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keith, and a large and beautiful specimen of Serpula jilograna 

 of Berkeley, found near the Bass, by means of an anemone 

 taking a baited hook and bringing up along with it the 

 mass of annelides to which it was attached. The Committee 

 have the pleasure to report another fish new to the Firth of 

 Forth, not noticed by Parnell, viz., the Poor or Power cod, 

 Gadus minutus of Linnaeus, Morrliua minuta of Fleming, and 

 described by Yarrell, vol. ii. p. 241 of his "British Fishes," in 

 a very interesting manner. - This little fish was first detected 

 during this spring among a number of the common codling, 

 by Mr E. F. Logan, and was subsequently frequently noticed 

 by the reporter in similar company, the fishermen always 

 confounding it with the whiting-pout, or brassey, the Qadus 

 luscus of Linnaeus, which it much resembles. Some of the 

 specimens were found to be full of matured spawn. 



Through the energy of a member of the Committee (Mr 

 William S. Young), a fine specimen of the Greenland shark, 

 Scymnus borealis, caught on the Dogger Bank on 30th April 

 1862, was secured for the examination of the Committee, 

 and Mr Young has favoured them with the following de- 

 tailed description : — 



" This specimen was presented to me by Mr Finlay, fish- 

 monger, Leith; and as this is only the sixth instance, so 

 far as known, that the Greenland shark has been observed 

 in our seas, I thought it proper to make some observations 

 and measurements. 



lt The measurements are as follow, which were carefully 

 noted by Mr James B. Davies, of the Edinburgh University 

 Museum : — 



Feet. In. 



Dorsal line from snout to point of upper lobe of tail, 8 6 



Snout to anterior angle of first dorsal fin, . 3 8 



Snout to insertion of upper lobe of tail, . . 7 0 



Ventral line from snout to insertion of lower lobe of tail, 6 10 



Snout to abdominal fins, . . . 5 3 



Line from snout to anterior angle of second dorsal fin, 5 10 

 Line from angle of mouth to anterior angle of abdominal 



fins, . • . . . 4 9 



Angle of mouth to anterior angle of lower lobe of tail, 6 3 



Straight line from point to point of tail, . 1 9 



From same points in line of curve, . . 2 2 



