The Zoologist— May, 18G8. 1223 



Food of the Cod. — In the stomach of a cod-fish caught near Hoylake, in Cheshire, 

 on the 4ib of November, 1861, were the following:— one small ray, six small whiting, 

 four soldier-crabs in whelk-shells, one small crab, thirty-nine flounders, one periwinkle, 

 one whelk minus the shell, one doris (or sea-mouse), making a total of fifty-four fish. 

 Does the food of this fish usually vary so much as this? Perhaps some other readers 

 of the ' Zoologist' can supply further particulars as to the " bill of fare" of the cod. — 

 A. Clark- Kennedy. 



Scyllarus arclus off" Penzance.— On the 7th of January last I had brought to me 

 no less than three specimens of Scyllarus arctus: they were taken from the stomach of 

 a common cod, which was caught about two miles off shore in the bay here : all three 

 were in good condition, and I have preserved them. In the same cod-fish were three 

 specimens of Galathea strigosa, two in good condition, the third having its shell 

 softened by digestion. I judge from this that the sound specimens had been captured 

 by the cod very shortly before it was itself taken. — Thomas Cornish ; March 21, 1868. 



Extracting Molluscous Animals from the Shell. — I shall be very glad to be informed 

 by some of the correspondents of the 'Zoologist' of the best mode of extracting the 

 animal from small shells, without injuring the colour of the shell. — James Murton; 

 Silverdale, Lancaster, April 22, 1868. 



PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



Zoological Society. 



March 12, 1868.— George Busk, F.R.S , V.-P., in the chair. 



The Secretary exhibited a monkey which had been brought by Mr. Monteiro 

 from Cabinda, West Africa, and which had beeu named, by Dr. Gray, Presbytes 

 albigena. 



A letter from Dr. Peters was read with reference to the new rodent, Lophiomys 

 imhausii, from Upper Nubia, lately described by M. Milne-Edwards. 



An interesting communication was read from Professor Baird on the nestling 

 plumage of the Californian vulture. 



The Secretary read a letter from Dr. Cunningham, naturalist to the Magellan 

 Straits Survey Expedition, relating to the Zoology of Fuegia and Patagonia. 



Mr. Flower read a paper on the cetaceans Balaenoplera Carolina? and Physeter 

 Sibbaldi, and came to the conclusion that these two species, which had been described 

 as distinct, were probably identical. 



The Secretary read a report from Surgeon Day, in which he described some new 

 fishes from Madras. 



A paper was also read from Captain Abbott on the seals of the Falkland Isles. It 

 appeared that four species were found there, and the Secretary made some remarks on 

 the determination of these species. 



Dr. Gray read a synopsis of the species of pouched mice (Saccomyinw) iu the 

 collection of the British Museum. 



Dr. Gray also made some remarks on a supposed new species of badger from 

 China, which he proposed to call Meles chinensis. — J. E. H. 



