NOTE VIII. 



THE PERCH. 

 (Perca Fluviatilis.) 



" Nor let the Muse, in her award of fame, 

 Illustrious Perch, unnoticed pass thy claim; 

 Prince of the prickly cohort !" 



Ausonius (Trans.). 



" The Perch with pricking fins, against the pike prepared." 



M. Deayton. 



" The bright-eyed Perch, with fins ofTyrian dye."- — Pope. 



" The greedy Perch, bold-biting fool." 

 Translation of " Complimentary Ode to Isaac "Walton." 



Here we have a representative of the very few "spinous- 

 finned' J fish (Acanthopterygii) which inhabit our waters. 

 He belongs, as his name implies, to the Pcrcidce family. 

 And a very large and a very terrible family it is, distri- 

 buted over almost all parts of the world, in salt water as 



