FISHES. 
265 
Family COTTID^. 
74. Cottus gobio, L. River Bullhead. 
Common. 
75. Cottus scorpius, L. Short-spined Sea Bullhead. 
76. Cottus bubal is, Euph. Father Lasher. 
Both these last two species are very common, and often 
caught by boys. They never refuse a bait, so that young 
anglers, whenever they spy one, have only to let their bait 
sink in front of it, and then jDretend to draw it away ; the 
fish is sure to make after and swallow it. When caught, 
the boys stick corks on his horns, or, in default of corks, 
the floats of the " bladder wrack," and then throw him 
back into the water, to watch the futile efforts of the poor 
fish to get to the bottom, his usual resting-place (Peach). 
77. Cottus quadricornis, L. Four-horned Bullhead. 
Eecorded by Edward, but never found by him except in the 
stomachs of other fish. 
78. Trigia cuculus, L. Red Gurnard. 
Edward mentions this species as " pretty frequent " on the 
Banffshire coast, and the same is said of it on the Caithness 
side by Mr. Peach. 
79. Trigia lincata, Gm. Streaked Gurnard, 
Mentioned by Edward as " somewhat rare." He took one 
from the stomach of a great northern diver which had been 
sent him for preservation. 
