374. Banffshire Fauna. [ APPENDIX. 
Moretia quinquecirrata [The Five-bearded Rockling]. 
Frequent in the pools left among the rocks by the tide. 
Morsiia crmprta [ The Four-bearded Rockling]. 
Rare. I have not met with it often. 
Brosmivs votearis [The Torsk or Tusk]. 
Taken with the cod and ling, and cured in the same fashion. 
Puycis rurcatus [The Great Forked Beard]. 
This fish is of rare occurrence with us, and that only at long inter- 
vals. 
Pratessa vuiearis [ The Plaice]. 
Plentiful, and highly prized by many for its very delicate flesh and 
agreeable flavor. 
Puatessa FuEsus [ The Flounder], or,as it is called here, the “ common 
fluke,” and the 
Puatessa timanpa [ The Salt-water Fluke], are also pretty frequent. 
In the stomachs of these fish I occasionally find, among other 
matters, Téellina fabula, T. tenuis, T. punicea (a most beautiful lit- 
tle shell), Natica Montagui, N. Alderi, Philine scabra, Cylichna trun- 
cata, C. cylindracea, etc. 
Puiatessa microcePHaLa [ The Smooth Dab] and 
Pratessa pois [ The Pole Dab] are not so often met with. 
Puaressa LimanporDes [The Yellow or Rough Dab] and the 
Puatessa ELoNGATA [Long Flounder] are of rare occurrence. 
HirpoeLossus vuiearis [ The Halibut] and 
Ruompus maximus [The Turbot] are both met with, inhabiting deep 
water. They are seldom taken near the shore. The former is 
the more plentiful. The latter is known here as the “roan fluke,” 
and always commands a ready sale and a high price. The other 
is called the turbot; and though it sells well, it is not so valua- 
ble as the true turbot, nor yet so eagerly sought after by the 
higher classes. 
Rsomevs voncaris [ The Brill or Pearl-turbot]. 
This species is occasionally taken along with the two preceding, but 
must rank as rare with us. 
Ruompus airs [Muller's Top-knot] occurs at intervals along our 
whole line of coast. 
Sorza vuuearis [ The Sole] is not so common with us as its name 
would seem to indicate. 
