ADDENDA. 



Genus VESPERTILIO (p. 35). 

 [Add on p. 37 : Vespertilio murinus. MOUSE-COLOURED BAT. 



Mr. E. Newman says (Field, March I4lh, 1874, p. 263) that, many 

 years ago, Doubleday shot at Epping a Bat which he believed to be of 

 this species, after watching it on the wing for some time ; but, unfortu- 

 nately, the specimen, though searched for diligently at the place where it 

 fell after being shot, could not be found.] 



Genus VIPERA (p. 85). 



Vipera berus. ADDER OR VIPER. 



Add on p. 86 : A careful description of a male specimen taken 

 in Epping Forest was communicated by Mr. G. A. Boulenger to The 



Essex Naturalist in 1896 (vol. ix., p. 81). 



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Genus RANA (p. 86). 



Rana temporaria. COMMON FROG. 



Add on p. 86 : Mr. William Cole states (in lift.) that, so far as he 

 has been able to discover, it does not occur on Mersea Island. 



Genus ORCYNUS (p. 92). 



Orcynus thynnus. COMMON TUNNY. 



Add on p. 92 : In The Essex County Chronicle of Oct. 26th, 

 1897, Mr. H. L. Matthams records the finding of a big fish on the 

 shore at Foulness on the 2oth of that month. It was perfectly 

 fresh, measured nine feet in length, and weighed about five or six 



