NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BERMUDAS. 34 1 



Seal after all. I have received a good description from a 

 gentleman of the name of Lane, at St. George's, who 

 examined it when exhibited in ice, and with Bartram's 

 description in the Gazette, makes it, with hardly any doubt, 

 a Phoca itulina" or common Harbour Seal, of Northern 

 Europe and America." 



This is the only instance of a Seal visiting the Bermudas. 



FISHES. 



Sturgeon, or common Lancet Fish {Acanthurus phle- 

 botamus). Length, six to twelve inches. 



Cow Pilot, a species of Chaetodon, and improperly called 

 a "Pilot Fish." 



Half- Beak or Gar Fish (Hemirampus braziliensis). 

 Length, seventeen and a quarter inches. 



Golden Carp {Cyprinus auratus), abundant in the ditches. 



Marbled Angler (Antennarius marmoratus), four species. 



Spotted Thread Herring {Opisthronema thrissd) — Good's 

 list — Chatcessus signifer of De Kay. 



Spanish Mackerel, or Horse Mackerel {Scomber Colitis). 

 common. 



