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Of Batrachians there were a few white Axolotls, labelled as 

 bred here, and representatives of two species of Newts. 



I counted fifty-four species of fishes living in the Brighton 

 Aquarium, twenty-three of these were in fresh water and thirty- 

 one in salt water. Of the former, three Sterlets {Acipenser 

 ruthenus) should be specially mentioned ; these are the survivors 

 of nine specimens imported from Russia in 1873, so that at the 

 time of my visit (1909) these three fish were at least thirty-six 

 years old, thus even older than Capt. J. A. M. Vipan's Sterlets 

 in his private aquarium at Stibbington Hall, which were given 

 to him by the Czar of Eussia in 1888, and also of the four 

 Sterlets which I saw in the Amsterdam Aquarium in 1907, which 

 had then -lived twenty-five years there. Among the sea fish I 

 was very interested to see three individuals of the Monk Fish 

 {Rliina squatina), the largest being perhaps four feet in length. 

 There was a shoal of Herrings {Clupea harengus) in Tank No. 32, 

 and some Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) in Tank No. 37 ; Mr. 

 Brown told me that individuals of both these species have lived 

 from three to four years in captivity here. 



The most remarkable exhibits among the Crustacea were 

 perhaps a Red Lobster in Tank No. 10, and a very large Edible 

 Crab in Tank No. 30. 



The Cephalopoda were well represented by thirteen fine, 

 lively specimens of the Octopus {Octopus vulgaris), nineteen of 

 the Squid [Loligo vulgaris) (the shoal of Squids in Tank No. 40 

 formed a very attractive exhibition), and two of the Cuttlefish 

 {Sepia officinalis). 



Tanks Nos. 1, 31, 32, and a table tank contained Sea Ane- 

 mones. The other invertebrate animals in the collection call for 

 no special remarks. 



(ii) Museum. 



The Booth Museum of British Birds on the Dyke Road, 

 Brighton, is too well known to require any description in the 

 pages of 'The Zoologist,' but I would like to devote a few para- 

 graphs to call attention to the Brighton Museum, as I have been 

 surprised to find that it does not appear to be as widely known 

 as it deserves. 



This Museum is part of the " Public Library, Museum and 

 Fine Art Galleries " of the County Borough of Brighton, and is 



