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expedition, and on their return here supplied me with the following 

 information. The only deer on the island of Barbuda is the Fallow. They 

 were introduced from England by a member of the Codrington family. 

 The natives talk of there being as many as five thousand deer on the 

 island ; but Capt. Standish considers this statement a great exaggeration, 

 probably five hundred being nearer the mark. These gentlemen shot seven 

 deer, but all the bucks had their horns in velvet, and too soft to be worth 

 bringing away. The prevailing colour in the herds is dappled-dun, though 

 the ordinary light-coloured type is common. These deer are hunted in the 

 bush with small cur-dogs that run mute, and pick their way over leaves, 

 dead branches, and other obstacles with the greatest caution ; when close 

 to the deer they drop noiselessly, and the sportsman has then to peer about 

 through the bush until he can see the quarry. — H. W. Feildhn (Barbados, 

 August, 1888). 



White Variety of the Mole. — I have been shown by Mr. Martin, 

 gunsmith, Glasgow, a curious variety of the common Mole, which was 

 taken at Gigha, on the Cautyre coast, on the 20th June last. Its nose is 

 perfectly white, as are also its hind quarters, the rest of the body being of 

 a decided orange tint, especially about the cheeks. This makes the third 

 specimen of the kind I have been shown in Glasgow within eighteen 

 months. — W. Hannan Watson (Secretary, Zoological Soc. of Glasgow). 



Bottle-nose Whales on the Norfolk Coast. — On the 28th August 

 last a female Hyperoodon rostratum came ashore on the Norfolk coast at 

 Snettisham : it was alive when stranded, but near the dorsal fin was a large 

 harpoon wound. Two days later a young individual of the same species 

 was stranded at Heacham, the next parish to Snettesham ; both were towed 

 to Hunstanton, a watering-place close by, and there exhibited. The old 

 female measured twenty-five feet in length, and the young one fourteen 

 feet. This species has frequently been captured on the Norfolk coast, 

 invariably in the autumn, on its southward migration, and generally, as 

 in the present instance, accompanied by its young one ; the adult male 

 apparently follows some other time of migration, and has never been met 

 with here. I am indebted to Mr. Hamon le Strange for the particulars of 

 this occurrence. — T. Southwell (Norwich). 



Decrease of Seals on the Coast of Greenland. — In a letter written 

 on board the sealiug-ship 'Jason' in Denmark Sound, Dr. Nansen draws 

 attention to the scarcity of Seals on the coast of Greenland in recent years. 

 Only ten years ago they were so plentiful and tame that thousands could 

 be clubbed with the greatest ease, whereas now they have become scarce 

 and shy. Dr. Nansen is of opinion that the ruthless persecution of these 

 animals since 1876, when the first sealer appeared in Denmark Sound, 

 has caused them to alter their habits. Formerly they were found on the 



