36 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
was well acquainted with the birds of Orkney, more especially with those 
of the parish of Harray on the mainland (or Pomona, as it is called by 
geographers, but not by Orcadians). This parish is separated from the sea 
by hills almost all round. The Ring Ouzel, though not so often seen in the 
more level portions of the parish, was not rare in the glens or dales amongst 
the hills; and in one of these glens I once found a nest with four eggs, one 
of which I took, and still have in my possession as a proof that this bird 
does breed in Orkuey.—J. W. H. Traix (71, High Street, Old Aberdeen). 
FISHES. 
Food of the Haddock.—In the stomach of a Haddock recently pur- 
chased alive at Hartlepool, were found fourteen young whiting, from four 
to five inches long, and a small crab, with hard carapace, about one inch in 
diameter, all quite fresh and digestion barely commencing, The Haddock 
was seventeen inches long, and weighed, when gutted, twenty-six ounces. 
The weight of the young fry and crab was six and a half ounces, or almost 
one quarter of the weight of the fish. 
SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 
Linnean Society or Lonpon. 
December 6, 1888.—W. CarrutueEns, F.R.S., President, in the chair. 
The following were elected Fellows:—H. E. D’Alton, of Victoria; 
P. Goyen, of Otago, N. Z.; G. A. Grierson, Lecturer in Botany, Sheffield 
School of Pharmacy; Maurice Holtze, Superintendent Botanic Garden, 
Port Darwin; R. W. Hullett, Singapore; J.C. Lisboa, M.D., Fellow 
Bombay University; J. H. Lace, Forest Department of India; Professor 
J. B. L. Mackay, Director School of Mines, Sandhurst, Australia; E. W. 
Mayhew, Freemantle, W. Australia; Digby S. W. Nicholl, Cowbridge, 
Glamorganshire; D. T. Playfair, M.D.; D. Prain, M.B ; Clement Reid, 
F.G.S.; A. B. Rendle, B.A., B.Sc.; and Peter Yates, M.D. 
Mr. W. H. Beeby exhibited, and made some remarks on, specimens of 
Valeriana mikanii and sambucifolia, and a series of Potamogeton fluitans. 
Mr. F. W. Oliver described the nature and growth of leaf emergences 
in Eriospermum folioliferum. 
Mr. E. M. Holmes exhibited specimens of a new assafcetida plant, 
Ferula fetidissimna, and a monstrosity of Zea mays. 
Mr. J. G. Baker exhibited a curious varicty of Vicia sepiwn found in 
North Yorkshire. 
