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Cichorium Intybus, L., f, seldom more than a casual, in 72, 75, 77, 



80-93, 9S> 9 6 > 99> I0 9- 

 Arnoseris pusilla, G&rtn., a weed of cultivated ground, a doubtful 



native, 88 extinct, 90, 91, 92! (?), 93!, 94! (?), 95!. 

 Lapsana communis, Z., all. 

 Picris hieracioides, L., [77 (?)], 80 f. 

 P. echioides, Z., Sof, Si, 82, 83!, 857, 87 f (?), 92 ci\>. 



(To be continued.} 



ZOOLOGICAL NOTES. 



Note on a Female Gray Seal obtained on the East Coast of 

 Sutherland. A fine specimen of the Gray Seal (ffalichcerus grypus] 

 drifted ashore at Golspie on the 2ist ult. Through the kind- 

 ness of Dr. Joass, the carcase was sent to Sir William Turner. It 

 was a female, and had been shot or pierced by some missile in the 

 abdomen. It was gravid, and the foetus measured 19 inches in 

 length. The skin has been preserved, and the foetus and skeleton 

 will forthwith find a place in the Anatomical Museum of the 

 University of Edinburgh. JAMES SIMPSON, Edinburgh. 



Notes on Dolphins in the Moray Firth. About a month ago 

 Mr. Craig, lighthouse-keeper, Covesea, near Lossiemouth, informed 

 me that a large Dolphin had been stranded west of the lighthouse in 

 June 1896, and was buried in the sand. From his description of 

 the animal, I thought it might be a Risso's Grampus (Grampus 

 griseus}. I had it dug up, and secured the skull, which proved the 

 species to be an old individual of the White-beaked Dolphin 

 (Lagenorhynchus albirostris). It was quite fresh when interred. The 

 skull measured as follows: total length, i8i ins.; breadth be- 

 hind orbits, 10^ ins. ; length of beak, 9 ins. Owing to age, most 

 of the teeth had been lost. 



A young specimen of the Pilot Whale (Globicephahts me/as) was 

 cast ashore dead, near Troup Head, Banffshire, in October 1896, 

 and was buried by the coastguards. With their assistance, I had it 

 dug up. I secured the head, which proves that the animal was not 

 full grown. The skull measures: total length, 2i| ins.; breadth 

 behind orbits, 14 ins. ; length of rostrum, n ins. Though this is a 

 common Cetacean, I thought it useful to note the exact place where 

 one was found, as no such record is given in Messrs. Harvie-Brown 

 and Buckley's " Fauna of the Moray Basin." 



It is now certain that the White-beaked Dolphin is to be found 

 in the Moray Firth at any season of the year, as it has been found 

 in January as well as June. WM. TAYLOR, Lhanbryde. 

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