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PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE FRESH 

 WATER SPONGES OF OHIO. 



D. S. KELLICOTT. 



After describing the generic and specific characters in 

 general, a list, with localities, was given as follows : 



1. Spotigilla laaistris^ Linn, 



Delhi, September, 1887, G. B. Twitchell. 



2. " fragilis^ Leidy, 



Columbus, 1888, to the present. 

 Sandusky, July, 1896. 



3. luhclla fennsylvanica^ Potts, 



Columbus, October, 1888. 



4. Meyenia jluviatilis^ Auct, 



Columbus, since 1888. 

 Sandusky, July, 1896. 



5. " crater if ormis^ Potts, 



Columbus, October, 1888. 



6. " leidyi^ Bowerbank, 



Delhi, September, 1887, G. B. Twitchell. 



7. Hcteromcyenia radiospicidata^ Mills. 



Delhi, 1887, G. B. Twitchell. 



8. Carterius tubisperma, Mills, Columbus, since 1888. 



9. " tenospcrma^ Potts, Columbus, 1888. 

 10. " latitcnta^ Potts, Columbus, \\ 



A BIRD NEW TO OHIO. 



E. L. MOSELEY. 



Two specimens of Briinnich's Murre, Uria lomvia^ were 

 shot at Put-in- Bay December 19, 1896, and two the same 

 day east of Sandusky. Three of them, all immature, were 

 preserved. 



