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201. Salmo fario L. ^' Var. g. — Swaledale Trout of Dr. Day. 



Under tHis name Dr. Day (Fishes of Great Britain and Ireland, 

 ii. 100) describes and figures a variety which is comparatively 

 rather broad, and in colour the most beautifully tinted form he has 

 seen. The specimens were sent to him by Mr. George Brook, ter., 

 by whom they were taken in the Oxnop Beck, Upper Swaledale. 



223. Engraulis encrasicholus (L.). Anchovy. 



An addition to the fauna, previously overlooked by us. 

 Bridlington, two specimens caught on the 17th Oct., 1866 (H. H. 

 Knocker, Science Gossip, Nov. 1866, p. 254). 



236. NeropJiis cequorem (L.). ^quoreal Pipe-fish. 



Whitby, one washed ashore in March, 1883, had 44 rays in the 

 dorsal fin, and measured 15^ inches in length (Stephenson, MS.). 



241. Balistes eapriscus Gm. Mle-fish. 



Dr. Day, at p. 269 of his work, cites from the Zoologist for 1868, 

 p. 1027, a record of the occurrence of this species at Flamborough. 

 Of this we were fully cognizant at the time of writing the 

 Handbook, the result of our enquiries being that Mr. Bailey 

 assured us that the specimen was an Opah, or King-fish. 



243. Orthagoriscus mola (L.). Short Sunfish. 



Bridlington, five in August, 1866, mostly of small size (H. H. 

 Knocker, Science Gossip, 1866, p. 254). Bridlington, one which 

 weighed nearly 250 lbs. was shot on the 16th of August, 1882 

 (Bridlington Quay Gazette, August 19th, 1882.) 



244. Orthagoriscus truncalus (Retz.) Oblong Sunfish. 



Additional to the fauna : Mr. Stephenson has sent us an extract 

 from the Whitby Repository for December, 1867, recording the 

 capture of an " Orthagoriscus oblongus, oblong sunfish," at Whitby, 

 in the November of that year, which measured five feet across the 

 fins, and five feet from head to tail. It was sold to Mr. Grier for 

 the museum at Huddersfield. 



In conclusion, we have to acknowledge our indebtedness to numer- 

 ous correspondents, whose notes are acknowledged in the text, and it is 

 our duty to record our special obligation to Mr. Thomas Stephenson, 

 of Whitby, for the number and value of the notes he has sent us from 

 time to time ; we have also to thank Mr. George Roberts for 

 drawing our attention to a few published records which had escaped 

 our attention, and Messrs. Geo. Brook, ter., Thos. Carter, and E. J. 

 Gibbins, for their response to our note inviting co-operation. 



