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FISHES. 
148. Ammodytes tobianus, L. Lesser Launce. 
Very common all along the east coast of Sutherland, especially 
at the sandbanks of the Little Ferry. Common at all suit- 
able places on the west coast, such as Clach-toU Bay, at 
Loch Sandwood, and on the north at Balnakiel Bay, and 
Kyle of Tongue, where it is always in demand as spinning- 
bait for sea-trout. 
Mr. Peach says that both these species are common in 
Caithness, where there is sand. 
149. Ammodytes cicerellus, Rafin. 
Division ANACANTHINI PLEUEONECTOIDEL 
Family PLEURONECTID^. 
150. Hippoglossus vulgaris, Flem. Holibut. 
Abundant, being more numerous and of a larger size on the 
north and west coasts of Sutherland. An enormous speci- 
men was hooked by the " murderer " bait off Stoir Head in 
July 1883, but escaped after having been half into the boat. 
It twisted one gaff almost straight, and carried off every 
hook on the lead. We reckoned it at about 3 feet in 
breadth, and 5 J to 6 feet long. Another, captured a little 
further north in 1882, was sold in London for £4 sterling. 
The longest specimens are said to reach a length of 7 feet. 
151. Rhombus maximtis {L.). Turbot. 
Not so abundant a species as the last. Mr. Crawford reports 
it from the north and north-west coasts of Sutherland, and 
Mr. Peach says it is occasionally got off Wick, where it is 
confounded with the preceding species. 
