SAPPHIRINE GURNARD. 
IHE Gurnard, or Trigla of Linnceus, is a 
g€nus of marine fish, consisting of several 
species: particularly, that esteemed food, cele- 
brated by 3hakspeare, the Grey Gurnard, or 
Trigla Gurnardus of Linnsus, which is the 
most common, and frequently found in the 
British seas ; the Red Gurnard, or Trigla Cu- 
cuius of Linnaeus, called also the Rocket, and 
agreeing with the tub-fish in it's general ap- 
pearance; and the Sapphirine Gurnard, or 
Trigla Hirundo of Linnaeus. 
To all that were then known of these spe- 
cies, the Latins gave the general name of Cii- 
culus, from the supposed imitation which the 
sound issued by this fish bears to the voice of 
the Cuckcw ; and it is probable that, from a 
different idea of that sound, which to the ears 
of our ancestors, as well as ourselves, seemed, 
and still seems, more of a grunting noise, like 
that of a pig, than the distin6l articulation of 
a cuckow, it has obtained the English appella- 
tion of the Gurnard. 
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