130 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
Curlew in Langston Harbour,among a flock of Dunlins. Aug. 2nd, saw a few 
Greenshauks in Portsmouth Harbour.”—G. W. Situ (College, Winchester). 
PISCES. 
Malformed Codfish.—In the course of my observations on the fishes 
of this district, variations in the forms, or-deviations from the normal shape 
in certain species, have come from time to time under my notice. The 
tendency to abnormality appears to be greater in the Cod (Gadus morrhua) 
than in any other species. 
Occasionally a Haddock or a 
Gurnard has presented itself 
as an example of the gro- 
tesque, but it is the Cod, 
whose numbers are certainly 
not in excess of any other 
common “ round” fish, which 
leads the way. The speci- 
mens in the illustration are 
amongst the number that have 
come under my notice, and 
are as follows :— 
A.—The normal shape. 
B.—A 154-inch Codling 
netted off Gorleston beach, 
Jan. 11th, 1898. The tip- 
end of the pectoral fins was 
exactly midway between the 
snout. The fish was only 
three-fourths the length it 
should have been for the size 
4 of the “‘ head and shoulders.” 
Afalerso. ol /, C.—A deformed example, 
——~ geen on a fish-stall of this 
town, Jan. 20th, 1890. It looked a veritable AXsop. Length guessed as 
about 20 in. 
D.—An example of the “ Bull-dog” variety, taken May 1st, 1894. 
Length, 16 in. 
E.—On Jan. 17th this strange-looking specimen was hooked by a sea- 
angler fishing from the jetty. Length, 16 in. It is a curious fact that 
most of the Gadus varieties I have examined measured this length. Ha — . 
shows the mouth closed.—A. Parrerson (Ibis House, Great Yarmouth). 
extreme ends of the tail and © 
