434 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



was so much inflated as to float high out of the water, and 

 resembled a balloon rather than a cetacean. 



The parasitic Crustacea, Diadema coromda, L. {halcenaris, 

 Lilljeborg), with Conchoderma (Otion, Lilljeborg) auritum, L., 

 growing on them, were very numerous on the Humpbacks I 

 examined, while "lice" {Cyamus) were in thousands; I found 

 some under the skin at a depth of two inches or so beneath 

 the surface. 



Dr. G. A. Guldberg, Conservator of the University Museum in 

 Christiana, was sent for, 1 think, two seasons to East Finmarken, 

 to study the Cetacea on the spot ; and now goes up there during 

 the summer on his own account to prepare skeletons, for the sale 

 of which he is in correspondence with many of the principal 

 museums of Europe. He has probably had greater opportunities 

 of studying the life-history and anatomy of the three species — 

 the Sibbald's and Common Rorqual, and the Humpback — 

 than any other authority. He delivered a lecture on Whales 

 in Vardo last summer, a verbatim report of which was published 

 in the ' Vardo Post.' The whole account is very interesting, but 

 I must confine my quotations to his remarks on the coloration 

 and reproduction of each species. He also went for a cruise on 

 one of the Finmarken whalers, an account of which he published 

 in * Norsk Jseger-og Fisker-Forenings Tidsskrift,' 1883, p. 89, 

 et seq. He was not fortunate enough to see a whale killed during 

 his cruise. One Englishman had been for a cruise on one of 

 these whalers before me, but he also was not lucky enough 

 to see a whale killed ; and I am, I believe, the only amateur 

 so far who has seen a whale killed in this comparatively new 

 fashion. 



(To be continued.) 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



The Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter.— At Exeter on Sept. I2tl), 

 the presentation of a silver salver, a diamond locket, and one hundred 

 sovereigns was made to Mr. and Mrs. W. D'Urban by the Mayor, in 

 recognition of their services in connection with the Albert Memorial 

 Museum, of which Mr. D'Uiban has been curator for twenty-two years. 



