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NATURE 



.1, I :..... «...::«... i. ....,1 ..I.., I. I,., /i;^. 



[May 4, I'ji i 



Hurc which ha» 

 (inland specie* 



of ihe subjrii, imist li> <>l ih' 



: !ir:iuii ' 

 id«fnts. 



.1 a single aduli ovMit i» to b^ 



^U^J• < I> 



..1 t!,. 



. lull il -U|>)lli' ■■ 

 i M!. ,.,. M..,nM,.,i ,1^ L.-llrf ill ill.- <\U . 



nml'iarl ill'' powri df iii;ili^n;iiii -jiiiii-. .n.^l ill' 

 ' ■ ' ■ )..isiv ,,1 til'- iliiin'-iii lil'-- 



■ '1 1 u! I >|)';in I'-ad'-is would I 

 pli<)li>;;ia|ilis ilhi--l r.il in;^ tli'- 

 IxMilll, ill'' >a(r'<l I'll'-, and ; 

 ■ ^, \\iii( h would a-^i--I -lud'iil- ci ;i> 

 not 'iijov'd ill'' rliaiU' of witn'-^inj 



W'l' ha\' •' a ( .'[A "I ;h.' - . oMil :■■ ].,.;'t of ;■!. 



J'lii-al' 111 'MMi'ix for til'' rr.'vnlion of CrU'll} 

 AniniaU. In \ i' w ol lli.' ill-ln-al iiunt to which doin - 

 (al''d aniiiialv ai' ■-ulij''il''d in manv part-- of th'' l-"ast, thi- 

 iiio\'m''ii! i- \\r II wiiriliv of >\iii|)alhv .and Miiin.i;: 



1 111 -. . oi'd iuiinl>''i- of th' J()unial of llv 

 and I \.i!u;al History Soci'lx ioniai;i- a ia;^ 



nnio;: ;-~;inL; niaii'-r r''!atin^ to ih.' fauna of our 



I all possessions, Mr. !•". J. Jackson conirilnitinti 



~ of the gani' -liiril> of ihf distrift. whil-' Mr. 

 ( 'liley discusso --piltinf^ cohia-. I'"or a loni^ tiiiT' 



I - were very shy in aiarpiini; tli'' a^-irtions of 



-' iti'T-. that an African snake posv -.-,,- thi' jx-.w.r of 

 I'j'itin;; th'ir V''noni to considerable dislanc -. 'I hi- stal'-- 

 ni' lit has, hoW' A' r, of lat'^ yars Ixin V'-riti'd by indi-- 

 piitaid'' t\id''nc'', and Mr. llohlcy has now 1" 'ii ahlf to 

 id' niif\ ill'' --p'-ci's a-- th'' hlack-necked cobra i.Viiid itigri- 

 (.'';^i. Additional I'-iiniony as to the spiitint^ power of 

 r ;- is ^i\' n l>\ ill'' autlior himself, who on one 



o ill. Ailii saw a dot! put lip a cobra from a 



bu-h. ■■ It s\\a\''d its h'-ad slii^Julv 'ind -raduallv dr-'W 

 it back, and I . \pecled any second to >. . it strik-' the 

 tloii, but, instead of that, a stn^ani of colourless liipiid 

 shot out of its iiiouih into the doj^'s fai-'', and tlie snake- 

 dropped and wiie^l'd into the biish." 1 Iv tlashlii^hl 

 photf^raph b\ Mr. Cherry Kearton of a lion l^oing to 

 drink i- ui'.suiiniss, d. 



P.AR 1 w of th.' (".'ylon Marin." Hiohiei,-,-,] R,-p.. ^ 

 devoted to an account of th.' sci'iitific work on \[. 

 pearl-banks during loio, and in oiV' s, ction of the i' |)v>rt 

 Mr. r. ^.outhwill discusst-s th- iM'-s.-iu condition and 

 future prosp.'cts of the banks. .\s th.-s.^ cov.-r an area of 

 nio'" I'l.in 7'io square iiiil.-s, it will b.' olivious that th-' 

 t ■ rtainint^ their i;.nera! condition — let alone any 



controHinj< the natural factors — is of stuprndous 

 <' I'urthermore, the Ceylon pearl-oyster ' 



irate, instead of being, like the com 

 species, hermaphrodite, while it thrives best in the open 

 sea at a depth of about 6 fathoms in place of in inter- 

 NO. 2 1 66, VOL. 86] 



;;n spat, 

 ippearanr*- ■ ! 



.la.l \l:huu^!i it ha-, been pre 



lisb ,; nioiliises )|.-,ve a shar. 



i'Tabl*' p«rtelU.l^e of tAott-rK 



' previf^Jiunlcnown. although 



probl**mii are 



the evil, h 



.liii'-d lor til'- futur.' of liie bt-ds. 



..ni'^^rajifui al e.xjKxli- 

 \orth .Xilantir. Th«* 



Api .1 !uniiL.< I n! / /';, (. .■.i^in..u j .■■ •■tains th«* 



ti.st insi-dnient of ili.- •■.,<u,,\ :,■ p.ip. r- ^nusfraL-d 



l.\ ,1 . oiisid, i .il'l. r.uiiil.i r The v«rti«iil 



d'sf r-l'D! -o'l nf ill'- two tisli- - tnirrnfffn -Trd 



• !itUi, is ( l.-arh sliown l.\ 

 !<• numb, rs of f"i>hes (,f 

 lui'd .li \.iriiHis d.pihs down to 1500 ini-ii' - 

 ;■ suits |)ro\'- the value of the m.-thods ad'-p- 

 liiion of makintc siniultan.-ous hauls, 

 d' rabl. lini'-. at main dil'f' r. :,! 'I'pihs. 



Dk. I'm: \\ ( ii.iiKKi: 1 Pu: .. 

 Ini'rn.i:. (onini. .Marin.- Iii\. si., ^ 

 'M.lr.-Liraphv ..f •'-- Hallic. with 



' cont'-nt - ditf^retu 



Dr. .\r\\ 41 records 



'I'l.iil'd ill.- mass. <..ioui. I'-productive 



I'lejiiis, s ; ,,f i.|,s exampl. s .if s.-iln-on fialtno 



siilar) from ill'- rivr l.aea, in soutl- .and 



conclude:; that, in .1!! jirob.ib'litx . tli- -b's 



riv'-r to th'- sea fo 

 th'- compl- lion of ; 



Pk'.ii\ I-k\i\\\<i ( iIomo-Tos, fornv-rh .^f • -: 



v.-rs 1 .^iiari, has svu c- 



iii '' ■■ /!•. .li'u;'-', .-uial.' 



' :io di Studi .^ujx-ri' • 

 - d'-ah with the su^- 

 .\oluiion, n.iiui.ii s.-i.ciion, antl i' 

 dis|inL,'uish' s snni.i-lc s.iri.it'ons of 

 ^.-nous, i 

 to ni.ulir 



to ill'- origin ot s; . jn Anemia) ; 



-. '.>.'-.-.'; .!-. pr, ,.!-,;, ■ ni.'idification, 



■ iglio-Tos 



tes may 



r' V. .li N'.ariations ol titeir struclun-, f.ir inst.e .rion 



of th'- numb'-r ef . b;-i.;iios,,:i;. ^, s-aft"i "• :•,: ;• .jse 



of somatic ch.i 



■ ril number of tiie Oimrti riy Jdurtuil 

 ^. iVmcc (vol. Ivi., part iii.) is ,t- i!nusu,i'I\ 



one. J his is, in part, owintr to 



graphic plates, nearly all of whici 



