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The fish attains a weight of three and a-half pounds, and a fat one yields about three quarters of a pound of oil, which the natives use for greasing their heads and persons. This fish runs up the rivers during the floods, and so becomes very fat. In summer it retires to the ocean. Caught in September, 1841. No. 47. LABRUS LATICLAVIUS. Richardson, Zool. Trans. 3. p. 139.
On the battles of seals, see Capt. C. Abbott in 'Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 191; Mr. R. Brown, ibid. 1868, p. 436; also L. Lloyd, 'Game Birds of Sweden, 1867, p. 412; also Pennant. On the sperm-whale see Mr. J.H. Thompson, in 'Proc. Zool. All male animals which are furnished with special weapons for fighting, are well known to engage in fierce battles.
It is free to introduce its sting into any part of the body, and yet with extreme certainty it strikes the two ganglions already mentioned. "Étude sur l'Instinct et les Metamorphoses des Sphégiens," Ann. Sc. Nat., iv. Série, t. 6, 1856. P. Marchal, "Observations sur l'Ammophila affinis," Arch. de Zool. expér. et génér., ii. Série, t. 10, 1892.
It has been positively asserted by good observers that spiders are attracted by music. It is also well known that some dogs howl when hearing particular tones. Several accounts have been published to this effect. Mr. Peach writes to me that an old dog of his howls when B flat is sounded on the flute, and to no other note. Mr. R. Brown, in 'Proc. Zool.
Blyth, the mature male of the beautifully coloured and spotted axis deer is considerably darker than the female: and this hue the castrated male never acquires. The last Order which we need consider is that of the Primates. The male of the Lemur macaco is generally coal-black, whilst the female is brown. Sclater, 'Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866, p. i.
Native name KARRACK. Colour, a rich dragon's blood, or mahogany; found by a Danish boatman, named Byornsan, 80 miles off the east coast from King George's Sound, December 11th, 1841. Anal rays imperfectly counted, and there is a typographical error in the Zool. of Ereb. and Terr. The true numbers of the rays follow: B. 6; D. 24-16; A. 11-5; C. 10; P. 8. No. 53.
Another observer, Paul Marchal, took up this question afresh, and the results which he obtained seemed to indicate an instinct much less firm than earlier studies tended to show. "Histoire des Cerceris," Ann. Sc. Nat., ii. Série, t. xv., 1841, pp. 353-370. Arch. de Zool. exp., 1887. Genera less skilful in the art of paralysing victims.
But fortunately for the fishermen, who sometimes find them unexpectedly among the contents of their nets, sea-snakes are unable, like other venomous serpents, to open the jaws widely, and in reality they rarely inflict a wound. Dr. Cantor believes, that, they are blinded by the light when removed from their own element; and he adds that they become sluggish and speedily die. Zool. Mal.
In an allied bird, the Penelope nigra, Mr. Salvin observed a male, which, whilst it flew downwards "with outstretched wings, gave forth a kind of crashing rushing noise," like the falling of a tree. Mr. Salvin, in 'Proceedings, Zoological Society, 1867, p. 160. Gould, 'Introduction to the Trochilidae, 1861, p. 49. Salvin that the noise was intentionally made. Sclater, in 'Proc. Zool.
So it is with a thin horny crest on the beak of one of the pelicans, P. erythrorhynchus; for, after the breeding- season, these horny crests are shed, like horns from the heads of stags, and the shore of an island in a lake in Nevada was found covered with these curious exuviae. Mr. D.G. Elliot, in 'Proc. Zool.
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