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“‘ Leprechaun,” bred by him, was taken to the neighbourhood of Fort 
Calgary, to hunt the Wolves of that district, which were destroying calves 
and foals. The ranchman who took out his “‘ Lep.” also took with him two 
others, ‘‘ Patrick” and “ Sheelah.” They killed forty Coyotes the first 
winter, 1888-89, and he wrote an account of a run they had with a big 
Grey Wolf. The Coyote is about the size of a Collie; the Grey Wolf may 
be anything, from that of a Stag-hound toa Boar-hound. His informant 
said that “ Lep.” ran into the Grey Wolf first and the pair rolled over ; 
they sprang to their feet and stood up on their hind legs, tearing at each 
other, and trying to beat each other down with their fore feet. It was a 
terrific battle, and twice “‘ Lep.” threw the Wolf, and twice the Wolf got 
away only to be collared again. Then “ Paddy” and “ Sheelah” came up 
and joined in, and the three finished him off. The American Wolf is 
undeniably a very formidable foe, but that time he met his match. 
At a January meeting of the Zoological Society of London, the 
Secretary exhibited, on ‘behalf of Professor Collett, a specimen of a sup- 
posed hybrid between the Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) and the Redwing 
(T’. tliacus). 
We have received the Annual Report (1896-97) of the Curator—Prof. 
Alex. Agassiz—of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard 
College. We learn some particulars as to the official arrangements made 
by Prof. Agassiz for his expedition during this winter to the Fiji Islands, 
for the purpose of studying the coral reefs of that group. He was to be 
accompanied by Dr. Woodworth and Dr. Mayer, as assistants. 
_ “ The steamer ‘ Yaralla’ has been chartered in Sydney for the expedi- 
tion, and she is to meet us at Suva late in October. The outfit for the 
expedition has been shipped to Sydney to be placed on board the steamer 
we have chartered. In addition to the usual apparatus, for photographic 
purposes, for sounding and dredging, and for pelagic work, we take a 
diamond-drill outfit, and hope to find a suitable locality for boring on the 
rim of one of the atolls of the Fijis. The boring machinery will be in 
charge of an expert sent by the Sullivan Machine Company from whom 
this machinery was obtained. The Directors of the Bache Fund have made 
a large grant toward the expenses of this boring experiment. 
**T am also indebted to Professor Brandt, of Kiel, for superintending for 
me the construction of a deep-sea self-closing tow-net, such as was used in 
the ‘ National’ Expedition. Dr. Richard, of Paris, sent me a modified 
Giesbrecht net, such as is used by the Prince of Monaco on the ‘ Princess 
Alice,’ and Dr. A. Dohrn kindly deputed Dr. Giesbrecht to send me one 
