36 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



FISHES. 



Bonito on the Cornish Coast.— On Nov. 16th I had brought to me 

 a fine specimen of the Bonito, Thynnus peliamis. The fish was 2 ft. %h in. 

 in length, its girth behind the pectoral fin 1 ft. Ah in., and weighed 13^ lbs. 

 The occurrence of this fish on the coast in spring is not uncommon; but 

 T have never heard of one being found so late in the year before. The 

 specimen referred to was washed ashore dead. — T. H. Cornish (Penzance). 



SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 



Linnean Society of London. 



November 19, 1891. — Prof. Stewart, President, in the chair. 



Mr. W. L. Brown was admitted a Fellow of the Society. 



Mr. S. Jennings exhibited a collection of wild flowers made by him 

 during a recent tour through the Rocky Mountains, California, and Mexico. 



Prof. G. B. Howes exhibited some dissections offish crania made by his 

 pupil, Mr. R. H. Burne, B.A., in which the parts of the skeleton were so 

 displayed that they might be studied in relation to the rest of the head and 

 to the leading cranial nerves. 



Mr. E. F. Cooper exhibited specimens of a new variety of Potamogeton 

 from Loughborough, lately described and figured by Mr. Alfred Fryer 

 (Journ. Bot, Oct. 1891). 



Mr. A. W. Bennett exhibited and made remarks upon some specimens 

 of Hydrodictyon utriculatum, Roth. (H. reticulatum, De Toui), and some 

 drawings of anomalous Cypripedium and Disa. 



Mr. W. Carruthers gave a graphic account of a recent visit to Sweden 

 in search of original portraits of Linnasus, and detailed the results of his 

 enquiries. His remarks were illustrated by an exhibition of engravings 

 and photographs. 



A paper was then read by Mr. Thomas Hick, " On a new fossil plant 

 from the Lower Coal Measures." An interesting discussion followed, in 

 which Mr. Carruthers, Mr. G. Murray, Prof. F. O. Bower, Prof. Marshall 

 Ward and others took part. 



Dec. 3. — Prof. Stkwart, President, in the chair. 



The following were elected Fellows: — Sir Walter Sendall, Messrs. 

 T. M. Macknight, W. A. Blaker, C. Frost, H. Sutherland, J. Keys, W. S. 

 Campbell, A. Molineux, and W. H. Strachan. 



The President announced the recent bequest by the late Sir George 

 MacLeay, K.C.M.G., of a marble bust of his father the late Dr. William 

 Sharp MacLeay, formerly a Fellow and Vice-President of the Society. 



The President then exhibited a 6eries of specimens of a South American 



