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fPleuronectes cynoglossus. Pole, or Craig Fluke. R. — On 

 Feb. 11th, 1892, I found an eighteen-inch example amongst a 

 package of Soles. Another on the wharf, taken by a wolder, on 

 March 21st, 1893 ; length, 19 in. Dr. Giinther, to whom I for- 

 warded it, confirmed my finding. Two small ones on March 14th, 

 1892. I found another in a heap of Dabs, Jan. 20th, 1896, which 

 is now in Cambridge Museum. Under the name of " Witches," 

 this and the preceding species are frequently taken off the York- 

 shire and Lincolnshire coasts. 



P.jlesus. Flounder. C. — Exceedingly abundant in neigh- 

 bourhood. Ardently angled for on Breydon, prize matches being 

 contested. The " runs " or " drains " veining that estuary at 

 low-water teem with them, particularly in August. They feed on 

 small Crabs, Opossum Shrimps, &c. Herons, Ardea cinerea, in 

 turn, devour swarms of juveniles. With a "butt" pick made of 

 straightened Cod-hooks I have taken from eighty to a hundred 

 Flounders in an hour or two. Sea-caught Flounders are lighter 

 hued than those taken on a muddy bottom. In early August 

 they are plump ; in September often thin. In January they 

 spawn on Breydon ; have taken twenty-inch examples in twenty 

 feet of water. " Left-handed " Flounders are frequent, often 

 three in every dozen taken. Local, " Butts." 



Solea vulgaris. Sole. C. — Shrimpers often net examples; 

 now and again one taken on a hook off the piers, a nineteen-inch 

 fish being taken there in September, 1897. Have seen them on 

 Breydon. The largest of which I have a record weighed 4| lb. ; 

 length, 23f in. ; width, 8f in. Somewhat scarcer than formerly. 

 An example minus even the vestige of a tail, Feb. 25th, 1896 ; 

 length, 7 J in. ; width, 4f in. ; three inches short of normal 

 length. At a fish-shop, on Jan. 20th, 1890, I examined a Sole 

 which had the mouth reversed, and opening towards the dorsal 

 fin instead of turning down to the ventrals. 



*S. lascaris. Lemon Sole. A. — On Jan. 21st, I met with 

 a small example on the fish-wharf, which I forwarded to. Mr. 

 T. Southwell for identification. Only recorded previously for 

 the Norfolk estuary — " several examples." [I have reason to 

 believe careful investigation would add the Variegated Sole, 

 S. variegata, to the local list.l 



Salmo salar. Salmon. K. — : * Small ones have very rarely 



