326 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



an open-air aviary, I believe that if birds showing deep orange and golden 

 orange were purchased they would prove to be sexes ; and I am certain that 

 examples having the two distinctive forms of beak would prove to be so. — 

 A. G. Butler (Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent). 



PISCES. 

 Gattoruginous Blenny in Essex. — With reference to Mr. Patterson's 

 note (ante, p. 273) that his Great Yarmouth specimen of this little fish "is 

 the first record of B. gattorugine occurring in East Anglian waters," I 

 should like to record that I have one caught in the Essex Blackwater, off 

 Stansgate, on Aug. 19th, 1898, by Sampson Wright. It is typical with 

 Day's figure and description, and measures 5| in. long. I have it preserved 

 in 4 per cent, formalin, and it looks as fresh as when I had it alive. — 

 Edward A. Fitch (Maldon, Essex). 



