatus, Linne. The Three-spined Stickleback. 



Captured occasionally with the push-net at various parts of the shores 

 of Loch Fyne ; we have it also from other parts of the Clyde estuary. 



Gasterosteus spinachia, Linne. The Fifteen-spined Stickleback. 



The fifteen-spined stickleback is more or less common amongst sea- 

 weed in shallow water; it is generally distributed along the shore line, both 

 of the Clyde estuary and the lochs branching from it. 



Fam. Labrimi, Cuvier. 



Labrus bergylta, Ascanius. The Ballan Wrasse. 



The Ayrshire and Wigtown coasts (Thompson). In the Clyde area 

 (Dr. J. Young, vide H.B., p. 199). Frequent in Loch Fyne in the 

 autumn (B. & S.). 



Labrus mixtus, Linne. The Striped Wrasse. 



Taken occasionally at the niouth of East Loch Tarbert, Loch Fyne 

 (B. & S.). It is also recorded in Harvey-Brown's Vertebrate Fauna of 

 Argyle and the Inner Hebrides, and on the authority of Dr. J. Young as 

 occurring in the Clyde area. 



A male and a female of this species were captured in Ayr Bay by a 

 fisherman on January 30th this year (1900); the specimens were secured 

 by Mr. Duthie, Fishery Officer, Girvan, who happened to be in Ayr at the 

 time, and were forwarded by him to the Laboratory at Bay of Nigg. 



Grenilabrus melops, Linne. The Goldsinny or Corkwing. 



A small specimen of the goldsinny was captured by the " Garland " 

 near Cairndow, at the head of the Loch Fyne, in August 1899. One 

 specimen from Lamlash Bay in 6 to 18 fathoms, April (Giinther). 



Ctenolabrus rupestris, Linne. Jago's Goldsinny. 



Common, especially near Skate Island, Loch Fyne (B. & S.). 

 Occasionally obtained in the trawl-net of the Fishery steamer "Garland." 

 One specimen was obtained in Lamlash Bay in 6 to 18 fathoms, in April, 

 and another between Cumbrae and SkelmorlieBuoy in 20 fathoms, in the 

 same month, 1887 (Giinther). 



