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LIST OF FISHES 



however, is apt to vary in all fishes which possess 

 them. 



Atherina. 



A. Hepsetus. European Atherine. 



This I have repeatedly found washed ashore 

 about Figget Whins, after easterly winds. 



Mugil. 



M. Cephalus. Common or Grey Mullet. 



This is found, but not very frequently, at the 

 mouth of the Esk : it is chiefly got in the spring 

 months, along with salmon-trout. 



Clupea. 



C. Harengus. Herring. 



The food of the herring has often been considered 

 2ts a problem, the stomach being generally found 

 empty. I therefore think it worth while to men- 

 tion, that on one occasion, I found in the stomach 

 and oesophagus of a large female herring, no fewer 

 than five young herrings (not sprats), the lower 

 partly dissolved, the others entire. It can hardly 

 be doubted, therefore, that, when they have it in 

 their power, herrings feed on very solid food, 

 since they are occasionally voracious enough to 

 devour even their own species. Their more com- 

 mon food may be of a softer and gelatinous nature, 

 and therefore rapidly dissolved in the stomach. — 

 It has been thought that " no bait will tempt the 



