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hood of the Village of St. Neot, was at the time referred 

 by me to this Species as described by Dr. Fleming ; but I 

 have not been able to prosecute the enquiry. 



FISHES. 



THE PERCH KIND. 



PERCH. Perca Fluviatilis. Jenyns, p. 330. Yarrell's Br. 

 Fishes, vol. 1, p. 1. Not a Native of Cornwall ; but it has 

 been introduced, particulaidy by R. Lakes, Esq. of St, 

 Austle, and thrives well. It is easily transferred from 

 one pond to another, and would well repay the labour. 



BASS. P. Labrax. Jenyns, p. 331. Yarrell's Br. F., vol. 

 1, p. 6. The Lupus of the Roman Poets. Common, in 

 harbours and sandy bays. 



SMOOTH SERRANUS. Serranus Cabrilla. Jenyns, p. 

 332. Yarrell's Br. F., vol. 1, p. 8. Comber. Common, 

 near rocks, at a few miles from land, and used for bait. It 

 spawns in Summer. 



DUSKY SERRANUS. S. Gigas. Jenyns, p. 333. Yar- 

 rell's Br. F., vol. 1, p. 15. Loudon's Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. 

 5, p. 21. Only one Specimen is yet recorded as British. 



STONE BASS. S. Couchii. Yarrell's Br. F., vol. 1, p„ 

 12. Polyprion Cernium, Cuvier and Valenciennes,' Hist, 

 des Poissons, vol. 2. The description of this fish was 

 omitted in Mr. Yarrell's work, as above quoted, through 

 accident; and its publication here is unnessary, since little 

 doubt is felt either by that Gentleman or myself, that it is 

 the Polyprion Cernium of Cuvier. The doubt here inti- 

 mated arises from the great bulk assigned to the Species by 

 the French Naturalist, and because of some difference in 

 the colours. We know however, that a variation in water 

 and light will greatly influence the tints of colour, and there- 

 fore the only real difficulty arises from the enormous size of 

 an hundred pounds, ascribed to it by Cuvier, while a weight 

 of twenty is regarded as extraordinary in the Cornish Fish. 

 SQUIRREL FISH. Hcemulon Formosum. Cuv. Poiss. vol. 

 5, p. 230, — who refers to Perca Formosa, Lin. Buraco da 

 Velha. Ray's Syn. Pise. p. 134. One Specimen has been 

 taken at Looe. It is a native of the West Indies. 

 WIEVER. Trachinus Draco. Jenyns, p. 335. Yarrell's 

 Br. F., vol. 1, p. 20. Sting Bull. Not uncommon towards 

 the end of Summer. 



