264 NOTES ON NOVA SCOTIAN ZOOLOGY—PIERS. 
transversely longer on posterior part. Lateral ends of each 
abdominal scutellum with a blackish, somewhat triangular mark. 
Length, 14.25 inches ; tail, 3.70 ; greatest diameter of body, .30. 
Fifteen rows of dorsal scales. 
TRUNK-Back or LEATHER TURTLE (Dermochelys coriacea). 
The occurrence of this animal in Nova Scotian waters has only 
once been previously recorded. In my “ Notes on N. 8. Zoology 
[No. 1]”, was described a specimen which had been taken near 
Prospect, N. 8., about August 30th, 1889. : 
In 1894 I had an opportunity of examining a second 
one, which had been taken on September 9th of that year 
by a man named Dauphiney, who found it entangled in his 
mackerel net about three miles off Hubbard’s Cove, St. 
Margaret's Bay, to the westward of Halifax. It was brought 
to land and kept alive until September 13th, when it died, and 
was taken to Halifax for preservation. Subsequently it was 
placed on exhibition. The following measurements were taken 
after the reptile had been stuffed, and consequently a few of 
them are only approximately accurate: total length, 86 inches 
(7 ft. 2 ins.); length of head, 10 ins.; greatest breadth of head, 
8? ins.; breadth between orbits, 4 ins. ; length of fore-paddles, 
32 ins. (plus about 2 ins., which had been worn off); greatest 
breadth of fore-paddles, 11 ins.; length of hind-paddles, 14 ins. ; 
greatest breadth of hind-paddles, 104 ins.; length.of tail (may 
have been extended in mounting), 12 ins.; length of dorsal 
shell or carapace, 58 ins. ; breadth of dorsal shell, 34 ins. ; depth 
of notch in posterior margin of hind-paddles, about $ in. The 
furrows or grooves in the shell were not so deep as those in the 
specimen of 1889. This is probably owing toa difference in age. 
On August 16th, 1895, another of these turtles was cap- 
tured off the same place (Hubbard’s Cove) and was brought to 
a fish-dealer in this city. I examined it on August 20th while 
it was alive in a tank of water. As the animal was moving 
about, it was difficult to obtain exact measurements, but the 
following are very nearly accurate. Total length, 75 ins. (6 ft. 3 
