2908 Tae ZooLocist—January, 1872. 
Silvery Hairtail at Penzance.—I received on Saturday the 18th instant a 
specimen of the silvery hairtail picked up dead on the beach near Mousehole, 
in this bay. It is just of the size of those I had last winter. It is two feet 
six inches long over all— Thomas Cornish ; Penzance, November 20, 1871. 
Great abundance of Pilchards on the Cornish Coast——Referring to the 
large catches of herring this year on the cast coast, it is worth noticing as a 
coincidence that the catch of pilchards on this coast has exceeded everything 
known for the last twenty-three years. The fish are remarkably large and 
in excellent condition.—Id. 
Deaths from Wild Beasts and Snake-bites in India.—As a fitting sequel 
to my snake-notes (Zool. 8. 8. 1889), kindly insert the following. It is from 
the ‘ Calcutta Government Gazette,’ September, 1871, and was published in 
‘The Times’ of October 24th :— 
Deaths during the three years ending 1869 from wild beasts and snakes 
im India. 
From Wiip Beasts. From SNAKE-BITES. 
Madras” - 888 | Madras” - - : 760 
Bombay (exclusive of Seinde, &e. ) 148 | Bombay ree of Scinde) - 588 
Bengal - - : - 6,741 | Bengal 4 : = - 14,787 
N. W. Provinces : - - 2,168 | N.W. Provinces - : - 2AT74 
Punjab - : © : - 310 | Punjab - E : - 1,064 
Oude : - : : 569 | Oude - - - - 8,782 
Central Provinces’ - - - 1,847 | Central Provinces” - . - 1,961 
Coorg - - - - - 147 | Coorg (no return) - : - —_ 
Hyderabad - - - = 129 | Hyderabad - - “ - 226 
British Burmah - : - 107 | British Burmah - - : *22 
Total - - - - 12,554 Total - - - - 25,664 
The rewards for the destruction of wild beasts and snakes are to be 
continued and extended.—C. Horne. 
Dormouse.—One of my gardeners, in brushing up the place yesterday, 
swept from under the branches of one of the fir-trees a dormouse and its 
nest, and brought it to me, wondering what it was. When in my hand it 
opened its eyes, breathed very hard and rapidly, and made a squeaking 
noise as if to complain of its having been so unceremoniously tumbled out 
of bed. I rolled it up again, put its tail over its pretty face, placed it in a 
box of rose-leaves, from which it never moved, and this morning it is sound 
asleep, but still breathing very rapidly. —W. C. Hewitson; December 16, 
1871 
English Ornithology of 1871.—To anyone reviewing the bird-occurrences 
in the British islands during the year 1871, a fact is presented with which 
* Evidently incorrect.—C. H. 
