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take one when on dry land some inches clear of the water is, I think, worth 
putting on record.—A. H. Cocks (Great Marlow, Bucks). 
Ray’s Sea Bream on the Norfolk Coast.—A fine example of Ray’s Sea 
Bream, Brama Raii, was caught on October 30th in a small trawl-net off 
Palling Beach. I purchased it the following day from the man who cap- 
tured it, and now have it preserved. It had a metallic appearance not 
unlike lead, but still retained a silvery sheen in some parts, not near so 
bright, however, as when caught. The scales beneath the pectoral fins had 
a worn appearance, as if the constant working of these organs had rubbed 
the silver off; these fins were long and pointed. The lower jaw projects 
considerably beyond the upper when the mouth is open, both jaws being 
armed with rows of sharp-pointed teeth. It measured two feet in length 
from nose to end of deeply-forked tail, and eight inches in depth. It 
weighed five pounds and a half, which is one pound heavier than the 
specimen received by Buckland from Alnwick, as recorded in his ‘ Natural 
History of British Fishes.’ Its stomach contained but a little gelatinous 
matter. This species is decidedly rare on the East Coast of England, and 
has only occurred on two previous occasions, so far as I am able to learn, 
viz., one now preserved in the Norwich Museum, and a second seen by the 
Rev. E. W. Dowell at Norwich on January 25th, 1847. Both these were 
caught off Yarmouth.—T. E. Gunn (Norwich). 
MOLLUSCA. 
The Mollusca of East Sussex.—We have received from Mr. J. H. A. 
Jenner, of Lewes, a copy of his ‘List of the Land and Freshwater 
Mollusca of East Sussex,’ reprinted from the Proceedings of the Eastbourne 
Natural History Society, 1884-5. Ninety-seven species belonging to thirty 
genera are recorded, and include seven forms not mentioned in our list 
for Sussex published in ‘The Zoologist’ for 1878 (pp. 84-94, 122-6, 
181-8). These additions are:—Spherium ovale, Pisidium roseum, Unio 
tumidus, Anodonta anatina, Limnea glutinosa, Amalia gagates, and Buli- 
mus acutus. The last named has been found only in the neighbourhood of 
Eastbourne, where it may possibly have been introduced. On the other 
hand, doubtless by accident, Paludina vivipara, which occurs on the 
Pevensey Level, has been omitted. Dreissena polymorpha is only men- 
tioned to show that it has not yet been met with in the county. The list 
is swollen by a large number of the now fashionable “ vars.” 
The Mollusca of Northamptonshire. — The Journal of the North- 
amptonshire Natural History Society and Field Club (vol. iii. 1888, 
281-8) contains a “ Supplementary authenticated list of the Mollusca of 
Northamptonshire,” by W. D. Roebuck and J. W. Taylor. Seventy-seven 
species and thirty-three varieties (!), or, as we make it, forty-five (!), are 
