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by the smashing of glass in an adjoining outhouse. On going into the 

 place they found that a duck (which was quite uninjured) had dashed itself 

 through the skylight. I went down to see the bird, and found a fine male 

 Pochard, Fuligula ferina. A faint light was shining on the glass, which 

 was frosted over, and I imagine the bird mistook it for a patch of water, 

 and accordingly pitched on it. — Oliver V. Apijn (Banbury, Oxon). 



The Dorse, or Golden Cod, in Cornwall. — I must demur to 

 Mr. Thomas Edward's statement (p. 23) that the Dorse is "a rare visitor 

 to Britain." In my experience it is a fish of which, in Mount's Bay, you 

 may certainly expect to have many specimens in the spring and early 

 summer every year. The fishermen mistake it for a dark-coloured Common 

 Cod, and as Cod is, at the period of the appearance in our waters of the 

 Dorse, a fish out of season, the latter is seldom to be seen in the market. 

 As a fact the Dorse in spring is in very good condition for the table, and is 

 in my opinion at all times of much more frequent occurrence in these 

 western waters than the Haddock, which is recognised, I believe, as a fish of 

 common occurrence in British seas. — Thomas Cornish (Penzance). 



The Black-fish, Centrolophus pompilus, in the Colne. — On the 

 20th December last Capt. Cranfield, of Rowhedge, captured a specimen of 

 this apparently rare fish at the mouth of the Colne. Its unusual appearance 

 and black colour led to its being forwarded to me to name. In the authors 

 to whom I have access I can only find a record of five specimens. — Henry 

 Layer (Colchester). 



Errata. — Page 24, line 28, for " progenital " read " urogenital "; p. 24, 

 1. 31, for " Strichaster" read " Stichaster"; same page, I. 37, for " Miller 

 and Loschell," read " M filler and Troschell"; p. 35, 1. 4, for "1878" read 

 "1873"; p. 37, 1. 14, for " the College of Surgeons as their conservators" 

 read " the College of Surgeons and their conservators." 



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Linnean Society oe London. 



January 19, 1882. — Sir John Lubbock, Bart., M. P., F.R.S., President, 

 in the chair. 



The death of Mr. Richard Kippist, the Society's former Librarian, was 

 announced, and the meeting recorded its sense of his efficient and faithful 

 service for nearly half a century. A valuable donation of books from the 

 late Treasurer (Mr. F. Currey) was also announced, and the Society's 

 thanks accorded. 



