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passes over but one or two specimens occur. " One taken, 1818 ; 

 another, 1822" (Pagets). I saw a 7 -ft. example, Oct. 17th, 1891 ; 

 another, 6 ft. 6 in., on Sept. 30th, 1893; yet another on Sept. 

 28th, 1894; length, 9 ft. 



Alopecias vulpes. Thresher. K. — The earliest record of a 

 locally taken example is July 4th, 1867; length, 14 ft. 5 in., of 

 which the tail accounted for 7 ft. 4 in. ; girth, 6 ft. One landed 

 at Lowestoft end of Sept. 1879. "It weighed half a ton, and its 

 tail was 10 ft. long" (Dr. Lowe). Another was caught by some 

 Palling 'long-shore fishermen on Oct. 2nd, 1884 ; length, 12 ft. 

 Two small examples at Lowestoft, Sept. 1897 (Southwell, Zool. 

 ante, p. 475) ; another, 10 ft. 2 in. in length, landed at Yarmouth, 

 Oct. 9th, 1897. 



Selache maxima. Basking Shark. A. — " Several of this 

 species have been taken at different times" (Pagets). Query: — 

 Can the Pagets have confounded any of these with Lamna cornu- 

 bica ? I have not yet met with the species. 



Lcemargus borealis. Greenland Shark. A. — An example, 15 ft. 

 long, was captured in shallow water off Caister, Nov. 11th, 1885 

 (Trans. Norf. Nor. Nat. Soc. 1893-94, p. 643). Two others have 

 occurred off the Norfolk coast, viz., one Jan. 21st, 1892, off Lynn ; 

 length, 13 ft. 2 in.; the other, July 12th, 1892, off Overstrand ; 

 length, 10 ft. 



Scyllum canicula. Lesser Spotted Dog-fish. F. — " Our most 

 common species" (Pagets). The fish must have changed about 

 during the past fifty years, for a hundred Picked Dogs occur to 

 one of this species. Frequently taken by trawlers, wolders, and 

 rarely by shrimpers, from whom I have had specimens. 



S. stellar is. Larger Spotted Dog-fish. R. R. — " One caught, 

 1828" (Pagets). Taken as in the preceding species. I have seen 

 several on the beach and fish wharf. 



Acanthias vulgaris. Picked Dog-fish. C. — An untiring foe 

 to the Herrings, which it attacks even when gilled in the nets, 

 biting out from the back chestnut-shaped pieces. Frequently the 

 only catches of sea anglers from the piers. Found an example 

 on Feb. 28th, 1890, on the beach; length, 27 in. A dead body 

 was washed ashore on Jan. 23rd, 1890 ; a shoal of Dog-fish 

 followed it into the breakers ! 



Squatina vulgaris. Monk-fish. R. R. — "One taken, 1817; 



