Mr. Embleton's Mhcellanea Zooligica. 155 



Miscellanea Zoologica. By E. Embleton. 



EHOMBUS HIETUS. 



MuHer's Top Knot. Yarr. B. F. vol. 2, p. 243. 



A beautiful specimen of this rare fish, was taken in Beadnell 

 Bay last autumn, and is now in my possession. It agrees in every 

 respect with the description given by Mr. Yarrell ; my specimen, 

 however, is 8 inches in length, by 5 in breadth ; being 3 inches 

 longer. A specimen was taken some years ago in Berwick Bay, 

 and presented by Dr. Johnston to Mr. Yarrell. 



SYNGNATHUS iEQUOEEUS. 



The ^quoreal Pipe Fish, Yarr. B. F., vol. 2, p. 335. 



During the last autumn I obtained two specimens of this rare 

 fish. From Mr. Yarrell's account, it would appear to be more 

 plentiful on this coast, than on the southern. 



Botanical and Zoological Notices. By James Haedy. 



BOTANICAL. 



1. — CuscuTA Epithtmtjm. August 1, 1859, I found this novelty 

 to the Berwickshire Flora (for the "Eastern Border" example 

 was Northumbrian), in a pasture field near Penmanshiel, over- 

 running thistles (Carduus arvensis). Prunella vulgaris, Plantago 

 lanceolata, Medicago lupidina, &c. Possibly it may have been 

 introduced with clover ; but as this part of the field was a moor 

 not many years back, it may equally claim to have originated from 

 seeds left in the soil while in its unreclaimed state. It was con- 

 fined to one spot. 



2. — Danthonia steigosa. As an agricultural weed in cereal 

 crops, this is fully as worthy of record as the Wild Oat (Avena 

 fatua), which is scarce in the Lammermoors, while D. strigosa is 

 common. It does not lie in the soil like the wild Oat. TT^ere is 

 a white variety, which may be the 'Argyle Oat' of Lawson, which 

 is difficult to detect if one undertakes the trouble of picking seed 

 Oats. 



3. — Habenaeia vieidis. Of this Orchis, thinly scattered over 

 the Borders, compared with some parts of the North of England, 

 I met with instances on the sea banks behind the Preventive Ser- 

 vice houses, Eedheugh, and again at the foot of Cheviot near 

 Langleyford Hope — single specimens only. 



ZOOLOGICAL. 



1. — MuLLus BAEBATTJs. Mr. Wilsou Sent me- a specimen of this- 

 rare fish from Coldingham. 



