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locality, by a rivulet, about a mile south of Greatbam. — Aug. 

 29, 1860. On the 8th September, I visited, for the first time 

 for many years, the north bank of the Tees, near Port Clarence, 

 and, amongst others, gathered the following plants on the ballast 

 (chiefly chalk and shingle), of which the railway embankment 

 is composed. — Echium vidgare, Carduus acanthoides, Reseda luteciy 

 Convolvulus arvensis, Lejiidium rurcde, Beta maritima, Mercurialis 

 anmia, Antirrhinum linaria, A. minus, and A. elatine, Melilotus 

 officinalis, and M. leiicantJia, Pastinaca sativa, Diplotaxis muralis, 

 and D. tenuifolia. — John Hogg, M.A., F.R.S., &c. — Norton, 

 Sept, 9, 1860. 



Occurrence of the Dory, Zeus Faher, near Hartlepool. — On the 

 13th February, a fisherman from Hartlepool brought me a fish, 

 which he did not know; it proved to be a small but good 

 specimen of the Dory, Zeus Faher; it was 13 inches long, 

 and about 6 inches broad. This is the first occurrence of this 

 fish on our coast, with which I am acquainted. — Ibid.— Feb. 16, 

 1860. 



Note on Rissoa ventrosa (Montagu). — This S]3ecies may be 

 taken abundantly at Hartlepool alive. A few dead shells, found 

 at Cullercoats, were the only previous evidence of its existence 

 on this coast. The peculiarity of the habitat of this mollusk 

 may probably explain the reason why it has escaped notice. 

 Forbes and Hanley's statement, that it is " apparently of more 

 marine habits than JR. idvce,''^ is exactly the reverse of the real 

 state of the case. While R. ulvce (Penn), and R. suhumbilicata 

 (Mont.), are almost invariably found between tide marks, on mud 

 and stones at estuaries ; and R. Barleii (Jeffreys) — I do not vouch 

 for its specific difference from idvce — is an inhabitant of deep 

 water : R. ventrosa is only to be found in brackish ivater ditches 

 and streams, considerably above ordinary high-ivater mark. It 

 inhabits such localities generally in friendly co-partnership 

 with three Crustacea, Palcemon varians (Leach), Mysis vulgaris (J. 

 V. Thompson), ^\\d fx Sphccroma (I think S. Hookeri, Leach); 

 and sometimes with a fourth, Corophium longicorne (Latr.). It 

 may be interesting, however, to trace further the association of 

 friends with R. ventrosa, as observed in those localities where I 



