74 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Canada Goose (Bernicla canadensis). — One at Scalby Ness on May 

 22nd. 



Brent Goose (R. brenta). — One shot in North Bay on May 24th, 

 and brought to me in the flesh. 



Merlin (Falco asalon). — An adult female with the hatching-spot 

 well developed was post-trapped on May 23rd, on the moors near 

 Scarborough. 



Great Skua (Stercorariw catarrhactes). — A specimen was shot near 

 Kobin Hood's Bay on June 29th, and brought to a Scarborough dealer. 



Levantine Shearwater (Pitffinus yelkouamts). — An adult female 

 was shot at Scarborough on Sept. 17th. Another, an immature bird, 

 was killed on the 27th of the same month. Both examples were shot 

 from boats a little distance out at sea, and were brought to me in 

 the flesh. 



Sooty Shearwater (P. grisezis). — A specimen, of which the sex was 

 indistinguishable, was shot from a boat on Oct. 1st. Another, a 

 female, was obtained on Oct. 4th. I had both birds in the flesb. 



Egyptian Goose {Chenalopex agyptiaca). — An immature bird was 

 shot at Hunmanby on Oct. 3rd, and sent to me in the flesh. 



Golden Eagle (Aqirila chrysaetns). — A friend rescued a fine speci- 

 men from the museum of a Sutherlandshire gamekeeper, and sent it 

 to me in the flesh on Nov. 16th. It is now in the Carlisle Museum. 



House-Sparrow (Passer domesticus) . — A dull white variety was seen 

 to fall dead on Nov. 16th, and was brought to me in the flesh. Dis- 

 section showed that it had burst a blood-vessel in the brain. The 

 eyes were black. 



Iceland Gull (Larus leucopterus). — An immature bird in the cream- 

 coloured plumage, seen by myself at Cloughton Wyke on Nov. 27th. 



Pacific Eider (Somateria v-nigrum). — A fine adult male specimen 

 in full plumage was shot in the Orkneys on Dec. 14th, and was sent to 

 me in the flesh. This is, I believe, the first Britisb record for this 

 species. The specimen is now in the Oldbam Museum. 



PISCES. 



Montagu's Sucker (Liparis montagui). — I found two specimens 

 adhering to the under surface of stones near low-water mark in the 

 South Bay on Feb. 24th. On March 6th I found two others in similar 

 situations in the North Bay. 



Hagfish [Myxine glutinosa). — A specimen 17^ in. in length, taken 

 in the trawl in thirty fathoms of water off Scarborough, on April 

 19th. 



