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The appearance of the tuft of vegetable filaments is drawn with cri- 

 tical correctness. I examined these filaments repeatedly in the mi- 

 croscope, but could make nothing more of them than that they were 

 simple delicate threads, unarticulated and unbranched. — Jas. L. Drum- 

 mond, M.D., Professor of Anatomy ; Royal Belfast Institution^ Ja- 

 nuary 17, 1843. 



Note on the recent occurrence of new or rare Fishes in England. 

 1. The Maigre, {Scicena aquila, Cuvier). A fine large specimen of 

 this fish was taken off Margate early in October, and being sent to 

 London, was for some days exposed to view at the shop of Mr. J. S. 

 Sweeting, fishmonger, at the west end of Cheapside. 2. The com- 

 mon Bogue, {Sparus hoops, Linn.)* A single example of this species 

 about twelve inches long, and new to the British catalogue, was ta- 

 ken in a ground seine at St. Mawes early in October last. The cir- 

 cumstance was communicated to me by Mr. Alfred Fox of Falmouth, 

 who very kindly sent me a coloured drawing of the fish. This spe- 

 cies is well known in the Mediterranean, but, out of it, has only been 

 taken at Madeira, at TenerifFe, and once on the coast of Spain. 3. 

 The Sword-fish, {Xiphias gladius, Linn.) A specimen ten feet long 

 was taken on the 20th of October, by the crew of a six-oared galley 

 belonging to Mr. Henry North of the Fountain Inn, Deal, who was 

 himself steering at the time, on his way from Ramsgate to Deal. "A 

 little way to the south of the outer beacon leading to Sandwich Ha- 

 ven, saw the fish in about four feet water ; rowed towards it, and ob- 

 served that it appeared far exhausted in strength, ventured to put a 

 small rope with a running noose over its tail, and after playing with 

 it some time, succeeded in putting other ropes round the fish and got 

 it on board. Steered for Deal, well pleased with our prize." From 

 the point of the upper jaw to the anterior margin of the eye was one 

 third of the whole length of the fish. This specimen was purchased 

 by Mr. Sweeting of Cheapside, who, after exhibiting it for a few days, 

 presented it to the Zoological Society. 4. The short Sun-fish, {Or- 

 thagoriscus mola, Schneider). A young specimen, only eighteen 

 inches long and thirteen inches deep, was caught off Great Yarmouth 

 in the first week of October, and was for some days exposed to view 

 at the shop of Mr. Groves, the fishmonger of Bond St., London, 5. 

 The oblong Sun-fish, (Orthagoriscus oblongus, Schneid). Mr. L. L. 



* Box vel Boops, Bellonius de Aquat. 230. De Boope, Rondeletius, Latin edition, 

 136. De la Bogue, Rond. French edit. 123. Boops Rondeletii primus. Will. Hist. 

 Pise. 317, tab. U, 8. f. 1. Bogue, Duhamel, part ii. sect. 4, pi. 6, f. 4, Box vulgaris^ 

 Le Bogue commun, Cuvier et Valenciennes, Hist, des Poiss. vi. 348, pi. 161. 



