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The Iris/i Naturalist. 



[August, 



of Bell and Southwell, the figure of the animal given by the 

 latter author on p. 124 of his "Seals and Whales of the 

 British Seas " being ver}^ good, except that the dorsal fin is 

 rather too pointed. 



The dimensions of this very rare visitor were about as 

 follow, strict accuracy being difficult owing to the mutilated 

 condition of the creature when seen by me : — 



Length (in a strai 

 Tail, broad. 

 Flipper, long, 

 Do., broad, 

 Girth, about. 



ght line), 



10 ft. 6 in. to 9 in. 

 2 ft. 2 in. 

 T ft. 



o ft. 4 in. 

 5 to 6 ft. 



The attenuated beak had a gape of mouth of about 9 in., and 

 about 3 in. more showing, but not open, inside the cheeks. 

 The lower jaw was slightly the longest. The colour was slate 

 above ; under jaw, breast, and remaining underparts dull 

 white. I paid it a second visit the next day, after referring to 

 my books and to confirm previous observations, and found 

 nothing to add. I sent down the next day to secure the head, 

 but it had unfortunately been removed and the body cut up. 



Holywood. 



NOTES. 



BOTANY. 

 Flowers and Insects. 



I am much interested in Mr. C. R. Moffatt's remarks on the fertihzation 

 of Orobam-he major and other flowers by wasps. Noticing how other 

 visitors are kept by these insects from the flowers of Scrophularia nodosa 

 during the day, on one occasion I watched some plants of that species at 

 night, and found them abundantly visited by several of the common 

 Noctuid moths. It may be doubted whether these are useful in the 

 pollination of the flowers. I have seen them visited also by a few small 

 Diptera, which certainly are of no service to them. 



W. E. Hart. 



Howth. 



