Article III . — Zoological Notes. 59 
III. HYDROZOA. 
Physalia Arethusa, Til. ‘‘Portuguese Man-of-War.” 
An entirely unexpected addition to our fauna. Dr. J. W. 
Fewkes, of Boston, who spent August and September of 1889 
in study at Grand Manan, saw several specimens of this well- 
known southern jelly-fish “inside the Kipplings ” near 
Grand Manan. He heard also of others seen by the fishermen, 
which, together with those he himself saw, made ten speci- 
mens in all. Physalia is common in the Gulf Stream, and is 
often blown on the south coast of New England, but its oc- 
currence in our icy waters must be very rare. i^American 
Naturalist, Vol. XXIIL, p. 821). 
It has been seen, however, still farther north — on the 
coast of Newfoundland. Eev. Philip Tocque (“Newfound- 
land,” 1878) tells us: “The Portuguese men-of-war {Physa- 
lia) are sometimes seen on the coast;” the same writer in 
another work (“ Solitary Thoughts ”) again mentions its 
presence in Newfoundland in a way which convinces us that 
he was not mistaken as to its identity. The Gulf Stream 
passes over a part of the Grand Bank, bringing these animals 
quite near Newfoundland, and southeasterly winds might 
drive them on the coast. 
Corymorpha pendula, Ag. 
This common tubularian hydroid was found by the writer 
in September, 1889, in a rather remarkable position. At a 
very low tide, great clusters of the species were found cling- 
ing to the woodwork of a weir on Eodger’s Island, Oak Bay, 
Charlotte County. The tide had left some of them four or 
five feet above the water, and a collapsed and sorry-looking 
lot they were. They were exceedingly abundant, the posts in 
places appearing quite red over large patches. 
