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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  (Samoa), 
  and 
  Viti 
  Levu 
  (Fiji). 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  exceedingly 
  abundant 
  

   in 
  all 
  the 
  islands 
  mentioned, 
  and 
  is 
  most 
  easily 
  observed 
  along 
  the 
  

   roadside, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  usually 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  climbing 
  the 
  flowering 
  plants, 
  

   and 
  picking 
  off 
  the 
  flies 
  and 
  small 
  insects. 
  In 
  Tahiti 
  I 
  found 
  an 
  old 
  

   and 
  complete 
  shell 
  of 
  a 
  cocoanut 
  on 
  the 
  ground, 
  which, 
  when 
  handled, 
  

   appeared 
  to 
  contain 
  several 
  Lizards. 
  I 
  stopped 
  up 
  the 
  eye-boles, 
  and 
  

   took 
  it 
  on 
  board 
  for 
  examination. 
  I 
  found 
  it 
  contained 
  thirteen 
  young 
  

   Lizards, 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  thirty-six 
  eggs, 
  with 
  the 
  embryos 
  in 
  diffe- 
  

   rent 
  stages 
  of 
  development, 
  and 
  also 
  two 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety-four 
  

   empty 
  egg-shells. 
  A 
  few 
  days 
  later, 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  island, 
  I 
  found 
  a 
  

   hole 
  in 
  the 
  ground 
  containing 
  several 
  hundred 
  newly-laid 
  eggs. 
  It 
  

   would 
  therefore 
  appear 
  that 
  several 
  females 
  retire 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  spot 
  to 
  

   deposit 
  their 
  eggs. 
  — 
  M. 
  J. 
  Nicoll 
  (10, 
  Charles 
  Koad, 
  St. 
  Leonards-on- 
  

   Sea). 
  

  

  PISCES. 
  

  

  Wolf-fish 
  at 
  Brighton. 
  — 
  While 
  pier-fishing 
  at 
  Brighton 
  on 
  Oct. 
  5th, 
  

   as 
  the 
  gale 
  of 
  that 
  day 
  was 
  in 
  " 
  making," 
  and 
  a 
  strong 
  tide 
  setting 
  in, 
  

   I 
  caught 
  a 
  Wolf- 
  fish 
  (Anarcldcha* 
  lupus), 
  which 
  may 
  probably 
  be 
  not 
  

   uncommon 
  on 
  this 
  coast, 
  but 
  seems 
  certainly 
  unrecorded. 
  Couch 
  

   describes 
  it 
  as 
  " 
  among 
  the 
  rarest 
  of 
  fishes 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  

   Islands," 
  and 
  gives 
  Plymouth 
  and 
  Fowey 
  in 
  Cornwall 
  as 
  localities 
  

   where 
  specimens 
  bave 
  been 
  taken. 
  Day 
  refers 
  to 
  it 
  as 
  common 
  along 
  

   the 
  Yorkshire 
  coast 
  ; 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  recorded 
  among 
  the 
  fishes 
  of 
  Yarmouth. 
  

   It 
  is 
  not 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  fishes 
  given 
  in 
  Mrs. 
  Merrifield's 
  ' 
  Nat. 
  

   Hist, 
  of 
  Brigbton.' 
  — 
  W. 
  L. 
  Distant. 
  

  

  