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hovering over the fish-pond at the Bray du Val, Guernsey. 

 A man fired at it, but the shot did not strike it. It continued 

 poised on its outstretched wings For some minutes ; and then, 

 descending with the velocity of an arrow, disappeared be- 

 neath the water ; from which it presently emerged, bearing a 

 fine mullet in its talons, and flew with its prey to a wall. A 

 dog ran to seize it; but the bird, throwing itself on its back, 

 seized the dog's jaw in its talons with such tenacity as required 

 considerable force to disengage him from its gripe. It was 

 then strangled, and proved to be a fine specimen of the osprey, 

 or sea eagle. (Morning Chronicle, Dec. 1. 1835. — The no- 

 tice sent to this Magazine by G. E. Dennes.) 



Sea Eagle (k'quila albicilla). — A fine male individual was 

 shot on Dec. 14. 1835, upon the estate of Mrs. Styleman, 

 Hunstanton Hall, by the keeper. The crop and stomach 

 contained nearly fifteen herrings. The distance from tip to 

 tip of its extended wings was 7 ft. 3 in. It is now preserved, 

 at Mr. Thomas Knight's, preserver of birds and animals, 

 London Street, Norwich. (Bury and Suffolk Herald, Dec. 16. 

 1835. — The notice sent to this Magazine by H Turner.) 



Fishes. — The ocellated, Blenny (Blennius ocelldris Brun- 

 nich), a Locality of; and the Indenture in the Dorsal Fill of, 

 is not an invariable Character. — Mr. Forbes, Edinburgh, has 

 sent a copy of a drawing that was taken from an individual 

 when newly caught, dredged on a scallop bank in 20 fathoms 

 water, at Ballough, Isle of Man, June, 1834, to the end that 

 this copy might be submitted to Mr. Yarrell, with the question, 

 for his deciding, whether the individual, which differs remark- 

 ably in the form of the dorsal fin, both from Mr. Yarrell's 

 figure (A History of British Fishes, i. p. 223.), and that of 

 Bloch, be or be not a variety. Upon the paper bearing 

 the drawing is the following additional information: — Draw- 

 ing of the natural size of the fish: d., 25; p., 12; v., 2; a., 

 16; c, 10. Body greyish; brownish white on the back, 

 with ochraceous brown marking. First ray of the dorsal fin 

 longest. Two crests fimbriated behind. Dorsal fin rather 

 narrower in the middle ; rays spotted, and a large black spot 

 between sixth and eighth rays. Eyes almost on a level with 

 the crown ; irides yellowish. 



The drawing and account have been submitted to Mr. 

 Yarrell, who considers the individual, not as a variety, but as 

 a larger one than he has seen ; and is disposed to refer the 

 almost total absence of indentation in the dorsal fin to in- 

 creased age. 



Insects. — The Locust, an Individual of, has been recently 



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