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of the oldest fishermen on the firth, assured me, about ten years ago, that 

 he had met with one or two Tunnies during the previous fifty years; but 

 I could obtain no conclusive evidence on the subject. I have now the 

 pleasure of stating that the Tunny does, at least occasionally, visit the 

 N.W. coast of England, having received a fresh specimen, captured near 

 Silloth in August last. — H. A. Macpherson (11, Victoria Place, Carlisle). 



Lesser Fork-beard in Plymouth Sound. — On September 12th I 

 caught in a trammel-net, in Plymouth Sound, a specimen of the Lesser 

 Fork-beard, Raniceps raninus (Day) ; also, on Sept. 20th, a Red Mullet, 

 Mullus sarmuletus (Day), off the Cornish coast, measuring 17 in. long from 

 tip of nose to tail, lOJin. in girth, and weighing 2 lbs. 6 oz. — H. L. 

 Popham (Royal Western Yacht Club, Plymouth). 



[The Fork-beard, which frequents the coasts of Northern Europe, ex- 

 tending to the south coasts of England and Ireland, is not very frequently 

 met with, but several instances of its capture have been recorded from time 

 to time in ' The Zoologist.' For example, on the Norfolk coast (Zool. 1844, 

 p. 532, and 1846, p. 1264) ; in Mount's Bay, Cornwall (Zool. 1863, p. 8642), 

 where in 1864 three more were captured, and in 1866 two; at Penzance in 

 1872 (p. 2947), 1876 (p. 5128), and 1878 (p. 109). As regards Devonshire, 

 a specimen in Mr. Rowe's collection was taken some years ago at 

 Plymouth. Mr. Ogilby observed (Zool. 1876, p. 4903) that the curious 

 fact of this fish being generally washed ashore dead tended to prove that it 

 lives in very deep water, where neither nets nor lines can be used, and 

 where perhaps it is not so rare as is supposed. — Ed.] 



Bonito in the River Dee. — Mr. McKie, hon. curator of the Kirkcud- 

 bright Museum, has kindly furnished me with particulars of the recent 

 capture of this rare fish in a salmon-net at the mouth of the Dee. It is 

 being mounted for the Museum, which already contains a more than 

 ordinary collection of well-mounted fish. This is only the third record of 

 the Bonito in local waters, so far as I am aware. One was caught at the 

 Bowes Scaur on July 25th, 1831. Another was captured on July 22nd, 

 1842, near to Caerlaverock Castle, and was sold in Dumfries. Since then 

 1 am not aware of any other iustances of the capture of this species in or 

 near the Solway. — R. Service (Maxwelltown, Dumfries). 



CEPHALOPODA. 



Rossia Oweni on the Angles ea Coast, — When staying at Rhostreigir 

 in May, 1892, I obtained an example of this Cephalopod, which had been 

 picked up on the beach in Cymmeran Bay in the preceding winter. 

 Mr. W. E. Hoyle has kindly identified the specimen (a female), which 

 is now in the Owen's College Museum, Manchester. — Chas. Oldham 

 (Abhton-on-Mersey). 



