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  THE 
  VEETEBEATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  "DEE." 
  

  

  Gadus 
  minutus, 
  Linn. 
  Poor 
  or 
  Power 
  Cod. 
  Shelchie. 
  

  

  Shelack. 
  

  

  Abundant 
  ; 
  caught 
  in 
  fair 
  numbers 
  by 
  line 
  during 
  summer, 
  

   and 
  by 
  trawl 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  year. 
  Although 
  small 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  

   good 
  eating, 
  but 
  seldom 
  used. 
  

  

  Gadus 
  merlangus, 
  Linn. 
  Whiting. 
  " 
  Fittin." 
  Young 
  taken 
  

   in 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  June 
  and 
  July 
  (when 
  in 
  quantity) 
  

   are 
  called 
  " 
  Dargs." 
  " 
  Cuitschack." 
  

  

  Caught 
  in 
  large 
  quantities 
  all 
  around 
  the 
  east 
  coast, 
  and 
  

   esteemed 
  the 
  most 
  delicate 
  of 
  all 
  our 
  food 
  fishes, 
  for 
  which 
  

   reason 
  it 
  is 
  often 
  called 
  " 
  the 
  chicken 
  of 
  the 
  sea." 
  

  

  Gadus 
  poutassou, 
  Gunther. 
  Couch's 
  Whiting. 
  

  

  Included 
  in 
  Dr. 
  Howden's 
  list 
  as 
  local, 
  but 
  no 
  information 
  

   given 
  as 
  to 
  where 
  caught 
  or 
  where 
  to 
  be 
  seen, 
  

  

  Gadus 
  virens, 
  Linn. 
  Coal 
  Fish. 
  "Colmies." 
  "Saithe." 
  

   "Coal 
  Saithe." 
  "Piltock." 
  "Cuddy." 
  " 
  Baggot." 
  

   " 
  Mar 
  Seith." 
  In 
  the 
  young 
  stages, 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  

   " 
  Prinkle," 
  "Gerrick," 
  "Poodlie," 
  are 
  given. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  caught 
  in 
  great 
  numbers, 
  but 
  is 
  not 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  of 
  high 
  quality. 
  They 
  are 
  usually 
  split, 
  salted, 
  and 
  

   dried. 
  

  

  Gadus 
  pollachius, 
  Linn. 
  Pollack. 
  " 
  Lythe." 
  "Skeet." 
  

  

  "Sythe." 
  

  

  " 
  A 
  rare 
  visitant 
  in 
  the 
  Firth 
  of 
  Forth, 
  where 
  seldom 
  more 
  

   than 
  half-a-dozen 
  are 
  taken 
  during 
  the 
  season, 
  and 
  those 
  

   generally 
  of 
  large 
  size." 
  (Parnell.) 
  " 
  These 
  frequent 
  our 
  

   coasts 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  months. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  The 
  taste 
  is 
  

   similar 
  to 
  the 
  common 
  whiting, 
  but 
  much 
  firmer 
  and 
  more 
  

   delicious." 
  (Arbuthnot.) 
  " 
  Occasionally 
  from 
  deep 
  water." 
  

   M'Intosh.) 
  " 
  Frequent." 
  (Edward.) 
  

  

  Along 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Aberdeen 
  and 
  Kincardine 
  shires 
  this 
  

   species 
  is 
  caught 
  sparingly. 
  

  

  