300 Other New Fishes. [CHAP. XVI. 
stripe of bluish purple on the side, and in all of them the silvery hue 
of the lower portions of the body is found to rise nearer the back 
than in the other species of this genus. The back also and head 
were thickly covered with very small, dark, star-like spots, which, to- 
gether with two narrow yellow streaks extending from the top of the 
head, above the mouth, and diverging to the eyes, had disappeared 
when subjected to my examination. Iris of the eye silvery, the pupil 
bluish green; the fins dull gray, as also the pair of barbs; but the 
single one on the lip at its root is almost of as deep a color as the top 
of the head and back..... 
“T regard it as no other than an act of justice to the discoverer of 
this fish to assign to it the name of Edward’s Midge (Couchia Ed. 
wardit), of which the specific character is sufficiently obvious.” 
Mr. Edward followed up this paper by a fuller description 
of the midge, after he had had an opportunity of observing 
a much larger number of specimens.* : 
It is scarcely necessary to describe at length the large 
number of new fishes belonging to the Moray Firth which 
Edward for the first time recognized and described. For 
instance, the bonito, the tunny—fishes for the most part 
found in the Mediterranean—the pilot-fish, the bear-fish, the 
short sun-fish, the bald-fish, the scald-fish, and several species 
of sharks. Strange fishes such as these had occasionally 
been found before; but Edward never missed the opportu- 
nity of carefully observing them and describing their hab- 
its, sometimes in the Zoologist and the Naturalist, and at 
other times in the Banffshire Journal. He also endeavored 
to secure as many specimens as possible for the Banff Mu- 
seum, of which he was curator. 
When Edward informed -Mr. Couch of the struggles and 
difficulties he had to encounter in the formation of a mu- 
seum, the latter replied: “I can sympathize with you, with 
a smile, at your annoyances and disappointments as regards 
your attempts at a museum; but a real love of nature, and 
* “A few Additional Particulars regarding Couchia Hdwardii. By 
Thomas Edward, A.L.S.” Linnean Society's Journal ; “Zoology,” vol. x. 
