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Mackerel and in the Herring nets. Fine examples are often 

 found lying at the harbour mouth, undoubtedly thrown overboard 

 as useless. It is seldom or ever eaten here. Small ones are 

 frequently thrown ashore by the surf in October, running from 

 2j in. to 4 in. in length. The Pagets say " it is rarely caught ; 

 and those that are taken are generally very small." According 

 to J. H. G., " Frequent off Lowestoft." It may be that the 

 young ones referred to were keenly in pursuit of young fry (vide 

 Norf. and Nor. Trans. 1872-3, p. 31). Local, "Horse-mackerel." 

 *Xiphias gladius. Swordfish. A. — One came ashore at Palling 

 beach on Nov. 3{)th, 1881. Length, 7 ft. 3 in.; sword (minus 

 a small portion), 2 ft. 3 in. ; radius of tail, 2 ft. The stomach 

 contained food reduced to thin mucus. Another, taken into 

 Lowestoft on Sept. 27th, 1893. Length, 9 ft. It was entangled 

 in a Mackerel net. 



*Gobius minutus. Little Goby. C. — Is abundant in the 

 summer months ; and is a frequent " take " in the Shrimp-nets. 

 Is common enough on Breydon, where it seems quite at home on 

 the ooze of the shallows. Has a curious way of hiding itself from 

 view when disturbed, by stirring up the soil with its large ventral 

 fins. Local, " Gobble-belly," " Gobble-guts." 



G. unipunctatus. One-spotted Goby. C.(?) — Dr. Lowe 

 thus disposes of it : " Norfolk estuary. Very common, Yar- 

 mouth. — Pagets." I have deemed it advisable to put a " ? " to 

 its local claim, as I have been unable to identify the species at 

 present. It can hardly have been overlooked. Pagets' record is 

 equally obtuse : Note — " Gobius minutus, Spotted Goby ; occa- 

 sionally taken in Shrimp nets." He refers to no other. 



\G. ruthensparri. Two-spotted Goby. A. — I first obtained 

 this species on April 13th, 1891, from a local shrimper. 

 Curiously enough the same individual brought me a second on 

 the 15th; and a third on the 18th; since which I have obtained 

 no others. The " turning up " of more than one example of a 

 hitherto rare or unrecorded species is a notable thing in ichthy- 

 ology. It was, if we except Dr. Day's finding, prior to this, 

 unrecorded for the county. It is decidedly the handsomest of 

 the Gobidce. Couch's figure, described as the Broad-finned 

 Goby, fig. ex. vol. ii. p. 165, is identical in appearance with the 

 above species. His so-called Two-spotted Goby, No. 3, fig. c, 



