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as he omits this sp., which is commonly brought to Belfast market; 
whereas, in the North, I have never met with T. Lyra. 
August 29, 1850. 
Trigla Pini, and Hirundo. I saw one of the former and several of the 
latter in Belfast market, and was much struck with the narrowness of the 
head of the former, as contrasted with that of the latter. The develop- 
ment of spines on the snout of T. Hirundo differ very much; the largest 
examples to-day had them least developed. 
March 19, 1836. 
Specimen obtained in Belfast market : — Length, 15 inches ; D. 9-18 
(reckoning two last from same base as 1) ; P. 11-3 ; V. 1+6 ; A. 17 ; C. 
11 . 
April 13, 1838. 
Do., 16^ inches in length. 
D. 8-18; P. 11-3; V. 1+5; A. 16. 
The hinder half of this specimen was greyish, like the T. Hirundo (of 
which a small one was taken with it), the anterior half, including head, a 
mixture of grey and scarlet. It was a female, the ova half the size of 
small clover-seed. 
The Streaked Gurnard, or Lineated Gurnard, Trigla lineata, 
Gmel. Don. Yarr., 
Is occasionally taken from North to South. When announcing this 
species as an addition to the Irish Fauna, in 1835 (Zool. Pro. p. 79), I was 
only able to give the following note respecting it : — 
“Lineated Gurnard, Trigla lineata, Linn. — On the 28th of February, 
1835, Dr. J. D. Marshall, being attracted by the peculiar colour of a 
gurnard in Belfast market, kindly communicated the circumstance to me, 
and, on inspection of the fish, I found it to be the Trigla lineata , and 
learned that it had been taken in Strangford Lough. Its length is 16U 
inches. On the 3rd of March I procured another specimen, but of smaller 
dimensions, from the same locality.” 
Since the publication of the above note, many examples of this fish 
have come under my notice ; a few having been every year captured on 
various parts of the coast of Down, but chiefly at Killough. [One was 
taken by Dr. Ball at Youghal in 1819. Ed.] 
The specimens noted by me were taken during the months of July, 
August, October, December, January, February, and March. 
Contents of Five Stomachs examined : — Substance having the appear- 
ance of vegetable food, and a young sole, about three inches in length ; 
crabdike Crustacea ; fifteen full-grown specimens of shrimp-like Crustacea, 
and three small brachyurous Crustacea, one of them a full-grown “ Long- 
horned Crab,” Penn. ; two full-sized Portunus pusillus, and two or three 
other crabs ; the remains (some almost perfect) of Portunus pusillus from 
full size down. 
An example of this fish, which I obtained on 28th February, 1838, was 
thus described in a note which I made respecting it when recent : — 
Its length is 16^ inches ; B.7; D. 10+17 (reckoning two last, which 
touch at base, as 2) ; P. 11 (reckoning two first, which touch at base, as 
2) ; and 3 free, Y. 1-5 ; A. 16 (reckoning two last as above) ; C. 12 ? 25 
scales on each side of the dorsal fin ; iris, blackish purple, excepting 
round the pupil, where it is golden. 
Colour : — Head, back, and sides, as low as midway between medial and 
