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during the last eight years has been recorded nine times on the 
south coast, the last in 1906 at Newlyn (Pezzack). On May 
26th, 1904, a specimen about 33 ft. long was found dead near 
the mouth of the Camel, and in 1905 two were reported and one 
seen by the writer at St. Ives. The Common Skate (Raia batis, 
L.) is fairly common along the south coast, and evidently local 
on the north. It may often be taken in some quantity with a 
boulter on a sandy bottom close to ‘‘scuddy”’ rocks, and is 
frequently brought in by trawlers. The Flapper Skate (R. macro- 
rhynchus, Raf.) has been recorded from the south coast, but is 
not distinguished from the Common Skate by the fishermen, and 
has not been seen by the writer. The White Skate (R. alba, 
Lacep.) is locally fairly common in deep waters from Downderry 
round to St. Ives in summer and early autumn, and has been 
obtained near Padstow. Small specimens were very common at 
Pendower Beach, Falmouth, last year (1906), and were readily 
captured with hand-lines. The Long-nosed Skate (R. ozy- 
rhynchus, Li.) is occasionally brought in by trawlers, more espe- 
cially from the west and south-west. In some years at least it 
is common on a little patch of ‘“‘scuddy”’ ground in forty-five 
fathoms of water about a mile west of the Wolf Lighthouse. The 
Shagreen Ray (R. fullonica, L.) is mentioned by Couch as rare in 
Cornwall. On June 21st, 1900, the writer found a specimen 
2 ft. 7 in. long in the fish-market at Penzance that had been 
brought in from Mount’s Bay. The Thornback (R. clavata, L.) 
is common from shallow water to twenty-five fathoms on a sandy 
bottom all round the coast, and locally also in deeper water 
throughout the summer. In winter it has been taken with a 
long line at a depth of fifty fathoms. Last year (1906) it was 
unusually plentiful in the deeper water inside the long sandy bar 
at Pendower Beach, Falmouth, where it was voraciously feeding 
on the Plaice, small Turbot, and other flat-fish that are generally 
to be found there in considerably quantity. ‘'he Homelyn or 
Spotted Ray (R. maculata, Mont.) is common on sand, especially 
in shallow water, along the south coast, but seems to be local on 
the north. This and the Thornback are the chief edible Rays in 
the county. The Blonde (R. blanda, Holt et Calderwood) is said 
to be larger and more spiny than the Homelyn, with which it 
has till recently been confounded. Holt says Couch’s description 
