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lately died at the age of thirty-seven years, and that another mare has just 

 achieved a similar distinction by dying at the age of thirty-five years. 

 Although Pliny supposed that a Horse would live sixty years, and BufYon 

 has asserted that he saw one of fifty, the cases of longevity above referred 

 to must be regarded as quite exceptional. One of the oldest Horses whose 

 age was known for certain is reported to have belonged to an English 

 Hussar regiment. It is said to have joined the service in 1833 at the age 

 of seven years, and to have died in 1862, aged thirty-six. 



The Fauna of the Arctic Regions. — The intense cold of the Polar 

 regions forms an impenetrable barrier to the advance northward of animal 

 life. None of the sailors of the ' Fram,' who got as far as 85° N., encountered 

 any Whales, Seals, Walruses, or Bears between that and the 83rd degree 

 of latitude, although they saw large Cuttle-fish as far as 85° N. During 

 the three years of their expedition they managed to kill twenty-nine Bears, 

 and these of course were most valuable to them, affording not only fresh 

 meat, but at the same time warm clothing. 



CETACE A. 



Bottle-nosed Whale on Lincolnshire Coast.— A small specimen of 

 the Bottle-nosed or Beaked Whale (Hyperoodon rostratus), about 15 ft. long, 

 came ashore at Freeston, near Boston, towards the end of August last. 

 Unfortunately the animal had been cut up and used for manure before 

 I heard of it. I was, however, able to identify the species by means of a 

 photograph which had been taken while the auimal was fresh. — G. H. 

 Caton Haigh (Grainsby Hall, Great Grimsby). 



Bottle-nosed Dolphin in the Esk. — An immature male of the Bottle- 

 nosed Dolphin (Delphinus tursio) was killed in the Esk near Longtown about 

 the 30th of July last. I obtained a photograph of the animal in the flesh, 

 and preserved the skull for the Carlisle Museum. — H. A. Macpheeson 

 (Carlisle). 



BIRDS. 



Icterine Warbler in Norfolk. — On Sept. 7th I was fortunate enough 

 to shoot an Icterine Warbler in the marram-bushes at Cley. It was too 

 much damaged by the shot to determine the sex. The gizzard contained 

 the remains of several earwigs. This makes the third specimen obtained 

 in Norfolk. — Robert Gurney (Sprowston Hall, Norwich). 



Terns in Norfolk, — On August 21st, near Wells, I shot a specimen 

 of the Black Tern (Sterna nigra). This I believe is the only specimen 

 recorded this year of this graceful bird. On the same day I observed the 

 Arctic, Sandwich, Lesser, and Common Terns in close company, and 

 occasionally intermingling. Is it not rather unusual to see so many species 

 of Tern within so small an area? — E. P. Cooper (Heme Hill). 



