On the structure of the beak and its muscles in the crossbill / [William Yarrell].

  • Yarrell, William, 1784-1856
Date:
[1829]
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Credit: On the structure of the beak and its muscles in the crossbill / [William Yarrell]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    f * “ verticalibus, approximatis, linea laterali scabra, tuberculata, radiis 4 “ pinnarum ventralium.” This species has not hitherto been admitted in our Fauna, yet I have reason to believe it is very common, and has been constantly confounded with C. Scorpius. The fin rays are as follow. 1st D. 2d D. P. V. A. C. Cottus Scorpius . 10 14 17 3 10 12 Bubalis . 8 11 15 3 or 4 9 10 Atherina Ilepsetus. The Atherine is taken in great abundance during the spring months within a short distance of Brighton. A fishing-boat’s crew under favourable circumstances have been known to take as many as would fill a bushel measure during one tide. They are sold under the name of Sea-smelt and Sand-smelt, from the nature of the bottom over which they are taken; but possess none of the odour, and but little of the flavour, peculiar to the true Smelt. The Atherine is plentiful along the extended line of our Southern coast, but only occasionally makes its appearance in the London Market. The Sparus lineatus of Montagu, described and figured in the Wern. Mem. Vol. II. p. 451, tab. 22, a specimen of which I exhibited a short time since to the Zoological Club, and of which I have since seen a second example, both taken on our coast, proves to be a Mediterranean fish, the Sparus Sargus of Bloch, but imperfectly figured. Its characters are given by Schneider, Vol. 1. p. 270. The trivial name lineatus pro¬ posed by Montagu, and recently adopted by Dr. Fleming, will there¬ fore require to be changed.