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“ The pectorals were black above and below ; and a few grey 
markings, which maintained a uniform width of about G inches, 
extended beneath them over the white undersurface of the body, 
till at the anus the dark grey colour of the sides curved downwards 
and narrowed the white to less than half its width. Behind the 
anus there was a patch of light brown about 6 inches long, suc- 
ceeded by black as described above.” — P. Z. S. 1876, p. G88. 
Dr. Cunningham also records in the same volume pp. G79 — 
G8G, the occurrence in September, 1875, of a female of this 
species — also a young one — taken off Great Grimsby. Both speci- 
mens are figured on the same plate, and differ considerably from 
each other in outline and coloration ; they both differ, however, 
still more from Mr. Brightwell’s figuro in the ‘Annals and Maga- 
zine of Natural History’, Yol. XYII., the accuracy of which, 
Dr. Cunningham shows reason to doubt; and institutes a searching 
comparison of the figures given by Brightwell, Van Beneden, and 
himself, from which, and the skeletal peculiarities of the specimens 
where recorded, he arrives at the conclusion, that they are all of 
the same species. Mr. Clark does the same with Mr. Moore’s 
specimen, ‘ Annals and Magazine of Natural History’, series 3, 
Yol. XI. p. 269 (1863), and arrives at the same conclusion. — 
T. Southwell. 
Botany. 
Pyrola minor. — Several specimens of this plant were found at 
Peddam on the day of the Society’s excursion in June last; 
this satisfactorily disposes of the doubt expressed (Trans. 1874 — 5, 
p. 96), as to the occurrence of more than one species of Pyrola 
in the county. — H. D. Geldart. 
Fungi on Whale’s Bones. On the 9th of August, 1875,a young 
whale (Bahrjioptera musculo#, Linn.) was stranded at the mouth of 
the river Ouse. After the blubber had been removed, the bones were 
purchased by the West Norfolk Farmers’ Manure Company, with the 
intention of utilizing them for agricultural purposes. It so hap- 
pened, however, that these bones were too large to be conveniently 
ground in the bone mill, and they have been left in the open air 
until the present time (March, 1877). 
Last summer they were covered by an abundant growth of 
a bright orange Fusarium, which occurred indiscriminately upon 
