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Fawcett : Little Stijit in Durham. 



Fig. I is the dorsal surface ; P^ig. 2 is the ventral surface ; 

 Fig. 3, the fourth and fifth joints of the last leg, highly magnified, 

 to show the process or spur. 



Mr. Soar gives the following measurements : — Length of 

 body, 1*28 mm. ; breadth of body, 0*98 mm. ; length of first 

 leg, o*8o mm. ; second leg, 0*96 mm. ; third leg, i "044 mm. ; 

 fourth leg, i -28 mm. 



Arrhenurus mantonensis n.sp. This mite was taken in 

 August 1902 in the parish of Manton, near Kirton-in-Lindsey. 

 It belongs to Piersig's first division of this family, viz., with 

 a more or less cylindrical tail. The general colour of the body 

 is reddish-brown, the tail part yellowish, the Y-shaped mark a 



pale yellowish-red. The epi- 

 mera are bluish and the legs 

 green ; the eyes crimson. The 

 part distinguishing this mite 

 from others of this division is 

 the end of the tail ; examining 

 the mite on its dorsal aspect 

 this part will be seen to be 

 sloped off^ rather suddenly from 

 above, the end of the tail being 

 nearly square ; in the centre 

 instead of a deep notch is a 

 small spot or papilla ; the 

 outer corners of the tail are nearly square, onlv slightly 

 rounded ; just above the slope are some chitinous portions, 

 arranged in a pyramidal form, and anterior to these is a rounded 

 mound or projection, somewhat nipple like. The palpi and legs 

 are of the normal type, the fourth joint of the last legs are 

 provided with a rather large spur of the usual kind. 



Mr. Soar, who as usual supplied me with the figures, gives 

 the following measurements: — Body length, i "47 mm. ; breadth, 

 0*72 mm. ; length of first leg, o'i2 mm. ; second leg, i'i2 mm.; 

 third leg, i"20 mm. ; fourth leg", i "44 mm. 



Arrheaurus mantonensis n.sp. 



BIRDS. 



Little Stint in Durham. — A specimen of the Little Stint 

 {Tringa iiiiiiiita) was shot on the Wear at Sunderland on 

 15th December 1902. — J. W. Fawcett, Satley, Darlington, 

 1st April 1903. 



Naturalist 



