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Rh Note on Birds in June. Some few of the waders—such as the sanderling, bartailed godwit, knot, &c.—remain on our shores up to this time, and their summer plumage is now perfect: a few of them only breed in this country, by far the greater part repairing to the arctic regions for that purpose.—Van Voorst's Naturalists Almanack for 1843.

The Boar-fish (Capros Aper).

Thinking that some account of a rare fish that was found on our coast would be interesting to the readers of 'The Zoologist,' I send the following brief notice. On the 6th of March, 1842, a fish, 6½ inches in length and 3 inches in width, of most brilliant colours, was picked up by a fisherman. It was alive when found: the colours were bright orange and lake. The fish was taken by the person who picked it up, to Mr. Griffins, the principal fishmonger of this place; he took it to the Pavilion, where it was presented to Her Majesty. It was immediately recognized by His Royal Highness Prince Albert (the Prince being a good naturalist) as the boar or hog fish of the ancients, a species very scarce on the British coasts. His Royal Highness, wishing to have it preserved, sent it here; as it was for Her Majesty, it gave me great pleasure that I succeeded so well, both in preserving the colours and in showing the peculiarity of the mouth, which the