VERTEBRATE FAUNA OF THE ISLE OF MAN. 67 



Cyclopterus lumpus, Linn. Lump-fish, Kiark-varrey, Hen-fish. 

 Not uncommon. On 13th February, 1882, I got a specimen full 

 of roe, trawled off Maughold Head. A small one was speared 

 off the Queen's Pier, Eamsey, by a diver, in July, 1885. On 

 7th September, 1889, I got a young one, 1 in. long. The fin- 

 rays were no longer visible. 



Carelophus ascanii, Collett. Yarrell's Blenny, Dhoom, Maug- 

 hold. I have a specimen which I caught in a rock-pool. 



Blennius ocellaris, Linn. Dr. Day, 'British Fishes,' i. p. 202, 

 quotes: — ''Has been recorded as having been dredged up on a 

 scollop-bank in twenty fathoms of water, off Ballaugh, in the 

 Isle of Man, in June, 1834 " (Forbes, Mag. Nat. Hist.' 1836, ix., 

 p. 203). 



Centronotm gunnellus, Bl. Schn. Butterfish, Cadlag, Nine- 

 eyes. Common ; sometimes used for bait. 



Mugil chelo, Cuv. Lesser Grey Mullet. Come in shore about 

 April if fine ; on hot days in summer hundreds may be seen 

 basking about the edge of the water. My friend Mr. J. C. Crellin 

 enjoys a novel sport at which he is an adept, namely, shooting 

 these fish as he walks along the beach between Michael and 

 Ballaugh; his spaniel retrieves them. 



Gasterosteus acideatus, Linn. Three-spined Stickleback, Jack 

 Sharp. In brackish water at the mouth of small streams. 



G. piuigitius, Linn. Tinker, Breakfeather. Common in the 

 curraghs and trenches of the north of the island. 



G. spinachia, Linn. Fifteen-spined Stickleback, Snaid-varrey, 

 i. e., needle-fish. 



Labrus macula ties, Bl. Ballan wrasse. Forbes gives this, and 

 L. lineatus, which Day considers a variety of it, and L. pusillus, 

 the young. Abundant, L. maculatus being the most common form. 



L. mijctus, Fries och Ekstrom. Striped, or Cuckoo Wrasse 

 (male) ; Three- spotted Wrasse (female). Not uncommon. I have 

 heard " Coot " as a local name for the male. 



Crenilabrus melops, Cuv. Baillon's wrasse. This is the C. 

 tinea of ^arrell, under which name it is mentioned by Forbes. 



Gadus morrhua, Linn. Cod, Boiddagh. Common, as is the 

 variety, Red or Rock Cod, locally Boiddagh -jiarg. To Day's 

 remarkable list of the contents of Cod's stomachs, I can add 

 Halithea aculeata, Sea-mouse, of which some years ago I took 

 two large specimens, one being quite fresh. Whelk is the 



