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once again. It was kept awhile as a novelty by some cab-drivers 

 in a pan of salt-water in their shelter ('Zoologist,' ante, p. 339). 



Scicena aquila. Maigre. A. — Has been met with in the 

 autumnal Herring season. One scaling 75 lb. taken on Oct. 

 23rd, 1875 ; length, 4 ft. 9 in. A specimen taken off Sheringham 

 in 1841 is in the Norwich Museum. Another cast ashore at 

 Aldborough, in Suffolk, Aug. 30th, 1868 ; length, 5 ft. ; weight, 

 84 1b. 



Scomber scomber. Mackerel. C. — An important Mackerel 

 fishery was carried on here in May and June until the end of the 

 sixties, when the species, possibly on account of the incursions 

 of trawlers into its feeding grounds, fell off to unremunerative 

 numbers. Strangely enough, it has put in an appearance con- 

 temporary with the Herrings, and in September immense "takes" 

 are sometimes made. Twenty " lasts " were landed on the fish- 

 wharf on Sept. 25th, 1897, and on Oct. 9th one boat alone had 

 as many as two " lasts," or 24,000 fish. Some of the drifters go 

 out on purpose for the Mackerel. A specimen taken in Novem- 

 ber, 1881, scaled 2| lb.; length, 20 in.; girth, 10J in. An 

 example shown me on June 15th, 1897, was entirely minus the 

 Mackerel markings on its back, being of a whole-coloured deep 

 blue, like an immature Pollack ('Zoologist,' ante, p. 340). 



(?)* Scomber scriptus. Scribbled Mackerel. E. B. — [This by 

 some authorities is referred to as a variety of S. scomber. The 

 first recorded county specimen I saw in the flesh at a meeting of 

 the Norwich Naturalists' Society in September, 1894. Since 

 then I have kept a look-out for the species, and have met with it 

 as follows : — A twelve-inch example, June 25th, 1895 ; the first 

 Yarmouth record. It is now in the Glasgow Museum. Another, 

 Dec. 9th, 1895; also on Sept. 26th, 1896— length, 18 in. ; Oct. 

 15th, 1896, I5j in. ; and three or four others since.] 



S. thynnus. Tunny. A. — " Small specimens not in- 

 frequently taken daring the Mackerel fishery" (Pagets). An 

 example weighing 224 lb. was taken on Oct. 6th, 1870 ; length, 

 6 ft. 9 in.; girth, 4 ft. 4 in. 



Auxis rochei. Plain Bonito. A. — In June, 1839, two 

 examples were taken off Yarmouth, and came into Mr. Yarrell's 

 possession (Yarrell's 'British Fishes,' vol. i. p. 160). Mr. Gunn, 

 of Norwich, records a third taken off Yarmouth, now in Cam- 



