•>18 Sir W. Jardine on the Habits of Crotophaga. 



iVote. — Since the receipt of Mr. Arthur Strickland's com- 

 munication, the second portion of a systematic arrangement 

 and description of sharks by Drs. Midler and Hcnle, published 

 at Berlin, has been received in this country, a reference to 

 which appears to confirm the opinion given by our friend that 

 the various published accounts of a spiny shark refer but to 

 one species. The following are extracts from this valuable 

 German work, p. 91 : — 



Second Family. Scymni. 

 Second Genus. Echinorhinns, Blainv. — Goniodus, Agassiz. 

 Species 1. Echinorhinus spinosus, Bonap. 

 Le Boucle, Brouss. p. 672. 21. 

 Sq. spinosus, Linn. Gm. 1500. 27. 



Squale boucle, Lace/?, i. p. 30. tab. 3. f. 2. Cop. Encyc. p.ll. n. 22. 

 Sq. spinosus, Bl. Schn. 136. 

 Squale boucl^, Risso. Ichth. 42. 

 Scymnus spinosus, Risso. Hist. 136. Cuv. 393. 

 Leich boucle, Diet, des Sc. Nat. pi. 28. f. 2. 

 Echinorhinus spinosus, Bonap. 13. 



Sq. (Echinorhinus) spinosus, Blainv. Faun. Franc, p. 66. 

 Goniodus, Agassiz, vol. iii. tab. E. f. 13. (Teeth). 

 Hab. Mediterranean sea and the ocean. 



Examples stated to have been seen by the authors of the 

 work : — One in the Museum at Leyden ; one from the Cape 

 by Dr. Smith. 



The coloured figure of this shark sent us by Mr. Strick- 

 land, so closely resembles Dr. Smith's figure, as to make a 

 second illustration unnecessary. — Edit. 



XXXIX. — Horce Zoologicae. By Sir W. Jardine, Bart. 



No. II. The History and Habits of Crotophaga continued 

 from page 171> by the Notes of Mr. Schomburgk on the 

 Manners of the Birds in Guiana. 



In a lately published number of the Annals we commenced a 

 series of papers with the view of giving information as it oc- 

 curred, and in the hope of calling attention and eliciting addi- 

 tional facts relative to the subjects which were treated of. It 

 is highly satisfactory for us to think that our anticipations have 



