4202 The Zoologist — October, 1874. 



three-eighths. For tlie whole length of the vertebral column above and 

 below there is a stout ridge of cartilage strengthening and effectually main- 

 taining the vertebra) in their proper position. When I first saw it the 

 men had taken out the whole of the viscera ; I could not therefore get its 

 correct circumference. They told me that the liver weighed four pounds. 

 This is the second specimen of the species taken off our coast ; the first was 

 a small one, and I sent you an account of its capture at the time. The 

 largest specimen recorded by Yarrell was said to be nine feet six inches in 

 length, and was a female. I believe the specimen I liavc described was a 

 male, but I am not certain of that fact. — J. S. Bowcrhank ; 2, East Ascent, 

 St. Leonards-on-Sea, Septonler 7, 1874. 



Salpa spinosa {Otto) off the Vic&i Coast of Ii'claiul. — I first found this 

 oceanic moUusk in August, 1809, when it was floating near the surface of 

 the sea, in very great abundance, between Golam Head and the Isles of 

 Arran. Again, this season, I have met with it plentifully in the vicinity of 

 the Skiara Rocks, and around Deer Island, to the south-west of Eoundstone, 

 in Counemara. — A. G. More; Dublin, September 4, 1874. 



Zoological Society's (iai'dcns in Regent's Park. — Since my last notice 

 the following animals have been added to the collection. I have omitted 

 tlie scientific or technical name, except in instances where it is required 

 from the circumstance of the species having no well-known English name. 

 I cannot conceive any advantage can result from giving a Latin name when 

 the animal possesses a familiar English one: thus, in the instance of the 

 giraffe, the addition of the words " Camelopardalis Giraffa"; in that of the 

 kingfisher the words " Alcedo Ispida," &c., obscures and encumbers the 

 meaning: on the other hand, such unpleasant English words as "mastigure," 

 "kinkajou," &c., may perhaps be allowed what httle advantage can bo 

 derived from a second name. The selection may give a little trouble to 

 myself as the compiler, but certainly will save trouble to the reader. 



Puhlisltcd Sitli Jidij. — A Himalayan bear, presented by Mr. George 

 Lockie ; two red kangaroos from Australia, presented by the Acclimatisation 

 Society of Melbourne ; two Audouin's guUs (Larus Audouini) from Sardinia, 

 presented by Lord Lilford ; a Kappler's armadillo (Tatusia Kaj)pleri) from 

 Surinam, deposited ; two musquashes (Fiber zibeticus) from North America, 

 received in exchange ; a harpy eagle from Paraguay ; seven Ariel toucans 

 from Brazil, purchased ; a collared fruit-bat, born in the Gardens. 



Published 10//^ July. — A banded ichneumon from West Africa, presented 

 by Lady Shefiield; a rose-ringed parrakeet from the Zambesi River, 



