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Shagreen Skate. Puiia fiiUonica, Linn. 
Fairly common. 
Homelyn. Iktia maculata, Montagu. 
Rare. 
Cuckoo Ray. Raia circularis, Couch. 
Rare. Guv specimen was caught ten miles off the Coquet on 
6th October, 1903. 
Thornback. Raia clavata, Linn. 
Common. This is the species we capture at our trawling 
experiments. 
Starry Ray. Raia radiata, Donov. 
Very common. Called at Shields “ Jenny Hanover.” 
Sting Ray. Tr ijgon 2 >cistinaca, lAxm. 
A specimen from six miles off Cresswell, December, 1897, and 
another handed in at the Laboratory, 1901. 
I beg to take this opportunity of stating that I liave to thank 
Mr. Harry Taylor, the Committee’s Fishery Officer for the southern 
part of the district, for many of the specimens mentioned in the 
above notes, notably for the Four-bearded Rockling now recorded for 
the first time for the district. 
