368 Banffshire Fauna. [APPENDIX. 
TrIGLa GuRNaRDus [The Gray Gurnard]. ; 
This is our commonest gurnard; and, judging from the numbers 
taken, must be very numerous. They are known here by the 
term of “crunack.” They are not much esteemed as an article 
of food, even among the peasants; and they are, in consequence, 
seldom brought to market. 
Triera pacitoprera [The Little Gurnard]. 
Somewhat rare. I remember once taking one from the stomach of 
a great Northern diver, which was shot between Findochtie and 
Speymouth, in the spring of 1840, and which was sent me for the 
purpose of being preserved. 
Corus scorpius [Zhe Short-spined Cottus]. 
Pretty frequent. 
Corrus suBaLis [ The Long-spined Cottus]. 
Rather plentiful. I find them in abundance in pools left by the 
tide, or beneath stones at low water. Many of them exhibit 
some most beautiful markings. 
Corrus quapricornis [Zhe Four-horned Cottus]. 
I have never found this species but in the stomachs of other fish ; 
which leads me to conclude that they generally inhabit deep wa- 
ter, or, at least, that they do not come so near the shore as the 
preceding species. 
AspipopHorus Evropaus [ The Armed Bull-head]. 
This is another stomach species. But I have found these, also, 
though very sparingly, among the rocks at low tide. 
GasrerosTeus TRacBURUS [The Rough-tailed, Three-spined Stickle- 
back] and 
GastERosteus LeIuRUS [The Smooth-tailed Stickleback] are both plen- 
tiful, the former along the coast, and the latter in our streams 
and rivulets. 
Sprvacura vuuearts [ The Fifteen-spined Stickleback]. 
Common among the pools along the shore. I have seen this spe- 
cies with sixteen and seventeen spines. They are known among 
our fishermen by the very peculiar denomination of “ Willie-wan- 
beard.” 
Curysoparys avrata [The Gilt-head]. 
I have only seen two specimens of this fish which have been pro- 
cured with us. The one was taken off Buckie in 1841; and 
the other was brought on shore at Portsoy in 1839, They ap- 
pear to be scarce, from the fact that the fishermen do not know 
them. : 
