MISCELLANEOUS NOTES 283 



baiting with a string of " fresh " Whitings secured 

 first prize with 11 J Ibs. ; the second prize man fished 

 with a sheep's head. 



Of the many thousands of Shore Crabs I have seen 

 and examined I only once met with a specimen with 

 a deformed pincer claw, the upper or free chelae 

 being only half the normal length, and slightly up- 

 turned instead of rounded. 



Among the many deformities I have met with in 

 Cancer pagurus the Edible Crab may be mentioned 

 the following : 



1. May 29, 1897. The free chelae on the 

 larger pincer claw when held point downwards 

 was strikingly suggestive of a Wellington boot, 

 an extra point curving off at a right angle, 

 with a small knob in the part corresponding 

 with the instep. This specimen was figured in the 

 Zoologist. 



2. April 30, 1898. A large claw of the Edible 

 Crab brought me which had the fixed chelae supple- 

 mented by a second placed at half a right angle to 

 it, but instead of being only one-pointed at the end, 

 divided, and became V-shaped. 



3. July 10, 1899. A large crab-claw on this 

 date was given me, the upper or free chelae having 

 three points to it, the lowest point shutting to the 

 lower chelae in the usual way. The three points 



