474 VERTEBRATE FAUNA OF LAKELAND 



variety, surmuletus, L. ... It is highly probable that the Eed 

 Mullet which visit the N.W. coast of England represent the 

 same form. 



Order A GANTHOPTER YGIL Fam. SPA RIDM. 



COMMON SEA-BEEAM. 



Pagellus centrodontus (De la Roche). 



This is not a common fish in the waters of the English Solway, 

 but a few individuals are captured from time to time among 

 the ' white fish.' The figure given by Couch is excellent, but 

 the colour of this species fades rapidly when exposed to the 

 air. In the autumn of 1879 this small fish was comparatively 

 plentiful in the neighbourhood of Skinburness. Mr. Nicol 

 netted a considerable number in drawing a big hole beside a 

 mussel scar off the Grune Point. I have not as yet succeeded 

 in tracing this fish to Morecambe Bay. 



Order A GANTHOPTER YGIL Fam. SCI^NIDjE. 



MAIGRE. 



Sciaena aquila (Lac^p. ). 



The Whitehaven Museum possesses a stuffed specimen of the 

 Maigre, measuring between 4 and 5 feet in length. It was 

 captured by a fishing-boat in the neighbourhoood of White- 

 haven early in the year 1877. Dr. Welby I' Anson saw it in 

 the hands of the taxidermist. It was then flayed open, and the 

 operator was about to cook some Maigre steaks. This specimen 

 can always be seen at Whitehaven. It is the only Maigre that 

 we know to have been obtained on the N.W. coast of England. 



Order ACANTHOPTERYGII. Fam. XIPHIWjE. 



SWORDFISH. 



Xiphias gladius (L. ), 



Although the Swordfish is tolerably well known to the 

 Bowness fishermen, almost all the specimens that have been 



