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SILVERY GADE. 
At page 116 of the third yolume of this work, a reference 
is made to a small fish, termed by its discoverer, Montagu, 
the Silvery Gade, but which I had not seen when that portion 
of our work was published; nor had it come under the notice 
of observers from the time of its first observer. Since then 
however I have been supplied with examples from Banff, 
through the industry and kindness of Mr. Thomas Edward, of 
that place; and the few remarks which he was able to make 
on the circumstance attending their capture, will add something 
to the little that is known of the habits of this fish. 
Our figure is from one of the examples thus taken on the 
west coast of Scotland; about an inch and a half in length, 
with the general proportions of Couchia glauca, but thicker 
across the head and body; under jaw slightly shorter than the 
upper, with a conspicuous barb. Eye large, and in front of it 
two open nostrils, not close together; a short barb rising from 
the hindmost border of each anterior nostril; this barb smaller 
than in the Mackarcl Midge. Body small at the root of the 
tail, and ending almost in a point among the rays of the caudal 
fin. Lateral line visible along the hindmost half of the body, 
hut scarcely so near the head. Tendrils in the chink in 
front of the dorsal fin numerous, the first longest and most 
distinct; the dorsal fin passes back close to the tail, as does 
the anal, and both more expanded behind; tail slightly concave ; 
ventrals close under the throat, with the second ray reaching ' 
to the vent. Mr. Edward says that when alive the back was 
