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a corneo quod, lmbet rostro ” (Dr. Cuius “de eanibus Britannicis,” 
fol. 26, 1570). 
Xeropiiis /FQUOreus (L.). Ocean Pipe-fish. 
Mr. A . Patterson found one washed up on the beach at 
Yarmouth ; the first taken in that locality (Trans. Norfolk and 
Norwich Nat. »Soc. vol. v. p. 230). 
Orthagoriscus mola (111. Schn.). Sun-fish. 
“ A small Sun-fish, weighing two stone, which had been captured 
at Lynn, was taken to Mr. Lowne, of Yarmouth, on September 2nd, 
1887, and Mr. Pashley, of Cley, informs me that on November 
1 1 th, 1893, a much larger one, 5 ft. 5 in. in length, and weighing 
sixteen stone, was brought to him, which had been taken the same 
day on the beach at Cley-next-the-Sea.” — T. S. 
G ALDUS vulgaris (Flem.). Tope. 
Mr. Patterson sends me a note of a small one, 14 in. long, 
caught at Yarmouth. It is remarkable that so few of this species 
occur at Yarmouth, while they abound to such an extent in the 
Norfolk estuary at Hunstanton, where the late Mr. Cresswell used 
to catch them in great numbers and of large size.. 
Lamna cornubica (Cuv.). Porbeagle. 
This species was first described by Dr. Cains from a specimen 
stranded between Lowestoft and Pakefield, February, 1570. In 
addition to four examples previously recorded, Mr. Southwell tells 
of one he saw in Norwich market, and lie has heard of several 
others. Air. Patterson writes that one taken at Yarmouth, 
September 30th, 1893, measured 6 ft. 6 in. in length. He also 
mentions a seven-foot specimen in Yarmouth fish market, October 
17th, 1891 (Trans. Norfolk and Norwich Nat. Soc. vol. v. p. 326). 
Alopecias vulpes (Giinth.). Thrasher. 
‘The Eastern Daily Press,’ September 30th, 1879, has an 
account of one landed at Lowestoft. It weighed half a ton, and 
its tail was 10 feet long, and 6 inches wide. 
“In ‘Land and Water’ for November 22nd, 1884, mention is 
made of a Thresher Shark which was caught off Palling by some 
'Longshore Herring fishers, on October 2nd, 1884, it was said to 
measure 6 feet in the body, the tail also being 6 feet long.” — T. S. 
