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that I was enabled at length to discriminate between this fish 

 and the preceding, having had but one of the Crucian Carp 

 for examination. 0. gibelio is altogether a more shapely fish than 

 C. vulgaris, which is almost quadrangular in shape. The back is 

 less elevated ; it has a blunter head, and the tail fin is more 

 deeply forked. I captured several in August, 1908, in a horse- 

 pond at Lound, near the main road, a shallow, stagnant, weed- 

 smothered pit gathered from the drainage of the roads. They 

 have lived happily ever since in a tank, the water in which is 

 seldom changed, and have grown considerably, having nothing 

 else but vermicelli for food. They are somewhat indolent, have 

 become exceedingly tame, taking food from my fingers, and sleep 

 at night on the stones at the bottom of the tank with their eyes 

 open and their mouths shut for considerable periods. I caught 

 an example in the same pit in August, 1909, which weighed five 

 ounces. Mr. C. W. Long, of Lowestoft, showed me a small 

 example in August, 1909, which he had captured in a private 

 pond at Corton. 



Mirror Carp (C. specularis). — I was extremely pleased 

 to see for the first time on August 30th, 1909, a small living 

 example of the large-scaled variety of the Carp, the so-called 

 Spiegel-Karpfen, which is, I believe, of German " manufacture ." 

 Mr. Long, of Lowestoft, in whose aquarium it was, assured me 

 it was taken from a pond in the neighbourhood of Lowestoft. 



Gudgeon (Gobio fluviatilis) . — Found in Fritton Lake. 



Roach (Leuciscus rutilus). — Abundant in Suffolk rivers and 

 ponds. Very capricious on the Waveney, seldom biting at an 

 angler's bait. The largest "record" I have for Beccles was 

 reported to me by Mr. Tilney, who informs me " it was taken 

 below the church steps " ; weight 2 lb. 14 oz. Another ex- 

 ample, 2 lb. 4 oz. 



[Chub (L. cephalus). — I picked up an 11 in. dead Chub in the 

 Waveney on April 20th, 1890. Against this I have the state- 

 ment of Lubbock : " It is entirely unknown in the Bure, Yare, 

 and, I believe, the Waveney ; is very large in some Norfolk 

 rivers — the Ouse, the Thet, and the Wissey, near Stoke Ferry." 

 It would be interesting to settle its claim to be an inhabitant of 

 Suffolk waters.] 



Rudd (L. erythrophthalmus) . — Growing to a large size in 



