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Species. 



Anas crecca - 

 „ boschas - 

 „ Penelope ; see note 74 

 ( ,, fuligula) ; see note 75 



„ marila ; see note 76 

 ( „ leucophthalmos); see note 77 



„ nigra - * 



„ fusca - a 



„ clangula; see note 78 - a 

 ( „ Barrovii) - 



placialis; see note 79 - a 



Stelleri ; see note 80 - * 



„ mollissima; see note 81 - a 



„ spectabilis; see note 82 - — 



Mergus merganser - - * 



„ serrator; see note 87 - a 



Graculus earbo; see note 83 - a 



„ cristatus ; see note 83 - a 



Colymbus glacialis - . - - — 



„ arcticus; see note 84- a 



„ septentrionalis - a 

 (Podiceps arcticus) ; see note 85 



Uria troile ; see note 86 - a 



„ ringvia - ... a 

 „ Brunnichii - -a 



„ grylle - a 

 Merguhis alle - 



Mormon arcticus - a 



Alca torda a 

 ( „ iinpennis) ; see note 88 



(To be continued.) 



Greenland Seal near Ityde. — On the 15lb of February a seal having been shot on 

 the rocky shore at Seaview, near Ryde, its capture was announced in the local papers 

 as that of a "sea monster, with teeth like a crocodile's, nose like a dog's, and having 

 a tail like a goat's! Its length four feet three inches; weight one cwt." It 

 was said to be the gray seal ; and this went the round of the papers. Having for- 

 warded a drawing of the tusks of the different species to Mr. Smith, taxidermist, of 

 Newport, by whom it is being prepared for the Museum, it turns out to b'e the Green- 

 land seal. From its being designated a "sea monster," it might be imagined that a 

 seal bad never been seen on our coast before; but I have heard of more than one 



