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trace the origin of it here. However, I am trying to gather 

 all the information I possibly can; besides, I have constructed 

 an apparatus whereby I shall be enabled to closely observe 

 its habits, etc., and, with your permission, I may possibly be 

 able to communicate to the Society something more interest- 

 ing respecting this very curious animal, and at no very distant 

 date. 



V. Zoological Notes: (1.) Hippocampus abdominalis, from 

 Tasmania; (2.) Lestris Buffonii, Bnffon's Skua. (Speci- 

 mens exhibited.) By John Alexander Smith, M.D. 



Hippocampus major. — A fine specimen of this very large 

 species of Hippocampus was exhibited, for which Dr Smith 

 was indebted to Eichard Bell, Esq. 



Lestris Buffonii, Buffon's Skua. — This rare bird was in the 

 plumage of the first year. The central tail-feathers, which 

 afterwards become very long, were only projecting slightly 

 beyond the rest of the feathers of the tail. It was shot on 

 Eule Water, Roxburghshire, in the beginning of September 

 1875, and was fully described by Mr Robert Gray in the 

 Proceedings of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club. 



The Society then adjourned to the third Wednesday in 

 November. 



