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  THE 
  VEETEBRATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  " 
  DEE." 
  

  

  u 
  A 
  specimen 
  in 
  the 
  University 
  Museum 
  ; 
  rare." 
  (M'lntosh, 
  

   St. 
  Andrews.) 
  

  

  Family 
  MUGILIDiE, 
  Cuvier. 
  

   Genus 
  MUGIL, 
  Artedi. 
  

   [Mugil 
  capito, 
  Cuv. 
  The 
  Grey 
  Mullet. 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  am 
  only 
  aware 
  of 
  two 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  Mullet 
  which 
  

   have 
  been 
  procured 
  within 
  our 
  limits 
  — 
  the 
  one 
  at 
  Gardens- 
  

   town, 
  the 
  other 
  at 
  Cullen." 
  (Edward.) 
  

  

  Parnell 
  says 
  : 
  " 
  This 
  fish, 
  on 
  the 
  authority 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Neill, 
  is 
  

   occasionally 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Firth 
  of 
  Forth, 
  as 
  recorded 
  in 
  the 
  

   Wemerian 
  Transactions, 
  vol. 
  i., 
  p. 
  544, 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Mugil 
  

   cephalus," 
  and 
  adds 
  : 
  " 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  singular 
  fact 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  that 
  not 
  a 
  

   single 
  specimen 
  has 
  fallen 
  under 
  my 
  notice 
  ; 
  those 
  which 
  I 
  

   have 
  examined 
  being 
  the 
  M. 
  chelo, 
  of 
  Cuvier 
  (the 
  next 
  fish 
  to 
  

   be 
  described), 
  and 
  not 
  M. 
  capito, 
  which, 
  according 
  to 
  my 
  

   observation, 
  is 
  far 
  the 
  rarer 
  fish 
  of 
  the 
  two." 
  This 
  is 
  in 
  exact 
  

   accord 
  with 
  the 
  experience 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  writer.] 
  

  

  Mugil 
  chelo, 
  Cuv. 
  Thick-lipped 
  Grey 
  Mullet. 
  

  

  Arbuthnot, 
  in 
  his 
  Account 
  of 
  Peterhead, 
  p. 
  20, 
  in 
  speaking 
  of 
  

   "the 
  Mullet," 
  which 
  he 
  calls 
  Mugli 
  ophalus, 
  says 
  : 
  " 
  These 
  have 
  

   frequented 
  our 
  coasts 
  for 
  several 
  years 
  ; 
  they 
  have 
  never 
  been 
  

   caught 
  upon 
  lines, 
  and 
  appear 
  to 
  live 
  upon 
  the 
  fucii. 
  A 
  

   number 
  of 
  them 
  were 
  caught 
  in 
  a 
  seine-net. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  The 
  

   main 
  body 
  leapt 
  over 
  the 
  bolt-ropes 
  of 
  the 
  net 
  and 
  made 
  their 
  

   escape." 
  

  

  " 
  Scarcely 
  a 
  summer 
  passes 
  but 
  that 
  a 
  few 
  are 
  found 
  at 
  the 
  

   different 
  fishing 
  stations 
  in 
  the 
  Firth 
  of 
  Forth, 
  and 
  occasion- 
  

   ally 
  of 
  large 
  size." 
  (Parnell, 
  Fishes 
  of 
  the 
  Firth 
  of 
  Forth, 
  p. 
  

   230.) 
  Edward 
  does 
  not 
  mention 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  his 
  list 
  for 
  

   Banffshire. 
  " 
  Common 
  along 
  the 
  east 
  coast 
  of 
  Sutherland 
  in 
  

   suitable 
  places," 
  and 
  " 
  pretty 
  plentiful 
  in 
  Wick 
  Harbour 
  and 
  

   in 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  in 
  winter." 
  (Peach, 
  quoted 
  by 
  

   Harvie-Brown 
  and 
  Buckley, 
  Fauna 
  of 
  Sutherland, 
  p. 
  270.) 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  frequently 
  caught 
  in 
  the 
  nets 
  set 
  for 
  

   salmon 
  along 
  the 
  east 
  coast, 
  and 
  at 
  times 
  it 
  is 
  obtained 
  in 
  

   numbers 
  in 
  salmon 
  drag-nets 
  in 
  the 
  mouths 
  of 
  our 
  rivers. 
  

  

  