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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



Scops gill. Scopoli, Scop's owl ; recorded m Worces- 

 tershire ; taken at Fladbury by Dr. Hastings, 1837. 



JVocliiapasseritia (= carina noctua, Scop.) ; recorded 

 in the county. Yarrell, vol. i. p. 179. 



Asia vulgaris, L., long-eared owl ; specimens not 

 unfrequently taken to bird-stuffers. 



Asia accipitritius. Pall., short-eared owl ; one or 

 two specimens at the bird-stuffer's, taken in the 

 county. 



Accipiter nisiis, L., sparrow hawk ; fairly common. 



Falco tinniinculus, L., kestrel ; common. 



Pandion haliaeius, L., osprey ; not in the county, 

 but a specimen taken in the Severn estuary, autumn, 

 1888, flew into a fishing-boat. 



Ardea cinerea, L., heron ; fairly common. 



Platalea leucorodia, L., spoonbill ; recorded in 

 Yarrell. 



Ansa' cina-eus, Mayer, grey goose ; occasional 

 flocks overhead ; perhaps also the bean goose. 



Querquedula crecca, L., teal ; on the Teme. 

 ■ Mareca penelope, L., wigeon; on the Teme. 



Anas bosckas, L., mallard ; in winter. 



Ttirtur comnnuiis, Selby, turtle dove ; summer 

 visitor at Powick. 



Pheasant, partridge, red-legged partridge (Ever- 

 sham). 



Rallus aquaticus, L., water-rail; difficult bird to 

 see. One single bird over the Gloucestershire border. 



Gallinula chloropus, L., moor-hen ; common. 



Fulica atra, L., Coot ; Westwood Park. 



QLdicnemus scolopax, Gruelin, stone curlew ; re- 

 corded by Mr, E. Blyth, who obtained the young 

 (Yarrell). 



Vanellus vulgaris, Bechs, lapwing ; common. 



Woodcock, snipe, jack snipe. 



Tringa\Temtninckii, Leiol., Temminck's stint ; re- 

 corded in Science-Gossip last February. 



Totauanus hypoleiccos, L., sandpiper ; the Teme in 

 summer. 



Charadrius pluvialis, L., golden plover ; in winter. 



Podiceps Jluviatalis, L. , little grebe ; the Teme. 



Larus canus, L., common gull j the Severn. 



Sterna Jluviatalis, tern ; the Avon, Pershore. 



Sand-grouse ; recorded in SciENCE-GossiP. Four 

 shot in December. 



The writer would be pleased to hear of further 

 records. 



SOME NEW AND LITTLE-KNOWN 

 ROTIFERS. 



By W. Barnett Burn, M.D. 



No. 4. — Philodina Tuberculata. 



THIS rotifer, shown in Fig. 151, is of large size and 

 occurs frequently in pools, yet it is not well 

 known, and I do not think has been figured before. 

 It is curiously like the Rotifer tardus, though in 

 important points so different ; [whereas, though in all 



essential details coming very near Philodina aculeata, 

 in aspect it is quite dissimilar. 



In considering the points of resemblance of this 

 species with Rotifer tardus, we notice the general 

 outline, the brown colour, the deep folds in the body, 

 the proportion of the width of the wheels to the neck, 

 and the habits and movements of both are the same ; 

 also the toes are somewhat alike, but here we come 

 to the distinctive character of Philodina tuberculata ; 

 it differs from all its relatives in its long and slender 

 spurs, and by this alone it may be recognised. 



Fig. 152. — Frontal 

 Column. 



Fig. 151. — Philodina tuberculata. Fig. 153. — Antenna. 



Rotifer tardus approaches nearest to it in this 

 particular, but the spurs are thicker, and the toes 

 longer in proportion to them ; in the former the last 

 joint of the foot comes down over the toes, acting as 

 a sucker, and, in doing so, flattens out, giving the 

 appearance of the animal having four or five tees. 

 Then there is the radical difference of the position of 

 the eyes, being in the rotifer in the frontal column 

 and in the Philodine in the neck ; also, the former has 

 only two teeth each side, the latter has three teeth on 

 one side, if not on both. Sometimes many will be 

 found having only two teeth on one side. I have 

 counted sixty in succession with this peculiarity, and 



