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Thomas Stephenson, 



York N.E. 



Fishes captured near Whitby in October, 1891 [giving full particulars as 



to Orthagoriscus viola (with figure), Labrus maculatus, Raniceps trifurczts, 

 and correcting error of determination of Scombresox saums which was Belone 

 vulgaris as recorded in his previous article]. Nat., Jan. 1892, pp. 23 to 26 

 and figure. 



G. Swainson. ^ Isle of Man. 



Results of Dredging Excursion to Dalby, Aug., 1888 [enumerated ; one 



fish taken, Lepadogaster bimaculatus\ Vannin Lioar, Jan. 1889, p. 15. 



Edgar R. Waitk. 



York N. E. 



[Fishes observed by] the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union at Hayburn 



Wyke [on July nth; Black Goby (Gobius niger), One Spotted Goby (G. 

 minutus)* and Shanny (Biennius p/iolis)]. Nat., Sept. 1 891, pp. 286-287. 



Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness, 

 Alfred O. Walker, Lane. W. and S., Cheshire. 



Destruction of Immature Sea Fish [in the Dee and Mersey, along the 



Lancashire Coast, in Morecambe Bay and in the Solway, discussed ; Plaice 

 (Plettronectes p/atessa), and Flukes (PL Jlssus) mentioned ; and opinion 

 expressed that the destruction of young fish is not so great as is often 

 supposed]. Nature, Dec. 24th, 1891, p. 176. 



C. H. H. Walker. Isle of Man. 



Tiding at Eastertide [in the Isle of Man ; Morrhua vulgaris* Scyllium 



eanicula y Biennius gunnellus, B. pholis y Syngnathus lumbriciformis> S, acus f 

 and Lepadogaster bimaculatus noted]. Young Nat., Nov. and Dec. 1890* 

 pp. 216-222. 



Albert Waters. Line. S. 



The Sun Fish [stated to be probably Lampris luna, the Opah] at Wisbech 



[one, five feet long and seven feet from fin to fin, in Wisbech Deeps ; first 

 occurrence of Opah in the Wash since 1839; Orthagoriscus mola stated to 

 have occurred at Lynn in Nov. 1850 and Oct. 1883]. Young Nat., Ap. 1890, 

 p. 71. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Our readers will be more especially interested in the fortunes of the Jackson - 

 Harmsworth Polar Expedition in that Mr. Harry Fisher, the well-known 

 Nottinghamshire botanist, is with the Expedition as botanist. Letters from him 

 to his father, to Mr. B. Sturges Dodd, and others, arrived by the ' Windward' 

 in October last, and the Editor of this journal has had a letter from Dr. Reginald 

 Kcettlitz, the medical officer, who also is one of the eight men who have been left 

 behind to winter at Elmwood, as the Arctic settlement is named. Elrawood is at 

 the foot of Cape Flora, on Northbrook Island, Franz Josef Land, in lat. 79 

 57' 30" N. and long. 49 30' 10". Amongst the notes given in Mr. Fisher's letter- 

 home we may give the following, for which we are indebted to Mr. Fisher, senr., 



and Prof. J. W. Carr, M.A. :— ' 1st July, 1895.— We kay e snow , ever y &*$* but 

 there are several plants in flower. In six weeks winter will be again upon us. . . 

 I have found a rich microscopic flora here ; my time is fully occupied in that worl 

 now, and will be until the winter sets in again.' * 15th April, 1895 : — Th e lowest 

 reading of the thermometer was — 55* F. in February, which was the coldest month. 

 We have had perpetual light since last Monday {April 8th), and can read indoors 

 at midnight just as well as in the middle of the day in England at this time of 

 year. . . 34 Bears, some Walrus, and hundreds of sea birds have been killed, 

 all of which furnish fresh food for men and dogs. The birds are good eati 

 'loons/ 'dovekies,' and 'hockies. 5 . . Everyone of the twenty-nine here have 

 frost bites except myself. I have not had the semblance of one. . . Summer may be 

 said to consist of two months, June and July, about as warm as the first week is 

 April in England.' It will be of course obvious that we cannot look for any real 

 scientific results till the ultimate return of the Expedition, what we give being 

 such casual notes as might readily be given in private correspondence. They are, 

 however, of interest from the human and personal point of view. 



Jan. 1896. 



