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DOTTEREL. Charadrius Morinellus. Yar. Brit. B., 

 vol. 2, p. 392. 



SPOTTED REDSHANK. Totanus Fuscus. Yar. Brit. 



B., vol. 2, p. 520. Reported by Mr. Rodd. 

 WOOD SANDPIPER. T. Glareola. Yar. Brit. B., vol. 



2, p. 534. Reported by Mr. Rodd. 

 PECTORAL SANDPIPER. Tringa Pectoralis. Yar. 



Brit. B., vol. 2, p. 654. By Mr. Mitchell. 

 EIDER DUCK. Anas Mollissima. A female shot on the 



Looe River, Christmas, 1839. 

 LONGTAILED DUCK. Harelda Glacialis. A female 



taken at Penzance, by Mr. Mitchell. West Briton, April, 



1840. 



ICELAND GULL. Larus Islandicus. Obtained at Hayle 

 in 1840. 



WILSON'S PETREL. Procellaria Wilsoni. An ac- 

 count of the first specimen of this bird taken in the 

 British Islands, and which came into my possession, was 

 communicated to the Linnean society ; and is published in 

 the 18th voL, of its Transactions, p. 688. The specimen 

 itself has been submitted to Mr. Yarrell's inspection. 

 The number of Fishes reported in the Cornish Fauna 



amounts to 167 species: to which the following are now to 



be added : 



LITTLE WIEVER. Trachinus Vipera. Yar. Brit. F., 

 vol. 1, p. 25. 



MALARMATE. Peristedion Malarmat. Yar. Brit. F. 

 Sup., p. 10. I am informed by Mr. Peach that two spe- 

 cimens were caught near Gorran, in 1838. 



PALM CRESTED BLENNY. Blennius Palmicornis. 

 Yar. Brit. F., vol. 1, p. 283. B. Yarreliii, Valenciennes, 

 and of the 2nd edition of Mr. Yarrell's Brit. Fishes. 

 The specimen, the only one I have seen, measured 7\ 

 inches in length, and has been sent by me to the British 

 Museum. 



POUTASSOU WHITING. Merlangus Poutassou, Risso, 

 Ichth. de Nice, p. 115. This, the Whiting of the Medi- 

 terranean, and very different from the Whiting of our 

 coast, was taken at Polperro, in May 1840. A figure and 

 detailed description will appear in the second edition of 

 Mr. Yarrell's History of British Fishes. 



STRAIGHT NOSED PIPEFISH. Syngnathus Ophidion. 

 Yar. Brit. F. Sup., p. 47. 



The actions of the Syngnathidae are so rarely observed, 

 that it may be interesting to record the following, of the 

 Snake Pipefish: Syngnathus Ophidion. Yar. Brit. F., 

 vol. 2, p. 338 : in future to be termed S. Anguineus, to 

 avoid confounding it with tiie Straight Nosed Pipefish. 

 Throughout the whole of the summer of 1841, Snake Pipe- 



