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Rh Local, "Norway Shrimps." A well-defined specimen of the "Bull-dog" variety of this species was taken on the Britannia Pier, Dec. 21st, 1895. Length, 21 in. Have met with others.

?[Variety. "Rock Cod."—On Christmas Eve, 1890, I examined a peculiarly red-and-yellow mottled Cod of some eighteen inches. The fisherman termed it a "Rock" Cod, and did not seem to look upon it as an unusual occurrence. It was very like the Dorse (Gadus callarias) figured in Couch's 'Fishes,' vol. iii. p. 66. I have on one or two occasions seen tendencies to this coloration in what I felt satisfied was Gadus morrhua.]

G. æglefinus. Haddock. C.—Locally it is rare; but great quantities are brought in by trawlers from the North Sea. Occasionally taken from the piers.

G. luscus. Bib. C.—"One found on the beach, 1813" (Pagets). Small examples commonly enough taken in Shrimp and draw-nets. It inflates with wind (through fright?), and cannot submerge itself after being taken, the Gulls generally ending their ebb-drift seawards from the shrimpers' refuse. Great numbers on Breydon during September, 1897. Local, "Bastard Whiting," "Whiting-pout."

†G. minutus. Power Cod. R.—I found the first recorded Norfolk specimen amongst the draw-netters' refuse by the seaside on April 6th, 1890; length, 3¾ in. Very like a small codling at first sight; the larger eye, however, at once distinguishes it. Several others since, notably one on Oct. 13th, 1894; length, 10 in.

G. merlangus. Whiting. C.—Abundant in late autumn and during winter. Those caught from the beach and piers do not run large. Large specimens occasionally from deeper water. Largest on local record, March 29th, 1891; weight, 7¼ lb.! One, 22½ in. long, on wharf, March 7th, 1895; this is large for the east coast. Two Whitings caught by smack 'Dutch Trader,' February, 1871; length respectively, 26 in. and 24 in.

†G. pollachius. Pollack. C.—Strangely enough, although so plentiful around Norfolk, this species remained unrecorded until I identified it from a number of juvenile examples I caught with rod and line in the entrance of the Bure on May 8th, 1888. These averaged eleven inches in length. For many years youngsters had been caught under the cognomen of "Pinnikin Zool. 4th ser. vol. I., December, 1897.