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FAUNA AND FLORA OF NORFOLK. 
but small fishes, ranging from 4 in. to 7 in., were 
somewhat abundant, even on Breydon, from the 
autumn of 1913 until early in 1914. 
'SHORT-FINNED Tunny ( Pelamys sarda). — Considerable 
quantities of decaying herrings and mackerel 
were strewn upon the south beach on October 
30th, 1910. Among them I espied a mackerel- 
like fish, badly abraded on the sides by rough 
usage in the surf. Its slightly greater girth, in 
proportion to the length, at once suggested a 
stranger, and its teeth, more pronounced than in 
Scomber scomber, confirmed this opinion. I 
cut off the head, and sweetening it in a preserva- 
tive liquid, despatched it to the British Museum 
(Natural History) authorities, who confirmed my 
finding as Pelamys sarda. By great good 
fortune I found another on November 12th, of 
the same size, less pleasant to handle, evidently 
an unfortunate companion to the first victim. 
Undoubtedly a small shoal had attached them- 
selves to the mackerel, and these having been 
insecurely gilled, fell out of the meshes of the 
net- 
MACKEREL ( Scomber scomber, var. S. concolor, S. scriptus, 
S. colias). — Mr- R. Beazor, fish merchant, 
reported to me in December, 1913, having 
observed a few Scribbled Mackerel ( S. scriptus) 
and one “ Black ” Mackerel ( S. concolor) during 
the remarkable late autumn mackerel catches. 
I have for a long time been looking for the 
Spanish Mackerel ( S. colias), which has been 
recorded for the south-west coasts, but so far is 
unknown locally — a curious thing, since so many 
hundreds of thousands of mackerel are caught 
off Norfolk yearly. During November, 1912, I 
had two or three examples brought me exhibiting 
a faint jumble of ocellated markings below the 
