﻿FISHES. 
  

  

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  series 
  of 
  each 
  species, 
  and 
  I 
  consider 
  that 
  I 
  am 
  warranted 
  

   in 
  saying 
  that 
  no 
  further 
  doubt 
  need 
  exist 
  that 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  

   circularis 
  being 
  the 
  immature 
  form 
  of 
  radula 
  is 
  erroneous. 
  

   As 
  an 
  article 
  of 
  food, 
  Baia 
  radula 
  is 
  excellent. 
  

  

  Raia 
  radiata, 
  Donovan. 
  Starry 
  Ray. 
  

  

  This, 
  the 
  smallest 
  of 
  our 
  British 
  Rays, 
  was 
  first 
  described 
  

   by 
  Donovan, 
  and 
  until 
  recent 
  years 
  has 
  been 
  considered 
  

   rather 
  rare. 
  Parnell 
  says 
  : 
  "It 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  by 
  Dr. 
  

   Johnston 
  in 
  Berwick 
  Bay, 
  and 
  by 
  myself 
  several 
  times 
  in 
  the 
  

   Firth 
  of 
  Forth, 
  but 
  in 
  no 
  other 
  localities 
  has 
  it 
  yet 
  been 
  

  

  discovered 
  From 
  two 
  to 
  three 
  specimens 
  can 
  be 
  

  

  obtained 
  nearly 
  every 
  week 
  in 
  the 
  Edinburgh 
  Market 
  during 
  

   the 
  months 
  of 
  April 
  and 
  May." 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  only 
  three 
  examples 
  of 
  it 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  have 
  been 
  

   received, 
  one 
  from 
  Berwick 
  and 
  two 
  from 
  the 
  Firth 
  of 
  Forth." 
  

   (Yarrell.) 
  " 
  This 
  small 
  species 
  is 
  picked 
  up 
  now 
  and 
  then." 
  

   (Edward.) 
  Couch 
  never 
  saw 
  a 
  fresh 
  specimen, 
  and 
  had 
  to 
  

   copy 
  Donovan's 
  plate. 
  

  

  This 
  small 
  deep-sea 
  form 
  is 
  abundant 
  along 
  the 
  coasts 
  of 
  

   Kincardine, 
  Aberdeen, 
  and 
  Banff 
  ; 
  but, 
  until 
  trawling 
  became 
  

   common, 
  was 
  only 
  taken 
  by 
  line 
  during 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  May, 
  

   June, 
  and 
  July. 
  The 
  trawl 
  has 
  revealed 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  

   Starry 
  Bay 
  is 
  in 
  great 
  numbers, 
  and 
  is 
  brought 
  by 
  that 
  means 
  

   to 
  Aberdeen 
  Market 
  all 
  the 
  year 
  round. 
  That 
  being 
  so, 
  I 
  have 
  

   been 
  enabled 
  to 
  learn 
  that 
  this 
  fish 
  sheds 
  its 
  eggs 
  at 
  all 
  

   seasons 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  Family 
  TRYGONIDiE. 
  

   Genus 
  TRYGON, 
  Adamson. 
  

   Trygon 
  pastinaca, 
  Cuvier. 
  Sting 
  Ray. 
  

  

  One 
  " 
  captured 
  in 
  the 
  Firth 
  of 
  Forth, 
  in 
  the 
  salmon 
  nets 
  

   above 
  Queensferry, 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  August." 
  (Parnell.) 
  

   Mentioned 
  by 
  Howden 
  as 
  having 
  been 
  observed 
  in 
  his 
  district, 
  

   but 
  neither 
  locality 
  nor 
  date 
  given. 
  

  

  On 
  November 
  28th, 
  1887, 
  a 
  specimen 
  was 
  caught 
  by 
  trawl 
  

   twenty-eight 
  miles 
  off 
  Montrose, 
  and 
  brought 
  into 
  Aberdeen, 
  

   and 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  my 
  possession. 
  

  

  