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ordinary kind, an extra chela growing as it were distinctly out 

 from the claw between the fixed and free- working points, ending in a 

 V-sbaped extremity. The Lobster was an adult specimen, and had 

 not recently cast its " shell," as may be inferred by the presence of 

 numerous acorn barnacles comfortably affixed to the claw. I might 

 add that this species is now being largely brought into this port by 

 trawlers from the vicinity of the Dogger Bank and " the other side " ; 

 certainly tons have been sold here this summer for purposes of 

 food, the public having learned to appreciate its delicacy ; they run 

 from a halfpenny apiece to three-halfpence. When stacked, tier upon 

 tier, on our fishmonger's slabs, their quaint and pretty forms attract 

 the eyes of the passer-by. Eight inches from rostrum to the end of the 

 tail is about the length of a full-grown specimen. It is rare on the 

 eastern seaboard ; I have but one undisputable record of its occurrence 

 in my particular district, but have found it packed in the stomachs of 

 deep-sea Cods. — Arthur H. Patterson (Ibis House, Great Yarmouth). 



Correction of Misprints (Zool. August, 1905, p. 313). — For cairns 

 read caves, last line ; for "different people's " read " different peoples"' ; 

 for " Dalnaglas " read " Dalnaglar," fifth line from foot. — J. A. 

 Harvie-Brown (Dunipace, Larbert, Stirlingshire, N.B.). 



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To the general public the most attractive addition to the Zoological 

 Gardens during August was a female Gorilla, brought from the 

 Gaboon, and deposited by Mr. J. D. Hamlyn. She is probably about 

 five or six years old. She has proved no exception to the rule that 

 these Apes are a source of the greatest anxiety to those who have 

 charge of them, for although apparently healthy and in good condition 

 she refused to feed for the first few days after being placed in the 

 Apes' House, and after a great deal of tempting with all manner of 

 delicacies took at the end of that time nothing more substantial than 

 a few grapes and oranges. By the time these lines appear in print 

 she will be on her way to America, having been bought by the Director 

 of the New York Zoological Gardens. To the collection of Ungulates 

 have been added two young male Red Deer, born in the menagerie ; a 

 pair of Dorcas Gazelles, adult and in perfect condition, deposited by 

 H.M. the Queen, and a young pair of West African Marsh Buck 



