88 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
PISCES. 
Fishes of Great Yarmouth. —I read with great pleasure in the 
December issue of ‘ The Zoologist’ (1897, p. 539) Mr. Patterson’s long and 
interesting list of the Fishes of Great Yarmouth. There is, however, one 
point I wish to pass a remark upon, viz. in speaking upon Scorpena dactylo- 
ptera he says: “ Found a specimen of this rare British fish (the second 
for Great Britain) in a shrimper’s catch on April 29th, 1894.” This species 
is of quite frequent occurrence along the east coast of Scotland. I have 
seen them in the Aberdeen market many times within the past twenty 
years, often in dozens at a time, and on several occasions from 1 to 4} cwt., 
the latter being on July 9th, 1890. For observations on this species I 
would refer Mr. Patterson to the ‘ Annals of Scottish Natural History ’ for 
October, 1893.—Groree Sim (52, Castle Street, Aberdeen). 
