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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 1 884: FISHES. 



Thomas H. Huxley. 



Cumberland 



Close Season on the Derwent. Field, August 9th, p. 207 ; Land and Water, 

 August 9th, pp. 1 50- 1 5 1. 



Lengthy report upon a recently-enacted byelaw of the Derwent Fishery 

 District (Cumberland), extending the close season for about a fortnight, recom- 

 mending its confirmation and adoption. 

 [T. H. Huxley.] Northumberland. 

 The Inspector's Report on the Salmon Fisheries of England and Wales. 

 Land and Water, May loth, pp. 436-7. 



Reports a general increase in the takes of Salmon \Salino sa/ar] throughout 

 the country in 1883 — except in the Tyne, the most prolific river in the king- 

 dom — and discusses the matter. 

 John J. Jackson. 



The Whitby Salmon [Sa/mo sa/ar] Fishery. Field, December 20th, p. 859. 

 Statistics of numbers caught in the years 1876- 1884 inclusive. 

 L. Yorkshire. 

 Salmon [Sa/mo sa/ar] and the Yorkshire Derwent. Field, Jan. 12th, p. 50. 

 It appears that since the lowering of the dam or weir at Old Malton the 

 Salmon have been able to penetrate into the Rye and the 'Dove. 

 F. R. L. (Liverpool). 



Grey Mullet [Mngi/^ ? species]. Field, September 13th, p. 382. Lancashire. 

 Seen in the Waterloo Dock, Liverpool, September nth, 1884. 

 R. B. L. Cumberland, Westmoreland, Lancashire. 



Our North-Country Char [Sa/mo wi/Zughliiil. Field, March ist, p. 296, 



A lengthy and interesting account of the Char of the English lake district. 

 They are found in Windermere (where they are by far the most numerous), 

 Coniston Water (which now holds a good supply, though 30 years ago 

 Sir H. Davy wrote that they were scarce), Bassenthwaite Lake, Derwent- 

 water, Hawes Water, Ennerdale, Crummock Water, Goats Water, &c. An 

 occasional example is also now found in Ullswater, in which they had been 

 almost exterminated by hushwater. 



The Lake District. Field, May 3rd, p. 612. Cumberland, Westmoreland. 

 Long article, descriptive of fishing resorts about Kendal, Penrith, Keswick, 

 and Seascale. 



Windermere. Field, December 6th, p. 787. Westmoreland, Lancashire. 



This lengthy article refers mostly to fishery regulations. The few observa- 

 tions of ichthyological interest are as follows : — Perch [Perca fliiviati/is\ abun- 

 dant ; Char [Sa/mo wi//iig]ibii\ in enormous quantities ; splendid Trout 

 [S. fario\ in plentiful supply ; Pike [Esox /nchLs\ in fair quantities ; Eels 

 [Angui//a vu/gaj'is]; Ssdmon [Sa/fuo sa/ar], a. few ; Salmon-trout [S. /n/f/a], 

 occasionally. 



W. J. Lancaster. Yorkshire. 

 List of Varieties of Fish found in the neighbourhood of Barnsley and 

 ten miles round. Quart. Trans. Barnsley Nat. Soc, 1884, iv. 23-24. 

 The list includes sixteen forms. 

 R. L[oFTHOusE?]. Yorkshire, Durham. 



The Viviparous Blenny [Zoarces viviparus]. Field, February 2nd, p. 165. 

 Common in the estuary of the Tees. Locally called 'rock eels' and 'green- 

 bones.' the latter from the bones being dark green when the fish is cooked. 

 R. LoFTHOusE. Yorkshire. 

 Capture of an Oblong Sunfish. The Sunfish captured at Redcar. Field, 

 September 27th, p- 451 ; October 25th, p. 564. 



An ' Oj-iliagoriscus ob/ongiis'' (which afterwards proved to be 0. mo/a) was 

 shot off Redcar, September 13th. It was 3 feet 9 inches long ; other dimen- 

 sions are given ; its weight was 9 stone. — jTmist 



