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PISCES. 

 Notes from Great Yarmouth. — Fishes rare or curious have been 

 sparsely met with iu local waters during the past six months. The only 

 records of exceptional interest, beyond the great takes of Herrings of last 

 fishing season, were a white Sole (Solea vulgaris), on Sept. 19th, 1899 ; 

 one or two Anchovies (Engraulis encrasicholus) in October, from the drift- 

 nets ; a Porbeagle (Lamna comubica), our locally commonest Shark ; and 

 a Sturgeon of the variety Accipenser latirostris, which measured 4 ft , on or 

 about Nov. 23rd. A 10 in. Lemon Sole (Solea lascaris) was brought me on 

 Jan. 13th of the present year, and on the 16th an albino Sole, measuring 

 ll£ in. Only a very narrow ring of the normal colouring encircled the 

 eyes, and the slightest tiuge of pink was observable on tne fins. It was 

 forwarded to the Cambridge Zoological Museum. A Plaice (Pleuronectes 

 platessa), which was all white with the exception of the head and ventral 

 fins, came to hand early in March. The first example of the Planer's 

 Lamprey (Petromyzon branchialis) that I have been fortunate in identifying 

 as locally occurring, I discovered ou a heap of seaweed washed up at the 

 harbour's mouth on April 10th. It measured 4£ in. in length, and was big 

 in spawn ; the ova, indeed, oozed from it. In the Norfolk and Norwich 

 Naturalists' ' Transactions,' it is recorded as occurring at Keswick, where it 

 is described as being " numerous in ditches containing small springs, to 

 which this species appears to be attracted." The colour was dull green, 

 relieved underneath by yellowish tints. On April 20th a faded example, 

 long kept in ice, of the Ballau Wrasse (Labrus maculatus) was brought me 

 from a trawler; it had undoubtedly been taken in a trawl-net " nor'ard of 

 the Dogger," and is scarcely entitled to a place in the local list ; the species 

 has, however, been identified already at Yarmouth. — A. Patterson (Ibis 

 House, Great Yarmouth). 



