( 175^ ) 
"Lsvk, The Red Gurnard had not only Scales on the 
Back, but hkewife a Pvidge of fpiny Scales all along the 
Sides 5 as alfo of each fide the Back Fins were placed the 
like (piny Ridges or Scales. But the Belly feemed al- 
moft fmooth, and had but few Scales, and thofe very 
fine 5 and indeed thofe on the Back were much fmallcr 
than thofe in moft other Fi(hes. If Mr LeeTx>enhoel(s Obfer- 
vation be true, - that even the AngniUous Kind are Scaly, 
then the difference will not be fo great, the one having 
MembramloHs Scales, the other Bony. Or it may be 
our fabjeft is ani intermediate Species between the G»r- 
Kind and fome other. 
And this I am the more apt to believe, becaufe, tho 
it has Gills of each fide, yet it had not thofe Apertures 
at the fides of the Head that the Red Gurnard had, and 
is common to moft Fifties but tht Cteaceous Rind, but, 
like them, the Tellow Gurnard had two Apertures^ or 
large Foramina s placed on the hinder part of the Head, 
an inch beyond the Eyes, at which it fpouts out the 
Water, By blowing into thefe holes I extended the 
Cavities where the Gills lay 5 and obferved that over 
thefe Cavities were placed a flat Bone, which by the 
Contraftion of its Mufcles might ferve to force the Water 
out, and perhaps is afEfted in this adlion by another loofe 
Bone that lyes over it, vvhofe Edges are jagged or in . 
dented, as in the Figure : At which place in the Red 
Gurnard I obferved a ftrong (harp Spine^ 
Thefe Foramina in the Head of this Fifti is a thing fo 
very remarkable, that it may be looked upon as a Cha- 
raSeriJiich^*^ nor do I know at prefent with what other 
Fifh to parallel it with : For the Cetaceous Kind, that have 
Spouts in their Heads, have not Bronchi£ , but Lungs. 
The better therefore to diftinguifti this Fifti^ I have ad- 
ded this particular to its name: And could v/ifh, that, 
inftead of thofe filly Names that are given to moft Fifties, 
others were found out, that might be more Expreflive, 
and 
