18 MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES. 



Cepola rubeseens, Cuv. — Not uncommon. 



Atherina presbyter^ Cuv. — Common. 



Mugil capito, Guv. — Common. 



Mugil chelo, Cuv. — Added to British Fauna by Mr. Couch. 



Blennius Montagui, Flem. — Under stones, sea-weeds, and in small pools; 

 Gwyllyn Vase, Swanpool, etc.: common. 



Blennius ocellarius, Bloch. — Length, five inches; depth of head, seven- eighths 

 of an inch; first dorsal fin, five-eighths of an inch; caudal three-fourths of an 

 inch. Trawl refuse, October 25th., 1848: rare. 



{To be continued.) 



White Hare. — Mr. Harvey, on September 23rd. shot on the Ratherton 

 estate, near Holsworthy, a perfectly milk-white Hare, which is now in my 

 collection. — W. Tombs, Jan., Exeter, November 4dh., 1851. 



Malformation of the Teeth of the Bahhit, (Lepus cuniculus.) — A gentleman 

 of this town was shooting at Wooton, Beds , on the 6th. of November, when 

 he shot, a full-grown Rabbit, which had the four front teeth, or incisors, of 

 a very extraordinary length, thoee in the under jaw being curved upwards; one 

 of them was broken olF, the other one was an inch and five-eighths long* 

 the two upper teeth were curved inwards along the roof of the mouth, and 

 were seven-eighths of an inch long. How the poor animal existed with such 

 teeth I cannot imagine, the only way it could eat the herbage, was by biting it 

 sideways; it was a mere existence certainly, for the poor thing was little else 

 but skin and bone. One of the Duke of Bedford's keepers brought me the 

 head of a Rabbit which he found dead in one of the rides in the evero-reens 

 in Woburn Park, about three years ago, which had the two bottom incisors 

 very similar to the above, but both perfect, and of such a length as prevented 

 its getting at any food; the animal had therefore died of starvation, in the 

 midst of plenty, as the keeper told me its body was nothing but a bag of 

 bones. — George B. Clarke, Woburn, Beds., November 11th., 1851. 



The Peregrine Falcon, (Falco peregrinus.) — A rare occurrence took place 

 here on the 7th. instant. I was standing on the north bridge that crosses 

 the River Soar, when I heard a strange noise which attracted my attention. 

 Looking round, I perceived, about eighty yards off, two large Hawks fighting, 

 at each attack soaring one above the other alternately. Their evolutions at 

 this time were truly beautiful. I watched them with the greatest interest till 

 they gradually came within gun-shot. Mr. Birkley, Jun., who had been on the 

 look-out, seized the opportunity; taking steady aim, he let fly, and brought down 

 a fine female Peregrine Falcon. Mr. B. handed it to me to preserve for him. 

 Length, nineteen inches and a quarter; from tip to tip of wings, forty-four 

 nches; weight, two pounds. — W. Bond, Frog Island, Leicester, Nov. 27th, 1851 



