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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  rustica) 
  on 
  May 
  16th 
  ; 
  Warblers 
  on 
  May 
  16th, 
  but 
  not 
  numerous 
  ; 
  

   Larks 
  to 
  about 
  the 
  15th 
  — 
  that 
  is, 
  in 
  full 
  song. 
  Whinchat 
  [Pratincola 
  

   rubetra) 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  see 
  before 
  June 
  24th. 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  interesting 
  to 
  learn 
  

   whether 
  this 
  bird 
  has 
  been 
  less 
  numerous 
  in 
  other 
  places 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  

   here 
  ; 
  they 
  were 
  back 
  in 
  numbers 
  in 
  1903. 
  Corn-Crakes 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  

   earlier 
  than 
  usual. 
  — 
  W. 
  Wilson 
  (Alford, 
  Aberdeen, 
  N.B.). 
  

  

  PISCES. 
  

  

  Gadus 
  poutassou 
  at 
  Aberdeen. 
  — 
  A 
  male, 
  eleven 
  inches 
  long, 
  was 
  

   caught 
  by 
  trawl 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  forty 
  miles 
  north-east 
  by 
  east 
  of 
  

   Aberdeen, 
  in 
  eighty 
  fathoms 
  of 
  water, 
  May 
  26th, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Herbert 
  

   Howell, 
  who 
  kindly 
  presented 
  it 
  to 
  me. 
  Its 
  lower 
  jaw 
  is 
  rather 
  the 
  

   longest 
  ; 
  there 
  are 
  teeth 
  of 
  irregular 
  size 
  in 
  both 
  jaws, 
  and 
  four 
  teeth 
  

   on 
  the 
  anterior 
  of 
  the 
  vomer, 
  two 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  angle. 
  These 
  

   teeth 
  are 
  rather 
  larger 
  than 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  jaws, 
  and 
  somewhat 
  obtuse. 
  

   Couch 
  says, 
  " 
  At 
  the 
  roof 
  of 
  the 
  mouth 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  prominent, 
  sharp, 
  in- 
  

   curved 
  teeth." 
  This 
  would 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  number 
  is 
  not 
  constant. 
  

   Eyes 
  large, 
  which 
  would 
  indicate 
  its 
  being 
  a 
  deep-sea 
  form. 
  The 
  

   stomach 
  has 
  nine 
  high 
  rounded 
  ridges, 
  that 
  run 
  longitudinally 
  its 
  

   whole 
  length. 
  Crecal 
  appendanges 
  eleven. 
  — 
  Geo. 
  Sim 
  (52, 
  Castle 
  

   Street, 
  Aberdeen). 
  

  

  Large 
  Salmon 
  (Salmo 
  salar) 
  in 
  the 
  Hampshire 
  Avon. 
  — 
  As 
  I 
  antici- 
  

   pated 
  in 
  a 
  former 
  note 
  (ante, 
  p. 
  145), 
  more 
  Salmon 
  have 
  been 
  seen 
  and 
  

   taken 
  during 
  this 
  season 
  than 
  for 
  several 
  years 
  past, 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  

   higher 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  four 
  fine 
  fish 
  having 
  been 
  caught 
  in 
  the 
  

   water 
  between 
  Eingwood 
  and 
  Fordingbridge. 
  Anglers 
  were 
  not 
  very 
  

   successful 
  with 
  the 
  " 
  fly," 
  but 
  after 
  May 
  1st, 
  when 
  the 
  " 
  prawn 
  " 
  was 
  

   used, 
  more 
  fish 
  were 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  local 
  waters, 
  a 
  visiting 
  angler 
  

   landing 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  fish, 
  in 
  an 
  equal 
  number 
  of 
  days, 
  ranging 
  from 
  

   sixteen 
  to 
  thirty 
  pounds 
  ; 
  but 
  on 
  May 
  20th 
  a 
  resident 
  fisherman 
  took 
  

   a 
  clean 
  run 
  fish 
  which 
  turned 
  the 
  scale 
  at 
  forty-six 
  pounds, 
  was 
  fifty 
  

   inches 
  long, 
  and 
  twenty-five 
  inches 
  in 
  girth. 
  I 
  am 
  ignorant 
  of 
  the 
  

   weight 
  of 
  Salmon 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  lower 
  down, 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  

   of 
  the 
  river, 
  but 
  I 
  think 
  the 
  above 
  weight 
  is 
  the 
  " 
  record 
  " 
  for 
  this 
  

   immediate 
  neighbourhood. 
  As 
  a 
  juvenile 
  angler, 
  I 
  well 
  recollect 
  what 
  

   large 
  numbers 
  of 
  young 
  Salmon 
  — 
  called 
  " 
  Salmon-peel 
  " 
  — 
  were 
  fre- 
  

   quently 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  river, 
  and, 
  " 
  biting 
  " 
  so 
  freely, 
  how 
  easily 
  they 
  

   were 
  caught 
  ; 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  known 
  Salmon 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  occasionally 
  in 
  

   the 
  brooks 
  of 
  the 
  forest, 
  having 
  no 
  doubt 
  ascended 
  when 
  the 
  river 
  

   was 
  in 
  fiood 
  ; 
  but 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  heard 
  of 
  such 
  an 
  occurrence 
  for 
  many 
  

  

  