AN AUTUMN VISIT TO SPITZBERGEN. 19 



name is, I believe, restricted to the north of Norway; the 

 Dictionary name is "Kuller"). — Eare, but growing very large 

 (Capt. Steenersen, of the 'Isbjorn'). I saw some Haddock 

 on the East Finmarken coast this autumn larger than any 

 I had previously seen in England, or elsewhere, but I took no 

 measurements. 



Holibut, Hippoglossus vulgaris, Flem. ; Norwegian, " Kvete," 

 " Helleflynder."— Up to three " vog " weight (Steenersen). This 

 is about equal, I believe, to one stone. 



Ked-fish or Bergylt, Sebastes norvegicus ? ; Norwegian, " Tier," 

 " Eod-fisk."— Very small, not exceeding seven or eight inches in 

 length (Steenersen). The Eeport of the Norwegian North 

 Atlantic Expedition mentions a Eed-fish only found in Spitz- 

 bergen in very deep water. I am not able to refer to the Eeport 

 as I write, but it may perhaps be that the fish known to Captain 

 Steenersen are the young of this species. 



Lump-sucker, Cyclopterus sp. ? ; Norwegian, " Marrolk " 

 (unknown to the Dictionary). — I think the species I obtained 

 with the dredge this voyage in Green Harbour differs from the 

 Lump-suckers I found in Cods' stomachs in 1881, but, as my 

 specimens are still at Oxford, I have not had an opportunity of 

 comparing them. 



Coal-fish, Merlangus carhonarius, Cuv. ; Norwegian, " Sej." — 

 Found by Bear Island, but not further north (Steenersen). 



Greenland Shark, Scymnus borealis, Flem. ; Norwegian, 

 " Haa-Kjserring." — One harpooned and captured by us in Sassen 

 Bay on Sept. 18th {vide Zool. 1883, p. 436). While in Vardo 

 this autumn I saw many "jagts" returning from the Shark- 

 fishery, which, as remarked by Prof. Newton (Proc. Zool. Soc, 

 1864), is chiefly prosecuted about midway between that coast 

 and Bear Island, not many vessels going further north than that 

 island. Many of the men engaged in that fishery, with whom I 

 spoke, said that they caught two kinds of Shark ; if so, I do not 

 know which species this second kind would be. 



Skate, Eaia. — Two species are described in the Eeport of the 

 Norwegian North Atlantic Expedition. A single specimen (? sp.) 

 recorded by me in ' The Zoologist,' 1881. 



The few Invertebrates I collected (and the fossils) are in the 

 hands of the same two friends who have my small collections of 

 1881. 



