370 BLEAK. Class IV. 



fides filvery, but in the fummer yellow : the beily 

 white : the pedloral fins of a pale yellow : the 

 ventral and anal fins red: the tail a little forked, 

 of a brownifh hue, but tinned with blue at the end. 



J76. Bleak. Alburnus, Aufon. Mofellay anlofllculorum viginti. ^^- 

 - 126. . ted, Jy 71071. 10. 



Able ou Ablette. Belon, 'T^ig, Cyprinus alburnus. LiTi.fyJt. 

 Alburnus. Rondel, flu'-oiat, 531. Grono-u, Zocph. Ko, 



208. Gefner pifc. 23. 336. 



Albula minor. Witinck^ Loja. Fomh. Suec. No. 373. 



Witek and Blike. Schone- Spitflauben, fchneidertirchl. 



<velde, II. Tab, i. Kra^n. 395. 



Bleak. Wil. Icth. 263. Rail Ukeleyen, V/ulff Borufs, Ns, 



Jyn. pifc. 123. 64. 



Cyprinus quincuncialis, pinna 



THE taking of thefe, Aiijonlus lets us know, 

 was the Iport of children. 



Alburn OS pr^edam puerilihus hamis. 



They are very common in many of our rivers, 

 and keep together in large fhoals. Thefe fifh feem 

 at certain feafons to be in great agonies •, they 

 tumble about near the furface of the water, and 

 are incapable of fwimming far from the place, 

 but in about two hours recover, and difappear. 

 Fifh thus affedted the Thames fifhermen call mad 

 hkaks. They feem to be troubled with a fpccies 

 of Cordius or hair-worm, of the fame kind with 



thofe 



