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now received from the same source—the ‘ Proceedings’ of the Linnean 
Society of New York—a paper on “ The Fishes of the Fresh and Brackish 
Waters in the Vicinity of New York City,” written by Mr.-Eugene Smith. 
The area included “ embraces most of the territory immediately tributary _ 
to New York Harbour taken in its largest sense.” The summary is as 
follows :—‘‘ Native fresh-water species known, 24; introduced species, 11; 
brackish water and anadromous species, 26. Total, 61. Adding thereto 
the probably occurring native species (12) gives a total of about 73, belonging 
to 54 genera and 24 families. This shows that while the number of species 
is not large, the families are well represented.” Of introduced species, the 
Carp (Cyprinus carpio), Gold-fish (Carassius auratus), and the Brown Trout 
(Salmo fario) are of Kurasian origin. The Quinnat Salmon (Oncorhynchus 
tschawytscha), from the Pacific coast, seems not to have become established. 
In the official ‘ Wealth and Progress of New South Wales,’ recently 
issued by the Agent-General, some interesting facts are available concerning 
the treatment of noxious animals in that colony. For the destruction of 
these, other than Rabbits, the amount paid by stock-owners in 1896 was 
£35,934. The numbers and animals for the year were :— 
KKAngar0es .....0casccn ene 80,639 | Native Dogs  ........s080 /18,188 
W allabie® <ssci se cvsucees 655,309 | Opossums: 02.0.0 ses nee 7,142 
Kangaroo Rats ......... 160,808 | Eagle Hawks ............ 8,810 
WV oraate aoe caves cecekas LID CLOWS: seccsnceteeeaseeenee 48,308 
Bandicootsy 6. sibeceee 15809 | Himes s..bsecc$s eee 4,050 
Pademelons: «.i<s..% sa: BL. 791) MOxeS | sk ue peeeceeeeeee 66 
Wale (Pigs. ns emakt tenes 23,000 | Flying Foxes ............ 3,591 
HEAT Om iS re, cae tnaa tn es 551,548 | 
The loss of stock from uative Dogs is reported to have been 195,455 Sheep, 
valued at £35,670; while the loss from tame Dogs is returned as 62,135 
Sheep, valued at £12,196. | 
Tue Scarborough Field Naturalists’ Society have issued ‘ Natural 
History Records of the Scarborough District. Part I. Vertebrata (not 
including the Fishes).’ This catalogue enumerates the Mammals, Birds, 
Reptiles, and Amphibians. The preface is by the members of the Verte- 
brate Sub-Committee, who state that ‘‘ every care has been taken to make 
the list as complete as possible from the data available, whilst equal care 
has been exercised to exclude doubtful records. Many species have been 
omitted, the evidence of their occurrence not being considered sufficiently 
trustworthy.” 
The area defined is as follows:—‘* The extreme coast limits are Flam- 
borough Head and Whitby (south of the Esk). The inland boundary 
