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III. PISCES. 
StiUAi.us Borealis :— Greenland Shark. 
Tliis shark grows to the length of twelve or sixteen 
feet, or more, and is remarkable for a vermiform appen¬ 
dage to each of its eyes, alhxed to the edge of the iris. It 
is a recent species, first described in the Account of the 
Arctic Regions, Vol. I. p. 538. 
Gad os Carbonarius (?):— Coal-Fish. 
The remains of some fishes, supposed to be of this 
species, were found by my father in the stomach of a nar- 
wal, killed within sight of the coast of Greenland. 
Raia Batis :— Skate. Found almost entire, by my fa¬ 
ther, in the stomach of a narwal. 
Fleuronectes -?—The remains of a fish of this ge¬ 
nus was likewise found by my father, in the same nar¬ 
wal that afforded the last. 
IV. MOLLUSCA. 
Clio Helicina :— Sea Snail. Very numerous in some 
parts of the Greenland Sea near the shore. 
Clio Borealis:—Seen in vast cpiantities near the coast of 
Greenland. 
Sepia.-- ? CuiUe-Fish. Frequently found in the sto¬ 
mach of the narwal, of which animal it seems to consti¬ 
tute the most general food. 
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V. INSECTA. 
1. Paiui.io Falsetto (Linn.) La Solitaire of the French. 
Tills butterfly was brought from Jameson’s Land. It 
