FOUND IN THE FRITH OF FORTH. 543 



lato," might perhaps be added, f instar avosettae 

 avis rostri." Here, it may be proper to remark, 

 that La Cepede's figure, in the Continuation of 



BufFon, is correct in this particular # .< Mr 



Racket informs lis, that his figure is of the natural 

 size; and it measures i&jf inches. The fish had 

 not, however, been of full growth. One speci* 

 men in my possession is 15 inches long ; and Mr 

 P. Walker has a specimen fully 18 inches in 

 length. Mr Pennant may be considered as mista- 

 ken, therefore, when he mentions 11 inches as its 

 mean length. The character given by Mr Racket, 

 " pinnulis utrinque sex versus caudam," is not in- 

 variable. In the specimens which I have exami- 

 ned, there were only five spurious fins above, 

 while there were six beneath. Indeed, Mr Rac- 

 ket's figure is correct in this respect,, and at vari- 

 ance with his description. The number of Unlets, 



Mandibula superior paululum recurvata. Pinna darsa- 

 lis et analis opposita *, pinnulis utrinque sex versus cau- 

 dam. Cauda bifida." 



* Mr Donovan's figure of the saury, in the fifth volume: 

 ©f his " British Fishes," (published since this list was 

 laid before the Society), is, I find, also correct in this re- 

 spect. He has likewise improved the specific character, 

 by describing the jaws as li subascendentes ;" and most 

 of his observations coincide with mine, — [Oct, 181 c] 



