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of their capture ; I only ascertained that these Gottus were taken 

 in the vicinity of Lowestoft, and sold there with other fishes. I 

 have more recently seen an example taken by a friend on "Yar- 

 mouth Pier, which places its claim to my local list beyond 

 dispute ; but unfortunately he had made a most execrable attempt 

 to preserve it, so that its value as a "specimen" was entirely 

 gone. This species is my only addition to the Norfolk list for 

 1907. 



On the same date, on the south beach, I found a mauled ex- 

 ample of the Lumpsucker (Cyclopterus lumpus), upon which the 

 Hooded Crows had been most industriously dining. On March 

 4th a 3£ lb. Ballan Wrasse {Labras maculatus) was taken in the 

 neighbourhood. 



On March 11th a fine example of the Greenland Bullhead 

 (Coitus grcenlanclicus) was given me, that had been placed on the 

 top of a consignment of Herrings from Norway. 



A Smeared Dab (Pleuronectes microcephalus) came to hand on 

 March 30th, the upper surface of which was of the normal colour, 

 but the surrounding fins and tail were perfectly white. 



The washing ashore, on April 28th, of a number of heads of 

 the Tope (Galeus vulgaris) without the bodies was to me highly 

 suggestive ! 



A 26 lb. Cod, on May 17th, was so stunted in shape that its 

 proportionately huge-looking head was exactly one-third its 

 entire length. 



My first little stranger from the shrimp-boats came in on 

 May 21st in the person of a very small Lesser Forkbeard (Rani- 

 ceps trifurcatus) , which measures barely 3£ in. in length. 



From the stomach of an Angler [Lophius piscatorius) captured 

 on Breydon, the date of which my informant (Jary) could not 

 remember, he took four Flounders the size of one's hand, one 

 "slip" (young Sole), three Viviparous Blennies, and six 

 "whitebait" (3 in. Herrings). 



On June 6th a 15 in. Mackerel, entirely devoid of the charac- 

 teristic back-stripes, was sent me by Mr. B. Beazor, fish-mer- 

 chant, from the fish-wharf. On the 15th I obtained a Trans- 

 parent Goby (Latnmculus pellucidus) from a shrimp-boat. 



The tailless Sole, taken in June, has already been referred to, 

 and figured in ' The Zoologist ' {ante, p. 276). 



