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yielded to their inviting odour and appearance, and the whole table 

 joined in the repast with indubitable gusto. I know not if my readers 

 are familiar with a dish which, in Newfoundland, during the cod-fish- 

 ing season, we used to consider worthy of an epicure, — the tongues of 

 the cod taken out as soon as the fish are brought on shore, and fried 

 immediately. The Actiniae fried as above described, I should scarce- 

 ly be able to distinguish, either by the eye or by the taste, from fresh 

 cods' tongues, except that perhaps my proteges are slightly firmer in 

 consistence." — P. 150. 



(To be continued). 



c The Annals and Magazine of Natural History] No. 69, dated 

 September, 1853. Price 2s. 6d. 



This number contains the following papers : — > 



4 Notes on some new or little-known Marine Animals.' By P. H. 

 Gosse. The species mentioned are : — Hippolyte fascigera, Gosse, 

 H. Cranchii, Leach, H. Thompsoni, Bell, and Crangon sculptus, 

 Bell, all of them Crustaceans, of the family Palaemonidae ; Mysis pro- 

 ductus, Gosse, a Crustacean of the family Mysidae ; and Scholanthus 

 callimorphus, Gosse, a Radiate, of the family Actiniadae. 



c On two new Species of Calanidae, with Observations on the Sper- 

 matic Tubes of Pontella, Diaptomus, &c.' By John Lubbock, Esq., 

 F.Z.S. 



' Notes on the Ornithology of Ceylon, collected during an Eight 

 Years' Residence in the Island.' By Edgar Leopold Layard, CCS. 



' On the Head of the Genus Conus, Linn.'' By J. E. Gray, Ph.D., 

 F.R.S., V.P.Z.S., &c. 



< On the Animal of Rotella, Lamk: By J. E. Gray, Ph.D., F.R.S., 

 V.P.Z.S., &c. 



6 On the Phosphorescence of some Marine Invertebrata.' By M. de 

 Quatrefages. Extracted originally from the ' Annales des Sciences 

 Naturelles.' 



6 On some new Carboniferous Limestone Fossils.' By Frederick 

 M'Coy, F.G.S., Hon. F.C.P.S., Professor of Mineralogy and Geology 

 in the Queen's University of Ireland. 



Bibliographical Notices: — 'A Naturalist's Rambles on the Devon- 

 shire Coast.' By P. II. Gosse, A.L.S., &c. 



