THE ZOOLOGIST—SEPTEMBER, 1876, 5061 
In taking the following measurements from a living specimen 
I was assisted by my friend Mr. E. Howard Birchall :— 
Total length - - : - 25 inches. 
Length of head - - x - 24 5 
” jaws = oy > % 13 » 
Position of vent (from snout) . - Saas 
Dorsal fin, length of - - - Q2Q2i , 
3 height of 3 - - LS 
Anal fin, length of - - - Nee te, 
» height of . - - 2 inch. 
Girth at one inch before vent - - 121 inches. 
Gill orifice, from end of snout - - 33 Cy, 
Eyes, from snout - - - - = inch. 
Habitat :—Mediterranean, English Channel, North African coast, 
Indian Ocean (Bloch), Australian Seas, Mauritius, Mid-Atlantic 
Islands, &c., frequenting rocky shores. 
Joun T. Carrineron. 
Crystal Palace Aquarium, ; 
August 18, 1876. 
Ornithological Notes from North Lincolnshire. 
By Joun Corpzavux, Esq. 
(Continued from S. S. 4985). 
JUNE AND JULY, 1876. 
Green Plover.—June 22. Have already congregated in flocks of 
from sixty to seventy in the turnip-fields. 
Golden Plover.—June 23, I heard the note of the golden plover 
in the marshes this morning, but did not see the bird. 
Reed Warbler.—For several years I have searched during the 
summer for this species in North Lincolnshire without success in 
many very likely localities, and have never either heard its note or 
been able to detect the presence of the bird. I am also in the 
habit, when shooting in the winter, of keeping a look out in ditches 
and reed-beds for the old nests, so that I do not think it could 
occur, even occasionally, in this district without its presence 
having been detected.* J am therefore to-day (June 28th) much 
* I have only once met with it here during the autumn, evidently a migratory 
bird moving south.—J. C. 
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