. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. s and the other ry considerable even wider in ut and not so il form towards cr spine which ' tlie elongated as large as the ye. Its colour i3s of the same )y several well- :itits the inner rablv common. SAPPHIRINE ;(« hiruinh. ,â'.Ir/oiiiis caluphmrtiis. Ihs seems to be the most valiiable of the nnie species that inhabit the British seas l^mg, hke all he others, exce lent for the table, and exceeding them considerably S size Ihe n
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. s and the other ry considerable even wider in ut and not so il form towards cr spine which ' tlie elongated as large as the ye. Its colour i3s of the same )y several well- :itits the inner rablv common. SAPPHIRINE ;(« hiruinh. ,â'.Ir/oiiiis caluphmrtiis. Ihs seems to be the most valiiable of the nnie species that inhabit the British seas l^mg, hke all he others, exce lent for the table, and exceeding them considerably S size Ihe name ot Iirundo or swallow, has been given to this fisl^on account of the JreatsTze ot the pectoral hns which are almost as proportionately large to the dimen ions of the hsh as the wings ui the swallow to the bird. Putting aside the great development of h^^^^^ men,bers, and their nch blue colour, the Sapphirine Gurnard may beSK shed from the other species by he extreme smoothness of the lateral line, which may be mbbed vZ Ihohngerin either direction without exhibiting the spiny roughnessXh ⢠found n All the scales of this species are very small. The head is arnuHl u-itl, =,.;,.â= » sprnigmg from Just before the eye, and others from the p culum and he iSu S '"Z head IS very large flattened, and carried in a rathe peculiar stvde be tin^^^^^^^^ .â¢out seeing a specimen or examining the illustration. The general co our of the bodv and Son ''i^'"^ -r"'"'/^ ^'''T^ *^"^ ^'' ""''y ^"â â¢y ^"'l^v'ide, and t leir coLrTsVeep blue on the inside and brownish red on the exterior. The ravs are vvh tP f i^ grown It sometimes attains the h-ngth of two feet ^ ^^'*'" ^"" t It colour 01 Its body. Ihis is a very common spec es, and when voun.' mav fnnnrlTr! .ven to the Cuckoo t^urnard on aiount onli^US ^i^S'^S:^:^:!^^;:^^^. i ^â¢^^« ,'}} %i^ ^^^. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned pag
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