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  THE 
  VERTEBRATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  "DEE." 
  

  

  at 
  Gamrie 
  in 
  1851. 
  This 
  may 
  have 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  one 
  

   spoken 
  of 
  by 
  Edward. 
  One 
  was 
  caught 
  off 
  the 
  Ythan, 
  Jufyj 
  

   1875, 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  Aberdeen 
  University 
  Museum. 
  Two 
  

   specimens, 
  both 
  caught 
  by 
  trawl, 
  were 
  brought 
  to 
  Aberdeen 
  

   Market, 
  where 
  I 
  obtained 
  them 
  : 
  one 
  on 
  August 
  31st, 
  1888, 
  

   off 
  Slains 
  ; 
  the 
  other, 
  5 
  J 
  feet 
  long, 
  twenty-four 
  miles 
  off 
  

   Buchanness, 
  August, 
  1899. 
  

  

  Family 
  RHINIDiE. 
  

  

  Genus 
  RHINA, 
  Klein. 
  

  

  Rhina 
  squatina, 
  Raf. 
  " 
  Angel-fish." 
  " 
  Cattie." 
  

   " 
  Sea-devil." 
  

  

  " 
  Sometimes 
  found 
  on 
  our 
  coasts, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  a 
  rare 
  fish." 
  

   (Arbuthnot.) 
  " 
  Noticed 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Neill 
  as 
  occurring 
  occasionally 
  

   in 
  the 
  Firth 
  of 
  Forth, 
  and 
  I 
  myself 
  have 
  met 
  with 
  two 
  

   examples 
  taken 
  with 
  the 
  hook 
  in 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  June 
  from 
  

   the 
  same 
  quarter." 
  (Parnell.) 
  "A 
  large 
  specimen 
  was 
  cast 
  

   into 
  our 
  harbour 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  of 
  1851." 
  (Edward.) 
  

  

  Several 
  specimens 
  have 
  been 
  brought 
  into 
  Aberdeen 
  by 
  

   trawl-fishers, 
  but 
  this 
  species 
  seems 
  rare 
  along 
  the 
  Scottish 
  

   east 
  coast. 
  As 
  an 
  article 
  of 
  food 
  it 
  is 
  extremely 
  poor. 
  

  

  Family 
  TORPEDINIDJE. 
  

  

  Genus 
  TORPEDO, 
  Dumeril. 
  

  

  Torpedo 
  nobiliana, 
  Bonap. 
  " 
  Cramp-fish." 
  " 
  Namb-fish." 
  

   "Electric 
  Ray." 
  

  

  "A 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  fish 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  about 
  

   six 
  miles 
  off 
  Loggie-head, 
  near 
  Cullen, 
  in 
  1817. 
  Others 
  are 
  

   stated 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  caught." 
  (Edward.) 
  The 
  above 
  said 
  to 
  

   have 
  been 
  taken 
  of 
  Edward 
  is, 
  by 
  Day, 
  British 
  Fishes, 
  vol. 
  ii., 
  

   p. 
  332, 
  turned 
  into 
  ivas 
  taken. 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  marked 
  in 
  

   Howden's 
  list 
  as 
  " 
  local." 
  

  

  One 
  was 
  caught 
  in 
  herring 
  nets 
  in 
  Wick 
  Bay 
  in 
  1884, 
  and 
  

   sent 
  to 
  the 
  Fishery 
  Board, 
  Edinburgh. 
  One 
  was 
  caught 
  by 
  

   trawl 
  sixteen 
  miles 
  off 
  Wick, 
  December 
  27th, 
  1894, 
  and 
  brought 
  

  

  