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example at Great Yarmouth " (Couch's * Fishes,' vol. iii. p. 123). 

 A second, and the first, to my knowledge, of what Yarrell terms 

 " one of the rarest of British species " (' Fishes,' vol. ii. p. 293), 

 was brought me alive by a Shrimp-lad on April 11th, 1891; 

 length, 2f in. Another on May 6th. 



Ammodytes tobianus. Lesser Sand Launce. C. — "Not un- 

 common; sometimes found in the sand off Winterton " (Pagets). 

 Taken both by Shrimp and draw-netters. [I am strongly of 

 opinion that the Short-nosed Launce, A. cicerelus, occurs rarely 

 off this coast.] 



*A. lanceolatus. Larger Sand Launce. C. — More often left 

 stranded by the draw-netters than taken in Shrimp-nets. Is 

 undoubtedly, with " Herring syle," a favourite prey of the Terns. 



Hippoglossus vulgaris. Holibut. F. — Occasionally taken on 

 long-lines. One captured on June 1st, 1867, measured 72 in. in 

 length; breadth, 30 in.; weight, 161 lb. Two recorded for 

 March, 1868; weight, respectively, 140 1b. and 198 1b. Very 

 large specimens come to our fishmongers from Grimsby ; one, on 

 April 1st, 1897, measured 7 ft. in length. 



Rhombus maximus. Turbot. C. — Small examples taken in 

 wolders, Shrimp and draw nets. Some very large specimens 

 occasionally brought in from the North Sea. Two on the wharf 

 on Feb. 1st, 1896, when gutted, weighed 29 lb. and 30 lb. 

 " Double " Turbots not unfrequently occur, when both sides are 

 found dark coloured, and spiny processes adorn the under surface 

 as well as the upper. Occasionally a notch in the head holds one 

 eye, which can see either way. If partially blotched underneath, 

 the spines correspond thereon to the upper surface. I met with 

 a fourteen-inch albino Turbot on March 1st, 1894; a narrow 

 orange ring encircled each eye ; and a fifteen-inch example, also 

 white on the upper surface, on May 24th, 1897 (Zool. ante, p. 339). 



R. Icevis. Brill. C. — Small examples common enough 

 inshore. I examined an albino, 15 in. in length, on Feb. 13th, 

 1892. Irregular orange-red lines ringed the eyes ; the fins were 

 margined by a yellowish grey hue. A malformed Brill occurred 

 on Oct. 19th, 1891, with the dorsal and anal fins rounded off 

 under the tail as in the Miiller's Topknot. [Very rarely a 

 curious sport (is it an undescribed species?) comes to hand. On 

 Feb. 26th, 1897, I saw a specimen of what might be termed a 



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