including species new to that of Britain. 313 



of Dublin kindly communicated to me a detailed description of a 

 bird shot on the North Strand, Dublin Bay, on the 1st of that month, 

 mentioning at the same time that it was a species which had never 

 before come under his notice, nor that of Mr. Glennon, bird-pre- 

 server, through whose hands so many rare birds have passed within 

 the last thirty years. The description marked it as a Fulmar in adult 

 plumage, and on my calling Mr. R. Ball's attention to the circum- 

 stance, he saw the bird and confirmed the fact of its being so. 



Note. — Belted Kingfisher, Alcedo alcyon, Linn. 



When noticing in the ' Annals ' for the month of December last 

 (vol. xvi. p. 430*) that a specimen of this bird shot in the county of 

 Meath had been sent to Dublin to be preserved, it was remarked 

 that a second individual had about the same time been seen in the 

 county of Wicklow. Although I had not a doubt that the bird ob- 

 served in the latter locality was really of this species, it is desirable 

 to embrace this opportunity of stating further that it was subse- 

 quently shot, and proved to be so. It is now in the collection of 

 T. W. Warren, Esq. The first-killed bird was purchased for the 

 museum of Trinity College, Dublin. 



Fishes. 



Black Sea Bream, Cantharus lineatus, Mont. (sp.). Cantharus gri- 

 seus, Cuv. & Val. 



To Dr. J. L. Drummond we are indebted for the addition of this 

 species to our fauna. On the 18th of May 184G he obtained a fine 

 specimen, which was taken on a hand-line with lug- worm (Arenicola 

 piscatorum, Lam.) as bait, on " foul ground " at Cultra Point, Belfast 

 Bay. My friend drew up an ample description (zoological and ana- 

 tomical) of the specimen, which he carefully preserved and kindly 

 sent to me. I make the following selection from his notes : — 



" Length from snout to middle of caudal fin 16 inches ; breadth at 

 shoulder 6^ inches ; weight 3 lbs. 



"D. 10 + 11; P.10 (the fifth longest); V. 1 + 5; A. 1 + 11; C. 17. 

 Branch. 5. 



" D.-fin, almost black in colour, rises from a deep groove in the 

 back. 



" Whole fish of a dark leaden hue ; lateral line very conspicuous, 

 black, broad, and of similar breadth throughout — less than one-third 

 the depth of the fish from the back ; upper lobe of C.-fin longer than 

 the lower; eyes large, yellowish, irides dark brown ; scales large, firmly 

 imbedded in the skin, transparent : the colour of the black lines is 

 in the skin itself and is seen through the transparent scale. 



" Ca;ca wide, about l£ inch long, their walls very thin, as were 

 those of the stomach : both nearly transparent ; swimming-bladder 

 large and silvery. 



* Intestine except at lower end very thin, rather long, very wide, 



* See additional note in the January Number (vol. xvii. p. C9). 



