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having been, in nautical language, " stove in." I have on two or three 

 occasions found this feature displayed in the Gadida, in which the deformity 

 amounts to positive ugliness. I am indebted to my friend Mr. C. Rumbold, 

 an amateur photographer living in this town, for the photograph from which 



the accompanying illustration has been taken. A normal specimen has 

 been introduced to show the contrast. The fish is now in the Cambridge 

 Museum. — Arthur Patterson (Ibis House, Great Yarmouth). 



[Besides the above interesting record relating to the Gurnard, in Mr. 

 Bateson's 'Materials for the Study of Variation,' pp. 57-8, will be found 

 instances of the " bull-dog " variety in the Carp, Chub, Minnow, Pike, 

 Mullet, Salmon, and Trout."— En.] 



CEUSTACEA. 

 A Gigantic Lobster.— Some of our daily papers having published the 

 statement that the New York Aquarium contained the largest Lobster in 

 the world, the Editor wrote to the Director of that institution, who has 

 kindly supplied the following note on the subject : — 



