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haunts of the Seal. That taken in the Roach was shot by 

 Mr. J. G. Wiseman, of the Chase, Paglesham, on October 

 i/th, 1887. It was said to have been forty years since a Seal 

 had been previously shot in that river. 



One was shot in the Thames, off Leigh, in the beginning 

 of November, 1894 (Essex County Chronicle, November 9th, 

 1894). 



About June i6th, 1894, a Seal was shot by Mr. William 

 Linnett, off St. Peter's Chapel, Bradwell-juxta-Mare. Messrs. 

 E. A. Fitch and Miller Christy, who saw the skin shortly 

 after in the possession of Mr. James Spitty, of the Water- 

 side, Bradwell, were informed that its length, when freshly 

 killed, was 4ft. 6in., and its weight Solbs. 



Genus CYSTOPHORA, Nilss. 



Cystophora cristata, Erxleben. HOODED SEAL. 



Mr. W. B. Clark records (ZooL, 1847, p. 1870) the capture 

 of a specimen of this Seal, on June 29th, 1847, m tne Orwell. 

 He gives a full description of the animal, which was presented 

 by Mr. Ransome to the Ipswich Museum, where it now 

 remains. As the river Orwell empties itself into Harwich 

 Harbour, I think we are entitled to place this Seal in our 

 catalogue of the Essex Fauna, although its normal habitation 

 is within the Arctic circle. 



Genus HALICH^RUS, Nilsson. 



Halichserus gryphus, Fabricius. GREY SEAL. 



Mr. Southwell has drawn my attention to a record of the 

 capture of this Seal in the Colne, printed in the Annals and 

 Magazine of Nat. History for 1841. The incident had 

 occurred a few years previous to that date. 



By permission of the Editor, I published in the Zoologist 

 (1885, p. 1 08), a record of this capture, which was made, I 



