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264. Ag. fascicularis, Hads. Old stumps. Very common. 
Oct. Edgbaston. With., 268. Warwick, Perceval, 
Crackley Wood! Russell, Illustr. Ansty, Adams. Sutton 
Park; Colesliill Pool; Middleton; Kingsbury Wood, etc. 
265. Ag lacrymabundus, Fr. Stumps, and on the ground. 
Oct. Footposts, Station Road, Kenilworth, Russell, 
Illustr. On banks, near Cut Throat Wood, Solihull; 
Alveston Pastures ; near Stratford-on-Avon. 
266. Ag. velutinus, Revs. On stumps. Aug.-Oct. Dale 
House Lane and Crackley Lane, Kenilworth, Russell, 
Ilustr. Fields, Ansty, Adams. Trickley Coppice; 
New Park ; Marston Green; Olton ; Packington Park ; 
Langley. 
267. Ag. Candolleanus, Fr. On stumps. Sept.-Oct. Shilton, 
near Coventry, Adams. Knowie, Hatches! Tricklev 
Coppice; Shawberry Wood, Shustoke ; Solihull; Alves¬ 
ton Pastures ; Langley. 
268. Ag. appendiculatus, Bull. Stumps, etc. Oct. Cherry 
Orchard, Edgbaston, With., 282. Oversley; Wixford, 
Purt., iii., 280. Red Lane, Kenilworth, Russell, Illustr. 
The Fields, Combe, Adams. Aston Park ; Sutton Park; 
New Park, Middleton ; Bretnal Wood, near Atherstone; 
Packington Park ; Penns ; Shustoke, etc. 
269. Ag. egenulus, B. and Br. Amongst grass. Oct. Spin¬ 
ney, near Newbold-on-Avon, Adams. 
270. Ag. hydrophilus, Bull. Ag. piluliformis, Purt. In 
woods. Sept.-Oct. Ragley Wood, Purt., iii., 234. 
Hopsford, near Brinklow, Adams. New Park. Middle- 
ton ; Sutton Park ; Trickley Coppice ; Corley; Shirley.” 
I agree with those who consider Ag. piluliformis to be 
the young state of this species.”—W. B. G. 
(To be continued. 
THE FIN WHALE FISHERY IN NORTH LAPLAND.* 
BY H. BALFOUR, M.A., F.Z.S. 
(Concluded from page 202.) 
First of all let me say that the methods adopted in the 
Finmarken fishery differ markedly from those of the 
Greenland and South Sea whalers. The Greenland Whale is 
searched for in large wooden sailing vessels, mostly barques 
of 400 to 500 tons gross, built for heavy ice work, with 
auxiliary steam power. When a whale is sighted close at 
hand, boats are launched, and the whale is harpooned from 
