ioo Saury Pike ( Scombresox Saurus) at Scarborough. 
Quarries. The Filicales and Pteridospermae occur chiefly in 
the shale-parting and, of these , N eur op teris schlehani, which is 
a diagnostic member of the Lanarkian flora, is the most 
abundant. Lepidodendron rimosum and Catamites suckowi 
are the most persistent over the whole area, although neither 
of these are of any zonal value. 2 The massive gritstone 
underlying the shale shows a greater number of Lycopodiales 
than Equisetales, whereas the reverse is the case with the 
raggy sandstone above the shale-parting. 
In conclusion I would like to express my thanks to Dr. 
Crookall who has identified many of the plants in the fore- 
going lists and has given me considerable help in other 
directions. 
REFERENCES. 
1 Kidston, R. Trans. Yorks. Nat. Union. ‘ Reports on Yorkshire 
Carboniferous Flora,’ 1890-1898. 
2 Crookall, R. ‘ The Relative Value of Fossil Plants in the Strati- 
graphs of the Coal Measures. ’ ’ Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester 
Lit. and Phil. Soc., Vol LXXVI, pp. 91-122. 
SAURY PIKE (SCOMBRESOX SAURUS) AT 
SCARBOROUGH. 
W. J. CLARKE. 
During December, 1932, and January, 1933, there appears to 
have been a migration of these fish along this part of the 
Yorkshire coast. The occurrence of ‘ Mackerel guides/ a 
local name given to the Garfish, washed ashore here and 
there, was reported on several different parts of the shore. 
The Garfish is a summer visitor much resembling the Saury 
Pike, and the unusual date, together with the information 
that slender silvery fish had been seen leaping from the water, 
made me suspect the presence of the Saury Pike, or f Skipper/ 
a species which does not appear to have been recorded off the 
Yorkshire coast since the publication in 1881 of the ‘ Handbook 
of Yorkshire Vertebrata/ where it is recorded ‘ from Scar- 
borough only.’ 
On January 21st a bather in the South Bay at Scarborough 
caught a Saury Pike as it swam past him, and brought it to 
me. It measured 14I inches in length, and was of a beautiful 
silvery blue colour. 
On the same day another example, 13 inches long, was 
brought to me from Burniston Bay, where it was found 
stranded and dead upon the beach. 
On January 26th a third example was seen to leap ashore 
in Filey Bay. It was picked up and placed in the water, but 
insisted in returi ing again. A life-sized sketch of this fish 
sent to me by Mr. Hyde-Parker enabled me to identify it. 
The Naturalist 
