THE ZooLocist—May, 1876. 4931 
Fulmar Petrel of Martin.—It appears that the picture of the fulmar 
in Martin's ‘ Voyage to St. Kilda’ (1698) was drawn by Mr. James Monroe, 
cf., Edwards’ Nat. Hist., 289. I cannot say it is very accurate. The 
tail is represented as forked instead of slightly convex, but Martin's account 
of its habits is very interesting. He mentions one thing which I dare say 
those who have had fulmars to skin have noticed, viz., the absence of blood 
from the body (1. ¢., p. 56).—J. H. Gurney, jun. 
Enormous Mackerel.—I have just measured a mackerel. It was, over 
all, one foot six inches and a half; eye to fork, one foot three inches and 
a half; greatest girth, nine inches and three-eighths ; weight, two pounds 
eight ounces. This is the largest I have yet seen.—Thomas Cornish; 
Penzance, April 18, 1876. 
Seyllarus Arctus in Mount’s Bay.—I have again received Scyllarus 
Arctus, taken by a trawler in Mount’s Bay. It was alive when taken 
out of the net, but dead when brought to me. This crustacean is getting 
so comparatively common in our western seas that it ought to have an 
English name given to it.—Thomas Cornish ; April 11, 1876. 
Proceedings of Scientitic Societies. 
ZooLogicaL Society or Lonpon. 
April 4, 1876.— Prof. Newton, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the chair. 
The Secretary read a report on the additions that had been made to the 
Society's Menagerie during the month of March, 1876, and called particular 
attention to the following acquisitions:—A male brown monkey (Mucacus 
brunneus, Anderson), transmitted home to us from Siam, as a present; by 
Mr, T. G. Fermor Hesketh ; two caracaras (Polyborus tharus), in a very 
remarkable plumage, presented by Lord Lilford, March 2nd, and said to 
have been obtained in Patagonia; lead-coloured falcon (Hypotriorchis 
concolor), presented March 38rd, by Mr. A. F. Allman, having been 
captured on board a vessel on a passage down the Mozambique Channel; 
and three sirens (Siren lacertina, Linn.), from South Carolina, presented by 
Mr. G. E. Maingault, curator of the Museum of Natural History, Charleston, 
March 29. 
Mr. H. E. Dresser exhibited and made remarks on a specimen of a 
hybrid between the black grouse and hazel grouse, belonging to Mr. J. 
Flower, and supposed to have been obtained in Norway. It had been 
purchased in the flesh in the London market. 
