DOLPHIN IN THE DELAWARE. 



On Jaunary 2lst, 191 5, an adult Dolphin, 

 (Delphinus delphis) was located in the Delaware 

 at Riverton, New Jersey. It was fully adult, and 

 about six feet in length. This specimen was 

 dead when I examined it, though to all appear- 

 ances it had only died a few days previously, 

 doubtless, due to lack of food. I may also note 

 that subsequently two other dolphins, of the 

 same species have come to my notice. 



The first was reported to me by Mr. William 

 J. Fox, who noted it at Sea Isle City in April. 

 The other was observed by Mr. H. W. Hand, off 

 Cape May, during the same month. I mention 

 these facts as the dolphin is apparently not com- 

 mon on our Atlantic Coast, and according to 

 Dr. Witmer Stone, only one New Jersey record 

 had come to his notice, and that a female ob- 

 tained at Ocean City in 1894, the skeleton of 

 which is still in the academy. 



HENRY W. FOWLER, 

 The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 



THE ORIGIN OF THE "COMET" GOLDFISH 



Inasmuch as the origin and history of the 

 type of goldfish known to us as the "Comet" 

 is inextricably interwoven with that of all the 

 other varieties, the straight-tail being the form 

 from which they were all derived — it was in- 

 evitable that this article should be a sort of 

 reminiscent hodge-podije, so to speak, concern- 

 ing the genesis and development of both the 

 amateur and commercial breeding of fine gold- 

 fish. 



In the summer of 1880, I noticed some gold- 

 fish spawning in a ditch in the "Neck". I 



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