404 Field Notes. 
31 ins. from tip of dorsal to end of ventral fin, was taken while 
floating on the surface of the water near the pier end at Whitby 
by the crew of the Filey coble S H, 299, when about to enter the 
harbour.—TuHos. STEPHENSON, October 2nd, 1907. 
Giant Mackerel landed at Grimsby.—A giant mackerel, 
said to be the largest ever Janded on the Grimsby market, was 
brought to that port recently by the steam trawler Jersey. 
The fish, which was 24 inches long, with a girth measurement 
of 15 inches and a weight of 6? lbs., was caught some 63 miles 
from Spurn. It was sold for exhibition purposes, and realised 
18s. I saw the fish myself.—F. M. Burton, Gainsborough. 
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MOLLUSCA. 
Petricola pholadiformis in Lincs.—I collected this shel 
in 1900, and since, but have failed to find any published record 
of its occurrence in Lincolnshire. The empty shells, in varying 
stages of growth, occur in considerable numbers on the shore 
about Mablethorpe* and Sutton-on-Sea. Mr. V. Howard, M.A., 
informs me that about two years ago he found them living 
abundantly at extreme low tide. 
Mr. A. S. Kennard informs me it was obtained some years 
ago at Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex, then he found it living 
abundantly at Herne Bay, and Mr. J. E. Cooper found it at 
Shellness, near Deal, and this year Mr. Kennard found it 
at Dunwich, Suffolk, and Mr. Mayfield saw it at Lowestoft and 
Felixstow. In addition to the above-mentioned localities I 
have a few fine examples which I collected near Warden Point, 
Isle of Sheppey, in August, 1896.—C. S. Carter, Louth, 
October 4th, 1907. 
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FUNGI. 
Lachnea hirto-coccinea Phil. and Plow.: An addition 
to the Yorkshire Fungus Flora.—I found this fungus on Stren- 
sall Common on the 6th July, 1907. It was growing on wet 
sand and rotten wood on the side of a temporary water splash, 
and was distinct by its scarlet colour and round shape, the size 
of a shilling. Mr. C. Crossland regards it as an interesting 
addition to Yorkshire.—W. INGHAM, York, 11th Aug., 1907. 
* A piece of peat from this locality, with shells in position in their 
borings, has recently been brought to us, and is now on exhibition at the 
Museum, Hull.—Eb. 
Naturalist, 
