116 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Marked Birds. —In the next number of our ' Annals of Scottish 

 Natural History' (April) will appear a long list of numbers, which are 

 those of soft zinc labels, which are attached to the left legs (for the 

 most part) of Starlings, which have been caught, marked, and 

 liberated during December, January, and up to the date of February 

 10th, 1907. I would be obliged by your giving this information a 

 place in « The Zoologist,' so that, should it meet the eye of any 

 ornithologist, or other of your readers, who may succeed in re- 

 capturing any of the marked birds, the history of such may be traced 

 — in part at least — since the date of their release in each case. I 

 have sent a similar note of the facts to the ' Field.' — J. A. Harvie- 

 Brown (Dunipace, Larbert). 



PISCES. 



Four-horned Cottus at Yarmouth. — For the first time, after many 

 years' seeking, I saw a locally-taken Cottus quadricomis, a shrimper 

 bringing me no fewer than three examples on March 3rd. They were 

 all of tolerable size, the largest measuring 8| in. The ground colour was 

 grey-brown, with lighter blotches on the upper surface, and an inclina- 

 tion to spottiness on the under parts, the lower part of the gill-covers 

 being strikingly spotted with white. The eye, fresh as in life, was 

 beautifully freckled with red. Considering the species is new to the 

 county of Norfolk, three specimens coming in at one time is interest- 

 ing. The head of one fish, which had been gutted for some reason by 

 the shrimper, I forwarded to Mr. T. Southwell, who confirms my 

 finding. One of the perfect specimens will go to the Norwich Museum, 

 the other will be located in the Tolhouse Museum at Yarmouth. Along 

 with Cottus, the shrimper also left me five examples of the Deep-nosed 

 Pipe-fish (Siphonostoma typhle), a rather unusual number to be taken 

 at one time. — Arthur H. Patterson (Ibis House, Great Yarmouth). 



Fauna of North Wales. — This important work, on which I have 

 been engaged for the last seven years, is nearing completion, and will 

 shortly be published. I shall be glad to receive notes from observers 

 who have not yet contributed to the work, so that they may be incor- 

 porated before drafting for the press. The area dealt with includes 

 the six counties — Anglesey, Carnarvon, Denbigh, Flint, Merioneth, 

 and Montgomery — and the entire estuaries of the Dee and Dovey. 

 The mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes (marine and fresh- 

 water) are included, as well as the birds. — H. E. Forrest (Hillside, 

 Bayston Hill, Shrewsbury). 



