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Devon; Bettwys-y-coed, N. Wales; Clare Island district and 

 Kerry, Ireland. It was found at Stranraer (Wigtownshire) by J. 

 M. Brown (1) (2). 



First described by Leidy from the United States, but it is not at 

 all common there. I found only a few specimens in numerous 

 gatherings of sphagnum from New Jersey and Long Island, N.Y. 



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2. Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1911, "A Contribution to our Knowledge of 



the Freshwater Rhizopoda and Heliozoa of Scotland." 



3. CASH, J., and J. HopkinSON.— Ray Soc., 1905 and 1908, "The British 



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NOTES. 



The presence of Functional Teeth in the Upper Jaw of 

 the Sperm Whale. — It seems to be generally agreed that one of 

 the characteristics of the Family Physeteridae is the presence of 

 functional teeth only in the lower jaw, and "the total absence of 

 any functional teeth in the upper jaw," but it is well known that 

 in the latter there occur teeth embedded in the gums which do not 

 reach the surface. During the whaling season of 191 1 nineteen 

 Sperm Whales {Physeter macrocephalus), all of them bulls, were 

 captured by the Bunaveneader Whaling Company, in the 

 vicinity of Rockall. While on a short visit to Bunaveneader in 

 September, I had the opportunity of examining six of these 

 specimens at the whaling station, and in one I was surprised to 



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