ADDITIONS TO CENSUS OF SCOTTISH HEPATIC^ 117 



1 08. WEST SUTHERLAND. 

 (D. Lillie.} 



Aneura latifrons. Mylia anomala. 



Metzgeria furcata. Cephalozia fluitans. 



M. pubescens. Blepharostoma trichophyllum. 



Aplozia pumila. Scapania aspera. 



Lophozia atlantica. S. irrigua. 



no. OUTER HEBRIDES. 

 Cephaloziella byssacea, W. West. 



in. ORKNEY. 



Metzgeria hamata 1 Anthelia julacea ~| 



D. Lillie. \ Dr. Grant. 



Nardia compressa J Herberta adunca J 



112. SHETLAND. 

 Preissia quadrata, W. H. Beeby. 



ZOOLOGICAL NOTES. 



Extraordinary Fecundity of a Whale (Balanoptera musculus). 



I have in previous papers stated that Whales have very rarely more 



than one calf at a birth. Still they have, as pointed out by Mr. 



Harvie-Brown and others, been known to have twins, but such an 



event is most unusual. 



I have now to record a most singular instance, which was 

 brought to my notice by Mr. T. E. Salvesen of Leith. Captain M. 

 C. Bull, manager of some stations in Iceland, had a cow Common 

 Rorqual (Balanoptera musculus) of 65 feet in length brought in. 

 He was present when the whale was cut up, and to his astonishment 

 it contained six foetuses. Of these three measured 34 inches each, 

 one 20 inches, one 18 inches, and one 17 inches. 



Had the whale given birth to all six it is unlikely that more 

 than two could have lived, the whale having only two teats. 



Captain Bull has great experience in whaling, probably more 

 than any one else. This has caused the Norwegian papers to 

 notice what is a most curious circumstance, and can admit of no 

 doubt. R. C. HALDANE, Lochend, Shetland. 



Large Otter in " Tay." An Otter is recorded as having been 

 trapped on Fonab Water of the river Tummel by Mr. Jas. Cowie, 

 which is given as " 3 ft. 9 ins. in length from tip to tip," and " of the 

 unusual weight of 25 Ibs." J. A. HARVIE-BROWN. 



