3 o THE MAMMALS, REPTILES, AND FISHES OF ESSEX. 



the Common Dolphin never visits our coasts ; nor is 

 it at all unlikely that some of the Rorquals or other 

 Whales, absent up to the present time from our records, 

 may be cast ashore here at any time. 



It is in the Class Pisces that the greatest additions, 

 however, will probably be made in the future to the 

 Essex Fauna ; for it is quite impossible that every 

 species occurring on such an extensive coast as ours 

 can have fallen under the notice of one or two 

 observers ; and, in this department of science, as I 

 have already remarked, more than these few observers 

 are not forthcoming in the county. 



For convenience of comparison with those counties 

 on the East Coast of England for which similar lists 

 of Fauna have been published, the following table is 

 appended. The last column shows the numbers for 

 each of the corresponding classes, generally recognised 

 as belonging to the British Fauna. 



