FISHES. 
283 
Sub-family COBITIDINA. 
81. Nemachilus barbatulus {L.). Loach. 
82. Cobitis taenia, L. Spinous Loach. 
Family SCOMBROSCID^. 
83. Belone vulgaris, Flem. Garfish. 
Not common on the east coast of Sutherland, as reporte(? to 
us by Mr. Houstoun; there is a specimen in the County 
Museum, taken at Brora in 1869. Mr. Peach, however, 
says they are often taken in herring-nets. One was taken 
on a sand-bank in Loch Eriboll by a man who was digging 
for sand-eels. 
84. Scombresox saurus (JFalb.). Sl<ipper. 
Eare on the Banffshire coast (Edward). 
85. Exocoetus evoians, L. Flying Fish. 
86. Exocoetus volitans, L. Greater Flying Fish. 
Family ESOCID^. 
87. Esox lucius, L. P\ke. 
Used to occur at Loch Migdale, the only loch in Sutherland 
where it was found. Sheriff Mackenzie writes us he has 
never seen a specimen from this loch, so the species may 
have died out. They were introduced at least sixty years 
ago by the then Mr. Dempster of Skibo, and were caught 
in Loch Achilty, in the east of Eoss-shire, by Peter 
M'Aulay, the keeper at Coul, for that purpose. 
Mr. Peach says he just heard of one being caught in the 
Wick river. 
