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POLLACK. 
WHITING POLLACK. 
WlLLOUGHUY; p. 1C7, 
Lacepede. Uisso. 
Linnasus. Bloch ; pi. 68. 
Donovan; pi. 7. 
Fleming; Br. Animals, p. 195. 
Jenvns; Manual, p. 446. 
Yaueell; Br. Fishes, vol. ii, p. 253. 
Gunthek ; Cat. Br. M., vol, iv, p. 333. 
a WIdthig FoUaclt, 
Gada 'poUaclc, 
Gadiis pollachius, 
Oadut pollarhius, 
The Pollack is one of our commonest fishes, and is found 
on all our coasts where the nature of the ground is 
suitable to its habits; but it becomes more scarce in the 
extreme north of Scotland. It is also one of the few species 
of this family that is met with in the Mediterranean, but 
according to Risso it is not abundant in that sea. 
Its haunts are at no great distance from land, and it prefers 
to keep amidst rough and rocky ground, where it lies in wait 
on that side against which the tide happens to be flowing, 
and, advancing from which, it is prepared to seize whatever 
prey may come within its sight. It wanders from one station 
to another, and if a considerable number are found togethei, 
it is that they are drawn together by the attraction of prey, 
the motions of which they follow with eagerness. They then 
swim at a good distance from the bottom, and rise or fall as 
they find occasion, by which it happens that they become 
entangled in the trammel nets which are set near the ground; 
and again it is common to see them in rapid action close to 
