[l. 1040.] Nurrieris. I find no such name in Selden’s chap. ix., Of Women. Does the word mean ‘foster-mothers or fathers,’ from the Latin “Nutricarii, Matricularii, quibus enutriendi ac educandi infantes projectos cura incumbebat: Nourissiers. Vita S. Goaris cap. 10: Hæcque consuetudo erat, ut quando aliquis homo de ipsis infantibus projectis misericordia vellet curam habere, ab illis, quos Nutricarios vocant, matriculariis S. Petri compararet, et illi Episcopo ipsum infantem præsentare deberent, et postea Episcopi auctoritas eumdem hominem de illo Nutricario confirmabat. Id clarius explicatur a Wandelberto in Vita ejusdem Sancti, cap. 20.” Ducange, ed. 1845.
The following list of [Names of Fish], from Yarrell, may be found convenient for reference.
Names of Fish from Yarrell’s History of British Fish, 1841, 2nd ed.
| English Names | Latin Names. | Yar., vol., page |
| Basse | Perca labrax | i 8 |
| Bleak | Luciscus, or Cyprinus alburnus | i 419 |
| Bream or Carp-Bream | Abramis, or Cyprinus brama | i 382 |
| „ the common Sea- | Pagellus centrodontus | i 123 |
| Brill, or Pearl, Kite, Brett, Bonnet-Fleuk | Rhombus vulgaris, or Pleuronectes rhombus | ii 231 |
| Butt, Flook, or Flounder | Pleuronectes flesus, or Platessa flesus | ii 303 |
| Common Cod, or Keeling | Morrhua vulgaris, or Gadus morrhua (Jenyns) | ii 221 |
| Green Cod | Merlangus virens (Cuvier) Gadus virens (Linnæus) | ii 256 |
| Conger | Conger vulgaris, or Muræna conger | ii 402 |
| Dace, Dare, or Dait | Leuciscus vulgaris, or Cyprinus leuciscus | i 404 |
| Dog Fish (the common), The Picked Dog-Fish, or Bone Dog (Sussex), Hoe (Orkney) | Spinax acanthias, or Squalus acanthias | ii 524 |
| Small Spotted Dog Fish or Morgay (Scotl.), Robin Huss (Sussex Coast) | Scyllium canicula, or Squalus canicula | ii 487 |
| Large Spotted Dog Fish, or Bounce (Scotl. & Devon) | Scyllium stellaris | ii 493 |
| Black-mouthed Dog-Fish, or Eyed Dog-Fish (Cornwall) | Scyllium melanostomum | ii 495 |
| The Smooth Hound or Shate-toothed Shark, Ray-mouthed Dog (Cornwall) | Squalus mustelus, or Mustelus lævis | ii 512 |
| Dory, or Dorée | Zeus faber | i 183 |
| Sharp-nosed Eel | Anguilla acutirostris, or vulgaris | ii 381 |
| Broad-nosed Eel | Anguilla latirostris | ii 396 |
| Flounder, or Flook (Merret). Mayock, Fluke (Edinb.), Butt. | Platessa flesus | ii 303 |
| Grayling | Thymallus vulgaris, or Salmo thymallus | ii 136 |
| Gudgeon | Gobio fluviatilis, or Cyprinus gobio | i 371 |
| Red Gurnard | Trigla cuculus, or lineata | i 38-63 |
| Haddock | Morrhua æglefinus, or Gadus æglefinus | ii 233 |
| Hake | Merlucius vulgaris, or Gadus merlucius | ii 253 |
| Herring | Clupea harengus | ii 183 |
| Holibut | Hippoglossus vulgaris, or Pleuronectes hippoglossus | ii 321 |
| Hornfish, Garfish, Sea-pike, Long Nose, &c. | Belone vulgaris, or Esox belone | i 442 |
| Keeling. See Common Cod | ii 221 | |
| Lampern, or River Lamprey* | Petromyzon fluviatilis | ii 604 |
| Lamprey | Petromyzon marinus | ii 598 |
| Ling | Lota molva (Cuvier), or Gadus molva (Linnæus) | ii 264 |
| Luce, or Pike | Esox lucius | i 434 |
| Lump-fish | ii 365 | |
| Mackarel | Scomber scombrus, or vulgaris | i 137 |
| Merling, or Whiting | Merlangus vulgaris (Cuvier), or Gadus merlangus (Linnæus) | ii 244 |
| Minnow | Leuciscus, or Cyprinus phoxinus | i 423 |
| Mullet, grey, or Common | Mugil capito, or cephalus | i 234 |
| Muræna | Muræna Helena | ii 406 |
| Perch | Perca fluviatilis | i 1 |
| Pike | Esox lucius | i 434 |
| Plaice | Platessa vulgaris | ii 297 |
| Roach | Cyprinus rutilis | i 399 |
| Salmon | Salmo Salar | ii 1 |
| Smelt. Spirling and Sparling in Scotland | Salmo Sperlanus, or Osmerus Sperlanus | ii 75 & 129 |
| Sturgeon, the Common | Acipenser Sturio | ii 475 |
| „ the Broad-nosed | Acipenser latirostris | ii 479 |
| Swordfish | Xiphias gladius | i 164 |
| Tench | Tinca vulgaris, or Cyprinus tinca | i 375 |
| Thornback | Raia clavata | ii 583 |
| Trout, Common | Salmo fario | ii 85 |
| Turbot, or Rawn Fleuk and Bannock Fluck (Scotl.) | Rhombus maximus, or Pleuronectes maximus | ii 324 |
| Vendace or Vendis (? Venprides, [l. 820], Russell) | Coregonus Willughbii, or Coregonus Marænula (Jenyns) | ii 146 |
| Whiting, or Merling | Merlangus vulgaris (Cuvier) Gadus merlangus (Linnæus) | ii 244 |
* The Lamperns have been taken in the Thames at Teddington this autumn (1866) in extraordinary quantities.