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NOTE FISHES. 



A few years subsequently, Mr. J. R. Dakyns, of the Ideological 

 Survey, stated, in a letter to the Geological Magazine, that 'in his 

 opinion it is not a boulder,' and that • it has no single characteristic 

 of a boulder about it. It is not rounded or scratched, nor is it 

 standing on end, nor in any such a way as to raise a suspicion of its 

 having been removed.' 



The Leeds Geological Association has. during the past year, 

 thoroughly investigated the subject, and the secretary (Mr. Adamson) 

 has described the results in a paper, published in The Xaturalist^ 

 November 1886. p. 333, and also in the Transactions of the Leeds 

 Geological Association. iSSo. part 2. 



In these papers clear and satistactoiy reasons are given in con- 

 firmation of ]Mr. Dakyns' opinion. The • Hitching Stone" cannot be 

 regarded as an erratic, bur is a portion of the " Rough Rock." which 

 originally covered these moors, and in situ. 



\'aluable reports upon the Norber boulders, by Mr. ]. W. 

 Davis, F.G.S., and upon erratics near Barnsley, by Mr. Hemingway, 

 have been deferred. The second year's work of the Committee 

 already comprises reports upon erratics at Bempton. Filey, Guis- 

 borough, Lindholme. Kirkby L'nderdale. Ingieton. Speeton, Seamer, 

 Saltburn. Crristhorpe, Cirosmonr. Sleights, etc. Mr. Ct. W, Lamplugh 

 is also engaged upon an exhaustive account of the boulders on the 

 Yorkshire coast between Bridlington and Flamborough. The hon. 

 secretary (Mr. Adamson, F.G.S., 52. Wellclose Terrace, Leeds) will 

 gladly forward, upon application, schedules upon which to record 

 observations, or give any information respecting the work of the 

 Committee and the results desired. 



NOTE— FISHES. 



Three-bearded Rockling; in the North Sea.— J/(;Av7<7 iricimna (Bl.). 

 I obtiiincd a very line example to-day. from the pontoon at (.irimsby, of what 

 appears to be the deoi^-sea form of this fish, the J/, niaculata or Spotted Rockhng 

 of Dr. Liiinthei. It \\ a> taken in a trawl-net between Flamborough and the Dogger. 

 'I'he length is i6{f in., girth iu>t behin>i the pectoral fin Til in. In the fi^esh 

 tish the colours are very beautiful, graduating tVom light olive or olive-buft' above 

 to orange below ; the latter colour much brighter on gril-covers and cheeks : belly, 

 whitish. The upper parts closely spotted wuh large hair-brown spots, both round 

 and irregular in shape, but each spot disnnct and separate, and not confluent or 

 banded. These spots are \ cry regular in a line on each side along the back and 

 root of the dorsal fin as tar a> ihe tail, and Ixdow are more ihinlv^lispersed. only 

 a few extending to below the lateral line. The anterior poriion of th.e back, also 

 the upper surface of the head, is more thickly spotted than tlie po.sterior. There 

 IS an irregular line of large brown spots on and along the dorsal tin. the pectorals 

 have also each three spots, and acr<,^>s ihe rooi end\M' the tail is a band-like line 

 of lesser spots. The three barbs and edges of the tins, brilliant red : eves 

 prominent, with pupils black, and iri> >hadnic golden. The colours fade soon 

 ,-\fter death.— John roKiM-..vL \, Great Coies. Ulceby. December 19th, 1SS7. 



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