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TEE ZOOLOGIST. 



Little Grebe (Podicipes fluviatilis). — On April 23rd I and three 

 friends saw a Dabchick on the larger pond. Returning about an hour 

 and a half later I could find no trace of it. One of my friends told 

 the headkeeper about this, who said it was an extraordinary thing, but 

 for the last three years a Dabchick, presumably the same bird, had 

 been seen on the ponds for an hour or two, sometimes for a day, 

 towards the end of April or the beginning of May. Surely this is 

 curious ! — L. B. Mouritz (6, Esmond Road, Bedford Park, W.). 



CRUSTACEA. 



Remarkable Lobster-claw. — On Aug. 17th a local fish-hawker 

 named Jerrard, who supplies me with many strange fishes and 



crustaceans, brought me a pincer-claw of the Norwegian Lobster 

 (Xephrops norvegicus), locally known as the Norway Shrimp. As will 

 be seen by the photograph, the malformation is of a most extra- 



