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THE ZOOLOGIST. 



faunas of a particular locality very valuable. — Albert H. Waters 

 (Cambridge). 



PISCES. 



What is the Heaviest Weight reached by the Rudd (Leuciscus 

 erythropthalmus) ? — The fish referred to by Mr. Green (ante, p. 256) 

 is an undoubted Kudd, as its captor sent me a photograph of it in a 

 case as set up by the taxidermist. In order that no doubt should 

 appertain to its identity, I showed the photograph to Mr. Boulenger, 

 who confirmed the identification. The weight of this fish (4 lb. 4 oz.) 

 given by Mr. Green is so unusual that I wrote to that gentleman for 

 exact measurements, and he kindly took off the back of the case and 

 sent me following dimensions : — 



I then sought the experience of Mr. E. B. Marston, the well-known 

 editor of the ' Fishing Gazette,' as to the record weight of this fish, and 

 the following reply was kindly sent me : — " The largest Rudd, recorded 

 by Dr. Day in his ' British Pishes,' was taken by my late friend Dr. 

 Norman in Norfolk, and weighed 3 lb. 1 oz. I may have recorded 

 larger ones, but do not remember them. There is a Roach of nearly 

 4 lb. at the present Earl's Court Exhibition, as well as many large 

 Rudd, but none quite 3 lb., I think." I have also written to our con- 

 tributor, Mr. A. Patterson, who possesses such a wide knowledge of 

 Norfolk fishes, but he could only inform me that this fish does not 

 often exceed two pounds in weight, and his greatest weight record is 

 the one taken by the late Dr. Norman, to which Mr. Marston has 

 already referred. Consequently this record of Mr. Green is a very 

 unusual one. — W. L. Distant. 



