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Show 18/9.] OF WESTON-SUPER-MARE. 763 channel off Weston in 1871, while apparently lying asleep surface of the water, the fishermen being able to row up to it. A cast was taken by Mr. Mable. The skull was also preserved; the teeth are large, lanceolate, and have a well-developed cusp on either side of their base. SCYLLIUM CANICULA, Linn. The Lesser Spotted Dogfish. ACANTHIAS VULGARIS, RisSO. These fishes are neither uncommon, especially during the Sprat season. RAJA CLAVATA, Linn. The Thornback RAJA BATIS, Linn. The Common Skate. These are both found at Weston, but usually as immature examples. PETROMYZON MARINUS, Linn. The Lamprey or Sea Lamprey. P. FLUVIATILIS. The River-Lamprey or Lampern. Both are taken at Weston. P. BRANCHIALIS, Linn. Small Lamprey. Has likewise been recorded from Somersetshire by Baker. EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. PLATE LXI. Pleuronectes elongatus, p. 755, PLATE LXII. Fig. 1. Clupea pilchardus, p. 759. 1 a. Stomach and caecal appendages of ditto. 2. Clupea sprattus, p. 760. 2a. Air-bladder, stomach, and csecal appendages of ditto. December 16, 1879. Prof. Flower, LL.D., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. The Secretary read the following report on the additions to Society's Menagerie during the month of November 1879 :- The total number of registered additions to the Society's Menagerie during the month of November was 63, of which 4 were by birth, 16 by presentation, 22 by purchase, 13 were received on deposit, and 8 by exchange. The total number of departures during the same period, by death and removals, was 74. The most noticeable addition during the month of November was as follows:- A fine example of the King Penguin (Aptenodytes pennanti), |