446 MR. ST. GEORGE LITTLEDALE — EIELD-NOTES [May 1, 



Fig. 7. Dissection of left orbital cavity of Plaice. Bony interorbital septum 

 and part of skull (s/,:) in front of and behind cavity removed. 

 Optic nerve (o.n.) and recti muscles (r.ni.) cut through, and eye 

 turned forward so as to expose the funicular depression leading into 

 the left recessus orbitalis. x j ca. 

 d.m. Dorsal muscles. 



f.s. Fibrous interorbital septum. 



I.e. Left orbital cavity. 



I.e. Left eye. 



r.c. Right orbital cavity. 



8. Blind side of head of Halibut. Skin and part of superficial jaw-muscles 



and adjacent adipose tissue (a.) removed so as to expose the left 

 recessus orbitalis. The anterior limb of tbe organ (r.a.) is laid open 

 by an incision of its outer wall, and the course of the arrow shows the 

 passage of the duct to the left orbital cavity. Size reduced. 

 cm. Cut edge of superficial jaw-muscles. 



e. Ethmoid cartilage. 

 p. a. Part of skull formed by union of left ectethmoid and 



sphenotic. 

 r.p. Posterior limb of left recessus orbitalis. 



9. Skull of adult Sole with symmetrical eyes, from the left side. The 



posterior part, shown in dotted lines, is conjectural. Natural size. 

 e.l. Left ectethmoid. 



/. Foramen between pseudomesial process and parasphenoid. 

 ps. Parasphenoid. 

 s.l. Left sphenotic. 



10. Skull of normal adult Sole, from the left side. Natural size. 



Lettering as in figure 9. 



P.S. {June 20/7i, 1894).— The restriction formulated by 

 Cunningham and MacMunn as abov r e, and confirmed by my own 

 previous experience, is controverted by a specimen obtained since 

 this paper was read. Tbe fisb is structurally normal, but exhibits 

 some pigment on the blind side of tbe jaws and on other parts 

 anterior to the line indicated. 



3. Field-Notes on the Wild Camel of Lob-Nor. 

 By St. George Littledale, F.R.G.S. 



[Received March 28, 1894.] 



One of the objects of the journey that Mrs. Littledale and I 

 made last year across the centre of Asia \ was to obtain specimens 

 of the Wild Camel (Camelus bactrianus). On reaching Lob-]Nor in 

 May 1893 we were pleased to hear that the natives confirmed my 

 opinion that we should probably find Wild Camels on the slope 

 of the Altyn Tag; but when I asked them in what particular 

 district these animals were likely to be found at that season of the 

 year, they were so very vague and general in their answers that it- 

 was evident they either did not know or were unwilling to say. 



On the 8th day after leaving the Lob we found, on the nortli 

 side of the Altyn Tag, the fresh tracks of a camel. The animal 

 had come in the night or early morning within a mile of our camp, 

 but winding us it had turned and bolted away. After this we 



1 Of. Geogr. Journ. iii. p. 445. 



