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and removed the cause of its uneasiness. The fish was now placed in a 
common white earthenware bowl, where it seemed to enjoy itself, 
spreading out the fan-shaped tail on the bottom of the bowl, and moving 
the head about, the entrance to the tubular jaws being at or near the 
surface of the water. Mr. Yarrell mentions its power of expanding the 
throat, but says nothing of the expansiveness of the tube. I do not 
know if the diameter is variable (it expands to double its ordinary width, 
W. T.), but the length is certainly so : for in an instant it becomes Dne- 
half longer, or one-third shorter, than the moment before. During the 
day it was in my custody its general position was that already mention- 
ed, though it occasionally swam round the bowl.” 
“This fish is abundant in Lough Foyle, the largest yet met with measured 1 
ft. 3 in. It was a female and contained in its stomach several shrimps, some 
broken, some whole.” — Ordnance Mem. of Londonderry, p. 15. 
The Deep-nosed Pipe-fish, Syngnathus Typhle, Linn., 
Has been obtained on the coasts of Antrim and Cork. 
In 1837, I recorded, in the Zool. Proc., the occurrence of one example 
of this fish, taken on the coast of Cork ; and subsequently in the Annals 
Nat. Hist., vol. ii., I published the following notice of the same specimen, 
and of the only other Irish one which I have yet seen : — 
“ Syngnathus Typhle, Linn. Deep-nosed pipe-fish. — An individual of this 
species above 8 inches in length, and obtained in 1835 at Glendore, County of 
Cork, by Dr. Allman, has been forwarded for my inspection by Dr. R. Ball. 
Among some small fishes taken along with Crustacea, &c., in Larne Lough 
(County of Antrim), during the summer of 1836, by Mrs. Patterson of Belfast, 
and very kindly sent to me, was a specimen of S. Typhle. Though only 1 inch 
2 lines in length, every character in proportion to its size was as strongly mark- 
ed as in the adult fish.” — (An. Nat. History, vol. ii.) Youghal. Dr. Ball. 
Mr. Jenyns (p. 486) observes with reference to this species, that it is 
equally common with the great pipe-fish, if not more so. This remark 
does not apply to the Irish coast, so far as my own observations have 
extended. 
The vEquopeal Pipe-fish, Syngnathus JEquoreus , Linn., 
Is occasionally taken on all sides of the island. 
As recorded by me in the 2nd vol. of the Annals Nat. Hist. : — * 
“ Syngnathus JEquoreus, Linn. iEquoreal pipe-fish. — A specimen of this 
fish taken at Youghal (County Cork) has been submitted to my examination by 
Dr. Ball. Its length is 19 inches, rays of dorsal fin 40. It corresponds in all 
respects with this species, as admirably characterized by Mr. Jenyns (p. 486) ; 
as also does another individual obtained in the autumn of 1836, on the beach 
near Larne (County Antrim), by Mr. James Manks of that town, who present- 
ed it to the Belfast Museum. This specimen is 21§ inches long, but being im- 
perfect at the caudal extremity must when entire have been at least one inch 
more. Its D. rays 41. — March 15th, 1838. I received from George Matthews, 
Esq., of Spring-vale (County Down), a perfect and beautiful specimen of this 
fish, which was found on the beach there after a high tide during the boisterous 
weather about the beginning of this month. Its length is 22| inches. D. rays 
46 ; caudal fin apparent to the naked eye ; its rays, distinguished by a lens, 8 
in number. This Syngnathus was in the present instance preserved and for- 
* See also Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837 
