PLATE LI. 
Sounder, the WhifF, was taken in the estuary of the Dee, in Flint- 
shire;” and a figu re of it, from the pencil of his artist, Moses Grif- 
Sths, is subjoined to that remark. 
Some time ago, in a visit to Aber, Caernarvonshire, we were very 
^tindly presented with the drawing of a Whiff, found upon that coast 
on the 6th of August, 1787, by the Rev. Hugh Davies, now of Beau- 
*Oaris, Anglesea. This drawing proved the more valuable, as it 
exemplified some peculiarities that had escaped the cognizance of Mr, 
J*ennant. The tongue Mr. Davies found to be of a subulate conic 
form, and white ; the eyes placed on the left side, having the pupil 
^lack, and the iris yellowish. Ten or twelve large dusky circular 
®Pots on the back, eight of which formed a circle not very indiffer- 
ently represented by Mr. Jago in the figure given by Ray. The 
in Mr. Pennant’s figure he observed to be too much rounded, and 
lower jaw extended further than it ought to be. We think it 
incumbent to be thus minute in relating the particulars of this com- 
^t^unication, in return for the friendship and liberality of this gentle- 
man’s assistance. Since that period, we have learnt that the fish 
itself is by no means so unfrequent on the British coasts as we were 
first Induced to imagine. From the coast of Cornwall we have 
more than once received it in fine condition, and are thus enabled to 
add still further to the history of this curious fish. Besides the local 
^ame of Whiff, it is called by the Cornish fishermen the Merry-sole, 
ftom the extreme activity of its motions in the water. 
are convinced that this is not the Pleuronectes punctatus of 
®'och, as Gmelin describes it. The Whiff of Ray, of Pennant, and 
selves, are strictly the same, but the Pleuronectes punctatus of 
^^och and Gmelin is of another species, altogether distinct. The 
