January 14.] 
THE FIELD. 
Nominations for the Manchester Tradesmen's Cop of 200 sovs. Tho 
weights to be published on the Monday after the Metropolitan is 
run for. 
Pantomime, 4 yrs 
Torment, 4 yrs 
Adine, 6 yrs 
Ireland '8 Eye, 4 yrs 
Brother to Little Swift. 
3 yrs 
Mr, Sykes, 4 yrs I Balrownle, 4 vrs 
Professor Buck, 3 yrs Heapy, 4 yrs ' 
Richard Primmer, 6 yrs Ammonia, 6 yrs 
Empress Catherine, 3 Bracken, 3 yrs 
yra 
Jujube, 3 yrs 
Eryclna, 3 yrs 
Burbatus, 4 yrs 
Lamprocles, 3 vrs 
Hope (h. b.), 4 yrs 
Lady Vernon, 4 yrs 
Cariboo, aged 
El Dorado, 3 yrs 
Cobnut, 4 yrs 
Little Fawn, 6 yrs 
Dear Polly, 4 yrs 
Lough Buwn, 6 yrs 
Revolver, 6 yrs 
Morning Star, 6 yrs 
Barrel, 3 yrs 
Phoenix, 3 yrs 
Dove, 4 yrs 
Seducer, 3 yrs 
Amos, 3 yrs 
Surgeon-General, 3 yrs 
Leopold, 5 yrs 
Provost Marshal, 4 yrs 
Osslfrage, 3 yrs 
C by Tearaway out of 
BaUinnsloe's dam, 3 
yrs 
Crusader, 4 yrs 
Umbriel, 4 yrs 
Roebuck, 3 yrs 
Jouvence, 4 yrs 
La Belle, 4 yrs 
Annie Sutherland, 4 yrs 
Peggy, 4 yrs 
Corin, 3 yrs 
Chief Justice, aged 
Janey, I yrs 
Miss Peddie, 4 yrs 
Grey Tommy, 4 yrs 
Bro. to Grey Tommy, 
6 yrs 
Sir Mark, 3 yrs 
Daniel O'Rourke, 5 yrs 
Communist, 3 yrs 
Joe Miller, 5 yrs 
Orson, 3 yrs 
Audubon, 4 yrs 
Valour, 4 yrs 
Landscape, I yrs 
Rutaplan, 4 yrs 
Nabob, b yrs 
Little Harry, 6 yrs 
Captain Cornish, 4 yrs 
Royalist, 3 yrs 
Black Doctor, 0 vrs 
Kennyside Hero, '3 yrs 
Sandhurst, 4 yrs 
St. Andrew, 1 yrs 
Honeydew, 4 yrs 
The Deformed, 4 yrs 
Angelo, 4 yrs 
Sir Jns. Graham, 3 yrs 
Parsfleld, 3 yrs 
Chnscawny, 6 yrs 
I lam, 3 yrs 
Whittington, 4 yrs 
Cestrla, 3 yrs 
England's Glory, C yrs 
Cabin Boy, 3 yrs 
F by California out of 
Miss Kitty Cockle, 
3 yrs 
Samson fh. b.), 3 yrs 
Lancashire Lass, 4 yrs 
Blaine, 3 yrs 
Rosalba, 1 yrs 
Charley, 4 yrs 
Nominations for the Salford Bououon Cup of 100 sovs. Tho weights 
to be published on the Monday after the Metropolitan Is run for 
Orestes, 4 yrs 
Mentmore Lass, 4 yrs 
Twinkle, 3 yrs 
Ossifrnge, 3 yrs 
Brother to Little Swift, I Helena fh. !>.), I yrs 
3 yrs 
Mr. Sykes, 4 yrs 
Professor Buck, 3 yrs 
C by Tearaway out of Conspiracy, 3 yrs 
Ballinasloe's dam, 3 ; Empress Catherine, 3 
yrs 
Hobbyhorse, 4 yrs 
Voucher, 4 yrs 
Sine qua Non, 3 yrs 
Toggery, 3 yrs 
La Belle, 4 yrs 
Annie Sutherland, 4 yrs 
Evadne, 6 yrs 
Tho Hatchet, 4 yrs 
Peggy, 4 yrs 
Corin, 3 yrs 
Red Lion, 5 yrs 
Itch, 4 yrs 
Bit of Blue, 5 yrs 
Bro. to Grey Tommy, 
4 yrs 
Jack Frost, 3 yrs 
Jacqueline, 4 yrs 
Typec, i yrs 
Joe Miller, 5 yrj 
Aid ford, 4 yrs 
Lambton, 4 yrs 
Adinc, 6 yrs 
Thessalian, 3 yrs 
Daphne, 3 yrs 
yrs 
Kohinoor, 5 yrs 
Pyrols, 3 yrs 
Candlewlck, aged 
St. Clare, 3 yrs 
Vanderdccken, 4 yrs 
Erycina, 3 yrs 
Prince Leopold, 4 yrs 
Jetty Treffz, 3 yrs 
Hope (h. b.), 4 yrs 
St. Andrew, 1 yrs 
Heapy, 4 yrs 
El Dorado, 8 yrs 
Monimin, 3 yrs 
Daniel O'Rourke, 4 yrs 
Braxey, 5 yrs 
Captain Cornish, 4 yrs 
Jack the Giant-killer, 
* yrs ... u , IO 
The Indian Warrior, Gaslight, 4 yrs 
Gy” Merry Monk, 3 yrs 
Eulogist, 4 yrs Lo Julf, 0 yrs 
Light of the Harem, Morning Star, 5 vrs 
4 yrs 
St. Michael. 5 yrs 
The Deformed, 4 yrs 
Miss Agnes, 4 yrs 
Lough Bawn, 6 yrs 
Syvagee, 3 yrs 
Cestrla, 3 yrs 
Wnrlmwk, 5 yrs 
Fulcon, 8 yrs 
Ham, 3 yrs 
Ariadne, 3 yrs 
England's Glory, G yrs 
Andromache, 3 yrs 
The Tempest, 5 yrs 
The Event, 5 yrs 
Lancashire Lass, 4 yra 
Whalebone, 4 yrs 
Calot, 6 yrs 
Amos, 3 yrs 
Domino, 3 yrs 
Blame, 3 yrs 
F by Gameboy out of 
Maid of Monton, 3yrs 
Llnnforda, 4 yrs 
Octavio, 6 yrs 
Odiham, G yrs 
29 
THE IRISH TURF. 
The following table will show the respective winnings of tho 
chief patrons of tho turf in Ireland in 1853, together with tho 
number of winning horses belonging to each nobleman or gentle- 
man, and the number of races won by them :— 
Owner. 
Lord Waterford 
Mr. Whaley 
Mr. Copperthwaitc 
Mr. Price 
Sir T. Burke 
Mr. Watts 
Mr. Clarke 
Captain Gray 
Mr. Disney 
Mr. Ryndc 
Captain Scott 
Mr. Keegan 
Mr. Orford 
Mr. J. Murphy 
Mr. Bradshaw 
Mr. Balfe ...."i 
Mr. Quin 
Mr. F. Lee 
Mr. Maxwell 
Mr. St. George 
Mr. H. Lane 
Mr. Nolan 
Mr. Macdonogli 
Lord Howtli 
Sir. E. Bourlce 
Mr. Kennedy 
No. of 
Winners. 
No. of 
Races Won. 
Amount 
of Winnings. 
8 
16 
£1,370 
1 
2 
1,025 
6 
7 
8f.O 
2 
4 
795 
3 
9 
G*5 
r> 
7 
G50 
i 
G 
025 
i 
2 
550 
i 
1 
605 
i 
5 
6U0 
3 
4 
405 
2 
3 
480 
2 
G 
365 
3 
4 
305 
3 
5 
315 
3 
4 
270 
2 
8 
255 
1 
1 
245 
1 
1 
240 
1 
1 
230 
1 
1 
230 
2 
3 
200 
2 
4 
180 
2 
3 
175 
3 
5 
175 
1 
2 
135 
M ALTON RACES, April 27. 
Nominations for the Malton Handicap. Two miles. Weights to be 
declared Feb. 1. 
Cleveland, 6 yrs I St. Andrew, 4 yrs 
Lord Fnuconberg, 4 yrs Merry Monk, 3 yrs 
Cuptain Cornish, 4 yrs Songstress, 5 yrs 
Sm Xe ,£ •? yr ? 1 bough Bawn, G yrs 
Billy Richardson, 6 yrs Monimia, 3 yrs 
Antonia, 3 yrs Penitent, 3 vrs 
Bracken 3 yrs Wind-sucker, 5 yrs 
El Dorado, 3 yrs Sklnningrove, 3 yrs 
Brocket, 4 yrs The Collier, 6 yrs 
The Presiden t, 3 yrs King A lfred, 3 v is 
Bright Phoebus, G yrs Queen's Own, 3 yrs 
Phoenix, 3 yrs Provost Marshal, 3 yrs 
Dove 4 yrs Miss Agnes, 4 yra 
The Jewess, 3 yrs Birdtrap, 4 vrs 
Janey, 4 yrs Tonic, G yrs 
Lciry wheat,* vrs Andromache, 3 yrs 
Miss Peddie, 4 yrs Diligent, 3 yrs 
Nominations for the Convivial Handicap. One mile. Weights to be 
declared Feb. 1. 
Light of the Harem, The Puritan, 6 yrs 
_ 4 > -ra Puticnee, 1 yrs 
Braxey, 6 yrs Peuitent, 3 yrs 
Jack the Giant-killer, The General, 4 yrs 
* >' rs Lerrywheut, 5 yrs 
Captain Cornish, 4 yrs Monimia, 3 yrs 
Miss Agnes, 4 yrs Wings of a Dove, 4 yrs 
Middlesborough, 3 yrs The Cobbler, f. yrs 
Snowdon Dunbill, 4 yrs Catherine Parr 4 vrs 
Ann Eliza, 4 yrs Axwell, 4 yrs 
Brocket, 4 yra Tonic, « vrs 
1 he President, 3 yrs Antonia, 3 vrs 
Honeydew, 1 yrs Tho Jewess, 3 yrs 
Hobbyhorse, 4 yrs 
Vlndcx, 4 yra 
Twinkle, 3 yra 
Grapesliot, I yrs 
Daniel O'Rourke, 5 yra 
Streatluin Fairy, 3 yrs 
The Event, 5 yra 
Cabin Boy, 4 ys 
St. Michael, 5 yrs 
Catherine Purr, 4 yrs 
Little Fawn, 0 yra 
Jetty Treffz, 3 yrs 
Colsterdale, G yrs 
Heapy, 4 yrs 
Miss Sellon, 3 yrs 
Ammonia, 5 yrs 
Honeyaew, 4 yrs 
Hobbyhorse, 4 yrs 
VIndex, 4 yrs 
Daniel 0 Rourke, 5 yra 
Streatluin Fairy, 3 yrs 
Billy Richardson, 5 yra 
The Tempest, 5 yra 
The Surveyor, 6 yrs 
Jetty Treffz, 3 yrs 
Heapy, 4 yrs 
Miss Sellon, 3 yrs 
Songstress, 6 yra 
Ammonia, 5 yrs 
Phoenix, 3 yrs 
OUNDLE 
Tho following are the corr 
Forfeits to be declared by 
Francis, Oundle :— 
Peter Simple, list 121b 
Oscar, list Gib 
The Colonel, list 51b 
Ploughboy, lost 91b 
The General, lost 91b 
Melon, lOst 71b 
Need wood, 10st 51b 
Half-mid-Half, lOst 51b 
Maurice Daley, lOst 31b 
Gni forth, 10st31b 
A Diana, lOst 
Victress, lOst 
Simple Peter, lOst 
Sum Hood, 9st 131b 
The Tulip, 9st 121b 
Artisan, ust 101b 
STEEPLECHASES, 
ect weights for tho Grand Stf.f.plecitasf. 
Wednesday next to Mr. Wright, or Mr 
Tomboy, fist 81b 
Robin Hood, 9st 71b 
Blackwood, 9st 71b 
Bullflncher, 9st 71b 
A. V , 9st Gilt 
Sir Philip, 9at 61b 
Quasimodo, 9st Jib 
Barsell, 9st 2Jb 
Topsy, 9s t 21b 
The Screw, 9st 21 b 
The Old Rake, 9st 
Reindeer, 9st 
Edward of Vork, 9st 
Cigar, 8st 101b 
Nelly Brown, 8st 101b 
TALLAQIIT (COUNTY DUBLIN) STEEPLECHASES. 
Wbdnebdax, Jan. H. 
Entries and weights for the Tallaoiit Stakes, 3 sovs each, 30 sovs 
• T added. I lu ce miles, 
cSk KfcfsS ' ilb J' 10 71b 
lost m 
Madeline, lost 71b ^ cc Hem ts, lOst 
_ Gi g, 9st 101b 
for tho Cookstown Selling Stakes of 2 sovs each, 20 sovs 
w— i . added. 
Napoleon the Second l vrs dun? \ i 
Fury, 3 yra ( 80 /.) y (lU0 *) Boundnway. 4 yra 
Komnni’ 6 yrs ( 40 / ) Swallow, 6 yre (20/.) 
Gnrryowen, 5 yrs ( 80 /.) „*'• V'°Y 8 «»' S , . ngcil (20/.) 
Little Oin.d»» ii /uni \ I Don -Jour, by Ihirkttwiiv • 
Eittle Queen, G yrs (20/.) 
Shelnmlier, I yrs ( 40 /.) 
,, , J - h- fa- "S'-" 1-ui.; 
Boil-jour, by Httikuway, out of 
Alm-cl-Kndcr's (lam, 3 yra (30/.) 
Another Accident to Sam h, v w.i 
.. -'..‘..v .Aiwwmn’nui, miiUO I/UUIM J. 
Notwithstanding the severity of the weather and tho bad stato 
of tho ground, a large number of tho sporting gentry resident in 
and about Parsonstown congregated, on Thursday, the 5th inst., 
at Clonkelly, to witness the following match, pending which 
there were some heavy bets : — 
Match, 25 sovs, p.p., list ench. One mile and a half. 
Flat Course. 
Mr. Smith’s b h Jackdaw, by Magpie, out of Lady Harkaway, 
Mi. Walshs b m Lady Giles, by Sir Giles, 5 yrs owner 2 
Betting 5 to 4 on Jackdaw. 
Lady Giles took the lead at starting, which she held for about half a 
mile, when she was passed by Jackdaw, who won cleverly by two 
lengths. * 
The officers at present quartered in Birr Garrison, assisted by some 
of the local gentry, intend getting up two days’ racing during the last 
week of the present month, due notice of which shall be given. 
SPORTING MISCELLANEOUS. 
Epsom Spring Meeting.— Mi*. W. Ashton's ch g En- 
gland’s Glory, 6 yrs, lias been left out of the nomination 
lists for the Great Metropolitan Stakes and Suburban 
Handicap, in the Sheet Calendar, last week. 
Change of Name. — Quickstep is now named Jump- 
away ; Corybantes, Little Tom ; and Tom by Malcolm, 
Tommy. 
Blood Stock. — On the whole, blood stock has quite 
kept up its price during the past year, as twenty-four 
yearlings have been knocked down at 200 guineas each, 
and upwards ; the highest price reached being 250 guineas 
for a bay colt by Orlando, out of Elipsis. 
Newmarket.— A black filly by Mentor, out of Window 
Shut, 3 yrs old, has recently joined Mr. W. Smith’s lot. 
Malton. — Sir Charles Monck’s Vindex 4 years has been 
added to Mr. John Scott’s enormous string of horses in 
training at Whitehall. A correspondent informs us that 
John Scott has the leviathan string of seventy -five in 
training, Anson eighteen, Beck seventeen, Shepherd eleven, 
and Cunningham nine. 
The Trapper.— In addition to the bet of 2,000 to 20 
laid against this horse for the Derby, on Thursday week 
3;000 to 30 was laid ; the bet was altogether 5,000 to 50. 
This horse belongs to Mr. Payne, and is in Dockeray’s 
stable at Epsom. He was bought when a yearling. 
Errors in the Racing Calendar The following an- 
nouncement appears in No. II. of the Sheet Calendar , pub- 
lished last Monday : — 
“ Addenda and Errata in No 1. 
“To the Nominations for the Newmarket Handicap, add 
Mr. B. Way’s Brocket, 4 yrs, and Mr. B. Way’s President, 
3 yrs. 
Epsom. To the Metropolitan and Suburban Stakes, 
add Mr. W. Ashton’s ch. g. England’s Glory, 6 yrs. 
“Northampton.— In the nomination for "the Great 
Northamptonshire Handicap, Mr. V. Kingston na. b. m. 
May-day, 6 yrs— not Dear Polly ; and— “ Lord Ilopetoun 
na. Chief Justice, aged” should have been omitted. For 
Mr. Elwcs nn. Eugina, read na. “Erycina.” In the 
Althorp Park Stakes, for “ Charlton Boy" read “Challow 
Boy.” 
Sporting without a Licence.— Tlie Monmouthshire 
Merlin relates that an engine-driver on the Western Val- 
leys Railway killed a fine woodcock a few days ago with a 
piece of coke. 
Irish Corinthian Cup.— This event will be run off 
over the Pnnehestown course, in April next, under the 
stewardship of Viscount St. Lawrence, Lieutenant-Colonel 
Campbell, and Sir 1 homas Grisbv, Bart. The couditions 
arc the same as on the last occasion, and equally as large 
a field ns in *53 is likely to compete for this beautiful 
prize. 
A New *riend to the Hare. — Every sportsmen is 
familiar with the remarkable instinct of the hare when 
selecting its form ; how it runs about a piece of ground in 
all directions, so as to confuse the scent of its enemies, and 
then, springing as far ns it can, lies down wherever the 
leap has placed it. Necessity, however, is the mother of 
invention ; ami such is the persecution to which hares are 
now exposed, that they have resorted to new modes of 
precaution, in order to delay, as long as possible, the 
inevitable transition to the soup tureen. A correspondent 
informs us i lint, on Thursday last, while walking in the 
park of a fair estate, in DUmfYiosbirc, he was startled at 
starting a hare, which was lying not “low in the grassy 
form, ’ but in the cleft of a gigantic saugli tree. He had 
the curiosity to examine the novel sent, which he found to 
be nearly eight feet, above the ground, and, from the 
quantify of fur adhering to the hark, there was good 
reason to believe that puss must have occupied the premises 
for several weeks. There is a good story told of a London 
exquisite being present at a meeting of fox-hounds, and 
giving out “tally-ho” on seeing a squirrel on a tree-top, 
whose (nil and fur answered his ideas of Reynard ; and 
should hares in general take to hiding in timber, sportsmen, 
in place of beating tho hush at combing matches, will, by 
ami live, requiro to climb trees and dislodge their game 
from its elevated position, giving so many yards’ Jaw from 
the trunk bolore letting the greyhounds slip.— Dumfries 
Louru r. 
T,,OM * s Parr.— Among recent additions to the 
T> , teai " this fortunate turf member, we may notice 
K l ty C,ovw - “»'I Me Girl. The p“clg°,c“ 
Ithere (coupled) lM f “° k '’ < ’ 11 WaS WL 1 “ d for ,U « 
n °V , - e overlooked 
stakes of o Sovs. each, with ‘in „,i i„,i , • ,, 
the I incntii ti i- y? at *ded, straight run in; 
100 added mSe aid a halfTa^tt on 
Sovs. each, with 25 added, two miles 
“cS" 
At Elm Park, Farran, Co. Cork, on Fridnv m 
January 6t l, , » H Mr. Harding’s bay ma?e " A^fe 
An t J ei ,’ A v , Arthur,” dam by “ EqonomisL" out of “ xtJL, 
An t ne ’. I 'J l1 colt foal from “Damask," by “ Touchston? 
So L 5 X“^;Iipl". sister “> 
i 
St. Lou S lately, on the steam-boat Young America bv 
way of the Illinois river. The “ News” says— “ They have 
just concluded a hunting excursion in the region of Luke 
Michigan, and are cn route for Texas, with the intention 
nlrFoTT l r Winte r that Statc ' The party have a 
keono™ n P nW Ilg ° Utfi i t ’ tCnt5> guns ’ nmniu nition, dog- 
hZds ThD VC L y " three thol0u b rhbre J English hunting 
hounds. Ihey have servants also, and some dozen of 
ti links and carpet sacks of baggage/* 
Ihe Umbrella Bird.— T he next morning my hunter 
aruved, and immediately went out in his canoe among the 
islands, where the umbrella birds are found. In the c 8 ven- 
. retan,e(1 » bringing one fine specimen. 
This singular bird is about the size of the raven, and is of 
a similar colour, hut its feathers have a more scaly appear- 
ance, from being margmed with a different shade of glossy 
blue. It is also allied to the crows in its structure, being 
very similar to them in its feet and bill. On its head it 
fonned Sfi***?' lffc ' Cnt fl '? m that of any other bird. It is 
foimed of feathers more than two inches long, veiy thickly 
set, and with hairy plumes curving over at the end. These 
can be laid back so as to be hardly visible, or can be 
erected and spread out on every side, forming a hemis- 
pheucal, or rather a henuellipsoidal dome, completely 
theT^k Ih '^r . and . cven aching beyond the pSint of 
the beak, the indivi ual feathers standing out somethin" 
ike the down-bearing seeds of the dandelion. Besides 
firmn ! e i re * s an «tbcr ornamental appendage on the breast, 
hSS fleshy tubercle, as thick as a quill, and on inch 
and a half long, winch hangs down from the neck, and is 
thickly covered with glossy feathers, forming a large pen- 
dant plume or tassel. This also the bird can either press 
to Its breast, so as to he scarcely visible, or can swell out, 
so as almost to conceal the fore part of the body. In the 
female the crest and the neck-plume are less developed, 
and she ls altogether a smaller and much less handsome 
bird It inhabits the flooded islands of the Rio Negro and 
the bolimoes never appearing on the mainland. It feeds 
on fruits, and utters a loud hoarse cry, like some deep 
musical instrument ; whence ils Indian name, Uerumi.nbe 
trumpet bird.” - Wallace's Travels cn th e Amazon. 
SALE OF BLOOD STOCK. 
The following horses, tho properly of the Hon. J. W. H. 
IIu tcli in son, 10th Light Dragoons, and Richard Bernard, Esq , 
were sold in Dycer s Repository, Dublin, on Thursday week, and 
realized the following prices: — 
1. Chestnut gelding, Tinge, 5 years old, by Elvas, 95 guineas, 
bred; GO guJneaf & eXUti ° n ’ 8 yW,rs old ' by Vcrul ““. thorough- 
RoUer^S^ guineas 3 " 6 ’ M ‘ SS CarCy ’ 7 yCars ° ld * by N ”ariaa, dam by 
4. Bay gelding, Giraffe, G years old, by Vulcan, 48 guineas. 
n ‘> aiC ’ ^ recklc, 3 years old. by Magpie, out of tho cele- 
brated steeplechase mare, Brunette, 70 guineas. 
0. Bay gelding, Thurles, G years old, by Honesty, 37 guineas, 
guineas!^ * C,ouarden - Valentine, dam Luggy, 70 
o' rl°Z n e , ddln ,^; Glen dolough, G years old, by Derby, 61 guineas, 
thoroughbred" 70gnineas K C0nU01 * 7 iearS ° W ’ by B.rdfatcber, 
hiSS ,try ‘ ro,t ' r ' ln 
}.1‘ l h0 L *v er ' C ycurs 0,d 7 b y Gi,cs > 41 guineas. 
io’guinMS ’ LVe ’ tmDS 5 years oId > ^ s «‘“SUo, dam by David, 
ANGLING. 
Curious Serpentine Fish. — A specimen of a very 
singular and rare Serpentine fish was cast ashore last 
week in Sinclair s Bay, a few miles distant from Wick, 
and was brought into Wick early on Saturday. It has 
been very much mangled by the matter-of-fact fishermen 
by whom it was discovered, and who, looking at the del 
Cronin with unscientific eyes, merely thought it was a 
queer fish, “ but ’twas nothing more." Cut up, and 
* shorn of its fair proportions" as it was, however, it was a 
very curious specimen of the strange inmates of the “vasty 
deep. ‘ It certainly is a good sea snake, if not the veri- 
table sea serpent. It is now in the possession of Dr. 
Sinclair, of Wick, who has been at some considerable 
trouble and expense in rescuing this interesting and rare 
visitant from demolition, for, in addition to the injury it 
sustained in its death struggles, the fisherman’s knife bad 
cut it into junks. It was 15ft. Sin. in length from the eye 
only, and not quite to the lip of the tail, which was in- 
jured. The whole of the head to the eye being knocked 
to pieces by the creature in its death struggles, another 
foot may probably bo added to its length ; its greatest 
depth being 1ft. 2m., thickness 3 jin., and its weight 1821b. 
The eyes are perfect, 1 jin. across, pupil dark, iris silvery, 
and placed near the top of the head. Tho head is so 
mutilated — in fact, the greater jiart gone — that little eau 
be said about it. The stumps of a cluster of strong spiuc- 
like fins may be observed, well adapted to support a crest. 
The pectoral fins are also rubbed off, the stuuijps remain, 
showing twelve fin rays. The grand distinguishing mark, 
the single horny ventral fin ray on each side, cannot be 
mistaken; for, although only about two inches in length 
of each are left, they are of such a size— three-eighths of 
an inch thic k — as to tell the tale that they must have been 
of great length. The dorsal tin extends the whole dis- 
tance from the eye to near the tail, the top part of it 
nearly all rubbed off, ami only a few stumps of spines left. 
The silvery skin and five dark bands passing the whole 
length ot the fish, the lateral line, and the curtilaginous 
