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evidently not recorded since 1880. The Thick- back or Variegated 

 Sole (S. variegata, Don.) is taken in fair quantity by deep-sea 

 trawlers only, along the south coast and at the mouth of the 

 Channel. It is also occasionally taken north and north-west of 

 St. Ives. The Solenette (S. lutea, Eisso) is generally overlooked 

 through being mistaken for the young of the Common Sole. It 

 is fairly common, and at times abundant on a sandy bottom 

 from shallow water downwards. It is occasionally taken by 

 trawlers in large quantity, and generally thrown overboard 

 because of its small size. It has been identified at St. Ives and 

 at Padstow. 



A single half-grown specimen of the subtropical Batistes 

 maculatus, Gmel., in the British Museum, is stated to have been 

 received from Polperro, but Day has great hesitation in accepting 

 the species as British. An example of the File-fish (B. capriscas, 

 Gmel.) was taken at Porthloe in 1865, and passed through Couch's 

 hands into the British Museum. The Globe-fish (Tetrodon lago- 

 cephalus, L.) is an occasional casual in the south. One was taken 

 in Falmouth Bay on the 8th of September, 1891, and was seen 

 by the writer five days later. It measured 15^ in. in length. 

 Another was picked up by a fisherman on Seaton beach about 

 the middle of August, 1905, and is now in the British Museum. 

 The Sun-fish (Orthagoriscus mola, L.) is a frequent casual all 

 along the south coast, and at St. Ives. A small one about 

 2J ft. long and 21 in. deep was gaffed off Newquay in July, 

 1902, three were recorded about Bude in 1905, and one, 4 ft. 3 in. 

 long and 3 ft. 5 in. deep, was obtained off Trevose Head, Pad- 

 stow, early in August, 1907. The Oblong Sun-fish (0. truncatus, 

 Eetz) is much rarer, only five having been recorded since 1855, 

 the last, a specimen about 19 in. long, being thrown up on 

 Porthcothan beach, near Padstow, in June, 1896 (Hicks). 



(To be continued.) 



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