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from Strangford, 1838, and one from Culdaff, Co. Donegal, 1839. Dr. 
Ball notes the black goby as found on the Dublin coast, but these have 
not been critically examined in reference to species. 
The following notes were made by me on examination of my several 
specimens in April, 1846 
“ Dr. Allman’s Gobius niger , from Glendore (Aug. 1838), specimens 
given to me— Length, 4£ inches ; D. 6 — 13 ; P. 19 ; V. 5 ; A. 12 ; C. 15 ; 
and some short outer row of teeth largest and curving inwards. Sulcus 
(deep) from head to D. fin. Papillae as numerous as in G. niger. Mont, 
(described by me).” 
“ An examination of two specimens of G. niger , Mont., from Tory 
Island (largest 3f inches long), with one (4£ inches long) from Glendore, 
shows — 
Jaws , no marked difference in. 
Teeth of G. niger , Mont., rather sharp. 
Sulcus broad in G. niger, Cuv., rather a depression than a sulcus nar- 
row and deep, in G. niger.— Mont. 
Papillae no marked difference — numerous in both species.” 
“ Gobius Britannicus. 
1 specimen, Youghal (Zool. Proc., 1837). 
2 — Tory Island (1845). 
Seem this species in teeth.” 
“ G. niger, Cuv. and Yal. 
1 specimen, Galway Bay, June, ’34 (Zool. Proc., 1837). 
2 — Coast of Cork, It. B. (Ann., vol. ii.). 
1 — Glendore, Allman, seems this in teeth. See notes on it, 
and Tory Island specimens.” 
“ Gobius niger. 
2 specimens taken at Tory Island by Mr. Hyndman, Aug., ’45. 
3^ inches long ; No. 1, D. 6 — 14; A. 12. 
P. 19 ; V. 5 ; C. 15 ; and some short. No. 2, D. 6 — 15 ; A. 12. 
1st D. fin orange towards extremity, or upper 1 13 so ; a narrow line of 
orange margining the 2nd D. In No. 1, the orange appears in the same 
places of both D. fins, but there is less of it than the smaller one. Sulcus 
from head to D. fins ; Papillae same as my G. niger.” — Mont. 
(See Proc. Zool. Soc., 1837, p. 62.) 
The Doubly-Spotted Goby, Gobius Buthensparii, Euph., G. bipunc- 
tatus, Yarr., 
Is common on the North-East coast, especially along the shores of Down, 
and is also abundant on the western coast. 
In the Bay of Galway, on the western coast of Ireland, I took several 
specimens in July, 1834, in the course of a few minutes ; they seemed to 
be quite abundant. During the following year Dr. Ball took specimens 
at the Island of Arran, which is probably the extreme western range of 
the species. 
In 1834 I made a communication on this species to the Linn. Society, 
the following abstract of which appeared in the Phil. Mag., vol. v. p. 
“ It was remarked of the Gobius niger, from specimens taken in the North of 
