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with short, and rather thick colourless spines, set not very near 

 together. The description of the mite is very like that of 

 •Ottonia cvansii, but the crista differs from the crista of that 

 mite, in not possessing a capitulum ; and in the difficulty of 

 making out its commencement and termination, as will be 

 seen by examining Mr. Soar's enlarged figure. It is unlike 

 any other crista I have yet met with. I was unable to dissect 

 it for want of another specimen. The eyes are situated on the 

 dorsum of the cephalothorax on either side ; each has two 

 ■ocelli. The genital aperture is not particularly remarkable, 

 vand contains the usual three copulatory discs on each side. 



Xatiirc (Xo. 2202) contains an excellent portrait of Sir William Kamsay, 

 K.C.B., and a biography. 



We learn from some ' Natnre Notes ' that a white rabbit at Redcar 

 takes a morning dip in the sea. 



And The Animal's Friend gives an illustration of a tame goose that 

 followed a man about at Bridlington. We now wait for Filey's record. 



An admirable article on ' Woodland Barbarities : the ways of the 

 Trapper and Snarer," appears in The Animal World for February, and 

 is well illustrated. 



In the Geological Magazine, No. 570, Mr. M. A. C. Hinton has an 

 interesting paper on Fossil Shrews, and Dr. F. A. Bather w-ritcs on tapper 

 Cretaceous Terebelloids from England. 



There is an interesting paper on ' The Prehistoric Origin of the Common 

 Fowl,' by F. J. Stubbs and A. J. Rowe, in The Zoologist, No. 847 ; but we 

 fear the theories put forward will not find general acceptance. 



We learn from The [Sunderland] Library Circular that a Sunderland 

 Naturalists' Association has been formed, and already over 100 memliers 

 have been enrolled. Miss N. March, B.Sc, is the Hon. Secretary. 



Mr. J. W. Jackson favours us with a copy of his ' Further Report on 

 the Explorations at Dog Holes,' etc. (Trans. Lanes, and Cheshire Antiq. 

 Soc, Vol. XXVin., 191 1, 25 pp.). .\mongst the illustrations are some 

 Roman bronze scales, the beam being ver\' similar to an example found 

 at South Ferriby. 



Another ' new British Bird ' is recorded in British Birds for January. 

 It is the North Anierican Peregrine, which was shot at Humberstone on 

 the Lincolnshire coast on September 28th, 1910. In the same journal the 

 Editor protests against the introduction of Nuthatches and Marsh Tits 

 into Ireland, but the protest is quite a mild one. 



There is a note of interest to bibliographers in The Entomologist, for 

 January, 1912. Vol. I, No. i of that journal was issued on November ist, 

 1840 ; and No. 26, concluding the volume, in December, 1842. In 1843, 

 and for some 20 years afterwards, the journal was merged in The Zoologist ; 

 but in May, 1864, it was revived, and has since appeared monthly. The 

 lirst volumes each covered two years. 



The parts of The Micrologist before us are well illustrated, and besides 

 containing articles on general microscopic Avork, include papers on 'The 

 Polyzoa, ' by H. E. Hurrell ; ' Fresh W'ater Alga-,' by C. Turner ; ' Proto- 

 zoa,' by Abraham Flatters; ' The Amoeba,' by G. A. McKechnie, etc. The 

 n^agazine is issued quarterly (is. 6d.) by 5lessrs. Flatters, Milborne tV 

 McKechnie, Ltd., Manchester, and will be found exceedingly u.seful to the 

 practical microscopist. 



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