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Hilbre Swash. The species has also occurred this sum- 

 mer amongst material collected by the hopper " Beta," by 

 permission of the Sea-Fisheries Committee, for the 

 Liverpool Museums Committee, from the " Deposit 

 Ground " in Liverpool Bay. 



Fishes. — Callionymus maculatus, Bonap. — Spotted 

 Dragonet. A specimen of this fish was discovered in the 

 jar containing C. lyra in the Fisheries Collection at 

 University College. The exact date and locality of capture 

 are doubtful, but this is certain that it was taken somewhere 

 off the Lancashire coast, probably off the mouth of the 

 Mersey, about six years ago. Specimens of this Dragonet 

 were also obtained by the hopper "Beta" in the vicinity of 

 the "Deposit Ground," while fishing last summer with a 

 small meshed net by special permission of the Scientific 

 Department of the Local Sea-Fisheries Committee. 

 C. maculatus has already been recorded from various 

 places along the British coasts, but not from the Irish Sea. 

 It is probable that the use of a small meshed trawl on 

 suitable areas in other parts of the Irish Sea would bring 

 to light other fishes such as Gadus esmarkii and Lum- 

 penus lampetriformis, which have occasionally been taken 

 with the shrimp trawl in the Clyde area. 



Raia fidlonica.lAxm. — Fuller's Bay. Specimens of this Ray 

 were found amongst the material collected by the fisheries 

 steamer "John Fell" for the fishermen's classes at Piel 

 this year. One was obtained from Cardigan Bay, and 

 another from the Off-shore station between Lancashire and 

 the Isle of Man, in April, 1902. 



It may be noted that the capture of at least four Sturgeon 

 in the Liverpool Bay area have been recorded in the Lan- 

 cashire papers during the year — two from the River Dee, in 

 June ; one from the River Leven (referred to above), in 

 July; and one from the vicinity of Fleetwood, in the last 



