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Note on Birds in June. Some few of the waders — such as tlic saiiderling, bar- 

 lailed godwit, knot, &o. — remain on our shores up to this time, and their summer 

 plumage is now perfect: a few of them only breed in this country, by far the greater 

 part repairing to the arctic regions for that purnose. — Van VoorsCs Naturalists Al- 

 manack for 1843. 



Note on the occurrence of the Boar-fish at Brighton, 

 By Waring Kidd, Esq. 



The Boar-fish {C'apros Aper). 



Thinking that some account of a rare fish that was found on our 

 coast would be interestmg to the readers of ^ The Zoologist,' I send 

 the following brief notice. On the 6tlv of March, 1842, a fish, 6\ 

 inches in length and 3 inches in width, of most brilliant colours, was 

 picked up by a fisherman. It was alive when found: the colours were 

 bright orange and lake. The fish was taken by the person who picked 

 it up, to Mr. Griffins, the principal fishmonger of this place ; he took 

 it to the Pavilion, where it was presented to Her Majesty. It was 

 immediately recognized by His Royal Highness Prince Albert (the 

 Prince being a good naturalist) as the boar or hog fish of the ancients, 

 a species very scarce on the British coasts. His Royal Highness, 

 wishing to have it preserved, sent it here; as it was for Her Majesty, 

 it gave me great pleasure that I succeeded so well, both in preserving 

 the colours and in showing the peculiarity of the mouth, which the 



