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off the Isles of Scilly. The Cornish fishermen say that Mackerel 

 is always most abundant where the water is green, and samples 

 of such water is generally found to be very full of small " bait." 

 In September and October the Mackerel, as a rule, return to deep 

 water, but a few often linger behind, where small fish are plenti- 

 ful, and grow rapidly in size. On the 26th October last year two 

 were sent in from Falmouth, one of which weighed 2 lb. 1 oz. and 

 the other 2 lb. 2| oz. The Spanish Mackerel (Scomber colias, 

 G-mel.) is an occasional visitor from the Mediterranean, some- 

 times in small shoals. In June, 1901, about fifty were brought 

 into Newlyn from near the Wolf; in the early days of June, 

 1906, several were taken near Gerrans, and in the summer of 

 1907 Dunn/, saw two that had been brought in from Mount's 

 Bay. The Short-finned Tunny (Orcynus thynnus, L.) is an 

 irregular visitor, chiefly to the west of the county, from July to 

 November. In September, 1899, several were taken in a Pil- 

 chard drift-net near the Wolf Eock ; in July, 1901, two were 

 obtained about three miles south of the Eunnelstone, and on the 

 8th of November one was taken to the north of St. Ives ; in 

 August, 1906, two small specimens were sent in for identification 

 out of a number that had been caught to the south of Mousehole 

 Island. The Germon or Long-finned Tunny (O. germo, Lacep ) 

 is a rare vagrant that has not been reported since 1846. The 

 Pelamid (Pelamys sarda, Bloch.) has been much confused with 

 the Short-finned Tunny. Occasional specimens have undoubtedly 

 been taken off the south coast, but the only specimen handled 

 by the writer was one weighing 4 lb. that had been taken in a 

 Mackerel drift-net south of the Bishop early in June, 1903, and 

 was reported in a local newspaper as a gigantic Mackerel. The 

 Plain Bonito (Anxis ruchei, Ptisso) is a very rare vagrant, not 

 recorded since 1844. The Sucking-fish (Echeneis remora, L.) 

 was obtained by Dunn/, in 1867, eighteen miles off the Dodman, 

 and by Cornish from Mount's Bay in 1877. Several Cornish 

 specimens of the Scabbard Fish (Lepidopus caudatus, Euphr.) 

 are mentioned by Day, but none have been recorded since. The 

 Silvery Hair-tail (Trichiurus Upturns, L.) has been taken at 

 intervals, and, as a rule, singly along the south coast. One was 

 obtained at the mouth of the Helford River on the 15th of 

 December, 1899, and another at Sennen Cove, near the Land's 



