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larger eye and longer pectorals, which are also differently shaped, be- 

 ing more arched. In a common bream of the same length these fins 

 were 3f inches long. The scales also were more decidedly waved at 

 their edge. In the stomach I found a Comatula and the bait, a slice 

 of fish, with which it was taken ; but in the lower intestine were ra- 

 ther broad pieces of brown seaweed, covered with Flustrae, but this, 

 being undigested, seems not to be its ordinary food. 



At the first glance I was induced to suspect that this fish was no- 

 thing more than a dumpy specimen of the common sea-bream ; but it 

 differed in so many particulars, besides the shortened form, that on 

 minute examination I have been compelled to conclude that it is a 

 separate species ; in which opinion I am supported by the decision of 

 an eminent naturalist. I have not been able to discover any species 

 at all closely resembling it in the works of Rondeletius, Gesner, Ray, 

 Linnaeus, Gronovius, Risso or Cuvier; and am therefore compelled 

 to conclude that it is now for the first time described : a circumstance 

 the less to be wondered at, when we recollect that even in the limited 

 waters of the Mediterranean, and so near a region as Madeira, several 

 fishes have been recorded of which only single specimens have been 

 obtained. The specimen is deposited in the British Museum ; and, 

 using the privilege of a discoverer, I propose to designate it as 

 Pagellus curt us. Jonathan Couch. 



Polperro, November, 1843. 



Note on the occurrence of rare Fishes at Redcar, Yorkshire. 1. Gobius unipuncta- 

 tus, common, of various sizes from 2^ inches downwards ; one full of spawn. Found 

 in almost every pool on West Coatham marshes, eastern shore of the Tees. 2. Two- 

 spotted goby. A single specimen on the rocks at low water here. 3. Two specimens 

 out of a cod-fish, which agree minutely with G. gracilis of Jenyns. 4. Scopelus Hum- 

 boldtii. First met with by me, May, 1841 ; this year I have taken thirteen specimens 

 (six of which I sent to Mr. Yarrell), varying in size from 2\ to f of an inch. 5. Clu- 

 pea Leachii. In April last I found a single example, in length 1 1 inches. — T. S. 

 Rudd ; Redcar, near Guisborough. 



Note on Helix hybrida. Perhaps the following note may interest some of your 

 readers. I do not pretend to a scientific knowledge of any branch of Natural History, 

 but am in the habit of collecting in my walks anything that appears uncommon : and 

 early in last September my attention was attracted by what seemed to me a singularly 

 coloured Helix hortensis (being of an almost uniform rosy brown), and on examining 

 it I found it had a beautiful rosy lip. I searched for more, but without success. The 

 first rainy day which occurred I renewed my search, and was rewarded with twelve or 

 thirteen specimens ; since then I have, at different times, taken not fewer than fifty. 

 What struck me as remarkable was, that of a fence one thousand yards in extent, and 



