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recent skeleton in the British Museum. The ulna calls for 

 no remark. 



* Fowl. — A right tibia belongs to a species of fowl of some- 

 what larger size than the wild Asiatic Gallus sonnerati. Since 

 there is no evidence of the former existence of any wild Gallus 

 in England, it appears probable that the specimen belonged to 

 a domesticated race. This bone is peculiar in having a distinct 

 tubercle on the outer side of the bridge over the groove for the 

 exterior tendons, the Gallinse generally showing no trace of 

 this tubercle, although it is always more or less marked in 

 fowls. 



' Goose. — The remains referable to Geese are seven in number, 

 and belong to three immature individuals. Five of them are 

 tibiae, all of which have lost the epiphysis, and all but the 

 astragalus at the lower end. Two of them are pairs. The other 

 bones are a pair of tarso-metatarsi, belonging to the same birds 

 as one of the pair of tibia. Since the tibia to which the astra- 

 galus still remains attached is larger than the corresponding 

 bone of the skeleton of a Grey Lag Goose (Anser ferus) in the 

 British Museum, I am disposed to consider that the Kendal 

 bones are referable to a domesticated race. — R. Lydekker.' 



MR. FRANCIS NICHOLSON, F.Z.S., ON THE 

 PINE MARTEN. 



Martes sylvestris, Nilss. 



The interest attaching to this animal as a native of Lakeland 

 is of such a special character that an apology is hardly needed 

 for inserting here a valuable communication sent to me by Mr. 

 Nicholson. It is only fair to say that Mr. Nicholson's remarks 

 were forwarded to supplement the article upon this species 

 furnished in the body of the work (pp. 17-26). 



' The Marten,' writes Mr. Nicholson, ' is found on all the hills 

 round Keswick, and I never pass over certain parts without 

 seeing " Fox Cork " and " Mart Cork." I have been in at the 

 death of several Marts. A few years ago a lad caught two 



