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been particularly directed to this department, otherwise, I have no doubt, the 

 list would be considerably extended. Nomenclature according to Dr. Hassall. 



Vaucheria dichotoma. 

 Lcniania fluviatilis. 

 Chaotophora elegans. 

 Draparnaldia glomerata. 

 Batrachospermum moniliforme. 



" atrum. 



Zygnema rivalare. 

 " pellucid um. 

 With some other species. 

 Chara vulgaris. 

 Mesocarpus. 

 Staarocarpus. 

 Vesiculifera, several. 



Of Desmids I may note 

 Glaeoprium dissiliens. 

 Desmidium Borrerii. 



Londonderry, May Wtli., 1854. 



Closterium Dianas. 

 Cosmarium margaritiferum. 



" Botrytis. 

 Trogonocystis mucronata. 

 '^ orbicularis. 



Staarastrum tetraceum. 

 Closterium Grenbergii. 



'^ moniliferura. 



^^ striolatum. 



" setaceum. 



Mlcrasterius rotata. 

 Euastrum didelta. * 



^^ affine. 



Also a considerable number of species 

 of Diatomaccae. 



BliHnllnuBnns Jintiai 



Hybrid between Anscr Leucopsis and Anscr Canaflensis. — I have to bring before the readera 

 of "The Naturalist," should you think this worth insertion, the occurrence of a hybrid between 

 Anser Leucopsis, (Yarrell,) and A. Canadensis. I had the pleasure of seeing the bird several 

 times myself, whilst on a visit at a gentleman's estate in Sussex. In this instance, as in 

 that so pleasantly told by Waterton, the worthy pair are "Mopsus and Nisa," while their 

 offspring, now full-grown, is half-way between the two, having considerablj' outstripped its 

 sire, but not attained to the maternal stature and portliness. The bird in question so 

 completely resembles the one described by that "entertaining naturalist," that it would be 

 presumption in me to attempt to add anything. I would only observe that the principal 

 differences observable between the three birds, are, firstlj', the amount of white on the head; 

 secondlj', the prevailing colour of the plumage— in the Bernacle, bluish gray and white, in 

 the Canada, a more sepia-ooloured ash, and in the hybrid, a mixture of the two; and thirdly, 

 the colour of the breast, the black of which, in the hybrid, instead of being continued towards 

 the lower part of the body, as in the Bernacle, or terminating in a ring round the neck, as 

 in the Canada, is gradually shaded off to a dusky white. The bird is not so handsome as its 

 mother, nor so smart as its father, and is therefore, in my opinion, less ornamental than either. 

 — Alexander D. Mather, Northampton House, Camberwell, August 24th., IS'Si. 



Red-necked Fhalarope, (Phalaropus hyperboreus.) — A fine specimen of this very rare bird was 

 shot at "Wilberfoss, near York, on the 2nd. of June, in full summer dress. It was swimming 

 in a pond near a house, along with some tame Ducks. It came into my possession. — David 

 Graham, York, June 21st., 1854. 



Tufted Buck, (Fuligula cristata,) breeding in England.— 1 received the eggs of this Duck 

 from F. J. Foljambe, Esq., of Osberton Hall, for the purpose of blowing them: he found the 

 nest near that place. The nest was arched over, so that there was only room for the bird to 

 pass in and out. The eggs were seven in number, of a dark olive-colour, and very thick at 

 the broad end. This is the first instance of this bird breeding in England.— Idem. 



