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keith, and a large and beautiful specimen of Serpula Jilograna 
of Berkeley, found near the Bass, by means of an anemone 
taking a baited hook and bringing up along with it the 
mass of annelides to which it was attached. The Committee 
have the pleasure to report another fish new to the Firth of 
Forth, not noticed by Parnell, viz., the Poor or Power cod, 
Gadus minutus of Linnseus, Morrhiia minuta of Fleming, and 
described by Yarrell, vol. ii. p. 241 of his "British Fishes,'' in 
a very interesting manner. ^ This little fish was first detected 
during this spring among a number of the common codling, 
by Mr E. F. Logan, and was subsequently frequently noticed 
by the reporter in similar company, the fishermen always 
confounding it with the whiting-pout, or brassey, the Qadus 
luscus of Linnseus, which it much resembles. Some of the 
specimens were found to be full of matured spawn. 
Through the energy of a member of the Committee (Mr 
William S. Young), a fine specimen of the Greenland shark, 
Scymnus horealis, caught on the Dogger Bank on 30th April 
1862, was secured for the examination of the Committee, 
and Mr Young has favoured them with the following de- 
tailed description : — 
" This specimen was presented to me by Mr Finlay, fish- 
monger, Leith; and as this is only the sixth instance, so 
far as known, that the Greenland shark has been observed 
in our seas, I thought it proper to make some observations 
and measurements. 
The measurements are as follow, which were carefully 
noted by Mr James B. Davies, of the Edinburgh University 
Museum : — 
Feet. In. 
Dorsal line from snout to point of upper lobe of tail, 8 6 
Snout to anterior angle of first dorsal fin, . 3 8 
Snout to insertion of upper lobe of tail, . . 7 0 
Ventral line from snout to insertion of lower lobe of tail, 6 10 
Snout to abdominal fins, . . . 5 3 
Line from snout to anterior angle of second dorsal fin, 5 10 
Line from angle of mouth to anterior angle of abdominal 
fins, . . . . . 4 9 
Angle of mouth to anterior angle of lower lobe of tail, 6 3 
Straight line from point to point of tail, . 1 9 
From same points in line of curve, . . 2 2 
