FISHES. 363 
finely radiated. The body is covered with small scales ; 
the upper parts are of a deep grey, spotted with white 
and yellow, and sometimes with black ; and the lower 
parts are silvery. About the months of May and June, 
the Grey Gurnards approach the shores in considerable 
shoals, for the purpose of depositing their spawn upon 
the shallows ; at other times they reside in the depths of 
the ocean, where they have a plentiful supply of food in 
crabs, lobsters, and other shell-fish, on which it is sup- 
posed they for the most part feed. They are occasionally 
found on most of the shores of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, in the spawning season. 
The Lucerna is caught in the Mediterranean sea, and 
is of a very curious shape ; its fins about the gills being 
so large, and spreading so much like a fan on each side, 
that they appear somewhat like wings. The tail is bifid, 
and the scales very small. The flesh is esteemed among 
the Italians, and the Lucerna is often seen in the fish- 
markets of Naples, Venice, and other towns on the sea- 
shore. This fish much resembles the Father Lasher and 
the Gurnard ; and it is called Lucerna, because it shines 
in the dark. 
THE JOHN DOREE. (Zeusfaber.} 
IT would be an inexcusable neglect to pass this fish un- 
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