ZOOLOGICAL NOTES 53 



Fulmar Petrel breeding 1 on Noss, Shetland. Last summer I 

 found the Fulmar (Fid /nan/ s glacialis) breeding on the Noup of 

 Noss. This is the first breeding-station observed on the eastern 

 seaboard of Britain, and, as such, marks a very distinct extension of 

 the Fulmar's range. ROBERT GODFREY, Edinburgh. 



Some Scarce Fishes in the Solway. Mr. Pool, of the Port 

 Ling Fishery, has sent of late several species of fishes not regularly 

 met with. One of these was a " John Dory " (Zeus faber), of which 

 several examples have lately occurred in the Solway. Another was 

 a very fine large example of the Horse Mackerel, or Scad (Caranx 

 trachitms), a species I have not seen before from the Firth proper, 

 though it is occasionally caught off the mouth of the Dee. A third 

 species is of interest, as it has not, I believe, been recorded from the 

 Solway, although locally abundant on some other parts of the West 

 Coast, namely, the Sea Bream (Page! his centrodontics). R. SERVICE, 

 Maxwelltown. 



Four-bearded Rockling 1 in the Firth of Forth. On 25th 

 October 1898 I picked up a perfectly fresh specimen of this fish 

 on the shore between Leith and Portobello ; it was full grown, being 

 13! inches in length not much shorter than the longest British 

 specimen recorded. The Four-bearded Rockling (Motella cimbria) 

 was first recorded as British by Parnell ("Fishes of the Firth of 

 Forth," p. 449), from a specimen caught on a baited line, a little to 

 the east of Inchkeith, and has been obtained on several occasions in 

 the Forth and elsewhere since Parnell's day. ROBERT GODFREY, 

 Edinburgh. 



Occurrence of the Black-mouthed Dogfish off Aberdeen. A 



Black-mouthed Dogfish (Pristi/nts melanostomus) was caught by trawl 

 four miles off Aberdeen on i5th November, and was brought to 

 me by Mr. Herbert Howell. It is a female, two eggs being in 

 the oviduct ready for expulsion. These eggs or " purses " differ 

 very widely from that of the Lesser Spotted Dogfish, being destitute 

 of tendrils on the lower end, while at the other extremity they are 

 little more than |- inch long. This is the first known instance, so 

 far as I am aware, of this fish having occurred on the north-east 

 coast of Scotland. GEO. SIM, Aberdeen. 



Rossia maerosoma (D. Ch.} and Eledone eirrosa (Lamk.} on 

 the East Lothian Shore. On 2oth October last, immediately after 

 the destructive storm from the east, I found a specimen of Rossia 

 maerosoma among rejectamenta on the beach at Morrison's Haven 

 a little to the west of Prestonpans. In Leslie and Herdman's 

 " Invertebrate Fauna of the Firth of Forth " there is only one positive 

 occurrence (at Aberdour) of this Cephalopod recorded. 



On 28th October I examined, on the North Berwick and Dirleton 

 beaches, no less than nine examples of the much larger Eledone cirrosa. 



