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shore. ... A respectable fisherman, in whose veracity I place 

 full confidence, told me that he once caught two large Turbots 

 at once, at the head of Lowestoft inner harbour, just below 

 Mutford Lock," J. H. G., quoted by Dr. Lowe (Nor. N. S.). 



Brill {R. Icevis). — I have seen very small ones occasionally 

 in the trawl catches. South wold (Wake). " The trawlers catch 

 Brill in Sole Bay " (Canova). Two beautiful varieties in Nor- 

 wich Museum with brown blotches on a white ground, both of 

 which are from Lowestoft. I met with an albino variety in 

 Feb. 1892.* The very remarkable example figured {ante, Plate 

 IV.) was brought to me from Lowestoft on June 29th, 1909. 



Megrim (Arnoglossiis laterna). — I am somewhat astonished 

 to find this species marked for Southwold by Dr. Wake, which 

 speaks well for his power of discernment. Some of the longer 

 Plenroneetidce have been roughly termed Megrims, but his defi- 

 nition of it as Scald-fish is sufficiently convincing. The tender 

 skin is most easily abrased, giving the fish the appearance of 

 having been scalt, hence the trivial nickname. For some years I 

 sought this species off the coast of Norfolk, and in the end obtained 

 two examples, both taken in Shrimp-boats — one in April, 1906, 

 the other in July, 1906.1 Each was just over 4 in. in length. 



Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa). — Taken off the Suffolk coast 

 in some numbers, but of no very great size, although Mr. 

 Canova wrote me on August 19th, 1909, that "the boats had 

 been getting some fine Plaice catches at Southwold." I saw 

 some with exceedingly bright spots at Aldeburgh on August 

 30th, 1909. 



Dab (P. limanda). — Common all along the Suffolk coast. 

 Mr. Canova furnishes me with some good records. His largest 

 seen was 2 J lb. ; largest taken from Southwold Pier, 1 lb. 10|- oz. 

 From the * Anglers' News ' I glean the following : — Taken there 

 by amateur fishermen: 1907-8— examples, 1 lb. 6J oz. and 

 1 lb. 4 oz. ; 1908-9 -examples, 1 lb. 11 oz. At Aldeburgh, in 

 Nov. 1908, one was taken weighing 1 lb. 12 oz. 



Smeared Dab (P. microcephalus) . — Many hundredweight are 

 landed yearly by Lowestoft trawlers, but it does not seem at all 

 common inshore. Two or three shrimpers have assured me 



:;: Vide ' Notes of an East Coast Naturalist,' pp. 228-231. 

 | 5 Zoologist,' 190C, pp. 453 and 456. 



