﻿FISHES. 
  

  

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  Cottus 
  quadricornis, 
  Linn. 
  Four-horned 
  Cottus. 
  

  

  Edward 
  says 
  : 
  " 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  found 
  this 
  species 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  

   stomach 
  of 
  other 
  fish, 
  which 
  leads 
  me 
  to 
  conclude 
  that 
  they 
  

   generally 
  inhabit 
  deep 
  water." 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  never 
  had 
  the 
  fortune 
  to 
  obtain 
  C. 
  quadricornis 
  from 
  

   the 
  east 
  coast, 
  but 
  have 
  one 
  from 
  the 
  Pentland 
  Firth. 
  

  

  Genus 
  TRIGLA, 
  Artedi. 
  

  

  Trigla 
  lineata, 
  Gmel 
  Streaked 
  Gurnard. 
  

  

  Up 
  to 
  the 
  publication 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Day's 
  work 
  on 
  British 
  fishes, 
  

   only 
  two 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  Streaked 
  Gurnard 
  had 
  been 
  

   recorded 
  for 
  Scotland 
  — 
  " 
  One 
  at 
  Ayr, 
  and 
  a 
  second, 
  in 
  October, 
  

   1844, 
  at 
  Glasgow." 
  I 
  am 
  enabled 
  to 
  place 
  this 
  pretty 
  and 
  

   interesting 
  fish 
  amongst 
  the 
  east 
  coast 
  Marine 
  Fauna, 
  one 
  

   having 
  been 
  found 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Herbert 
  Howell, 
  in 
  a 
  trawl 
  net, 
  

   eight 
  or 
  nine 
  miles 
  off 
  Stonehaven, 
  on 
  January 
  13th, 
  1896. 
  

   Mr. 
  Howell 
  presented 
  it 
  in 
  a 
  fresh 
  condition 
  to 
  me, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  

   still 
  in 
  my 
  possession. 
  

  

  Trigla 
  cuculus, 
  Linn. 
  Red 
  Gurnard. 
  " 
  Gowdie." 
  

  

  Not 
  uncommon 
  ; 
  caught 
  both 
  by 
  line 
  and 
  trawl. 
  As 
  an 
  

   article 
  of 
  food, 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  held 
  in 
  great 
  esteem. 
  

  

  Trigla 
  hirundo, 
  Linn. 
  Sapphirine 
  Gurnard. 
  "Gowdie." 
  

  

  Not 
  uncommon 
  ; 
  caught 
  throughout 
  the 
  year 
  by 
  trawl, 
  and 
  

   by 
  lines 
  during 
  summer. 
  

  

  Trigla 
  gurnardus, 
  Linn, 
  Grey 
  Gurnard. 
  "Gowdie." 
  

   " 
  Crooner." 
  

  

  Abundant 
  ; 
  caught 
  by 
  line-fishers 
  during 
  summer, 
  but 
  the 
  

   largest 
  numbers 
  are 
  obtained 
  by 
  trawl, 
  when 
  frequently 
  a 
  ton- 
  

   weight 
  is 
  brought 
  to 
  market 
  by 
  one 
  vessel, 
  and 
  this 
  at 
  all 
  

   seasons 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  Not 
  esteemed 
  as 
  food 
  by 
  the 
  people 
  

   along 
  our 
  coasts. 
  The 
  form 
  named 
  Trigla 
  blochii 
  is 
  now 
  

   believed 
  to 
  be 
  nearly 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  above. 
  

  

  