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FAUNTSTIC NOTES. 
The Atherine, Atherina presbyter , Cuv. As lias been stated on 
page 9 this species was obtained on December 2nd near the 
mouth of the Tyne by the “Evadne.” It has not before been 
recorded for the North-East Coast. It has been found in the Firth 
of Forth ; and I am obliged to Mr. W. H. Young for bringing to 
my notice the Yorkshire records in the “ Naturalist ” of March, 
1910. A.M. 
The Northern Catfish, Anarrhichas latifrons. This species was 
recorded by E. L. Gill in the Report for 1906. It was obtained in 
July of that year, 15 miles E.N.E of the Tyne. A second example 
was captured this year by the trawler “Craigellachie,” 15 miles N.E. 
by E. of the Tyne, and was sent to the Laboratory by Mr. T. Dunn 
(whom we have to thank for many interesting specimens) on June 
13th. It was a female measuring 4 feet 2£ ins. The skeleton of 
the head lias been prepared by Mr. Storrow. A.M. 
Ommastrephes todarus. A fine specimen was found dead on 
Whitley sands in May, 1909. This squid has been previously 
found in the district, and is given as “fairly rare” by Alder, Moll. 
Northumberland, p. 15. B.S. 
Lumpenus lampetriformis. As was suggested by Professor Meek 
when this species was recorded for the district, it has since been 
found to be fairly common. It is not infrequently found, together 
with the 5-bearded rockling, in baskets of Nephrops on North 
Shields Fish Quay. B.S. 
