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DISTICHIUM INCLINATUM: AN ADDITION TO 
THE MOSS-FLORA OF ENGLAND. 
Wikio BARNES, 
The Gardens, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, 
HAVE recently had the pleasure of discovering this rare and 
interesting plant in Coatham Marshes, and also in similar situations 
n the Durham side of the Tees estuary at Seaton Snook. It appears 
to have been first found in Britain by Don, on the sands of Barrie, 
Dundee, and the few stations that have since been recorded for its 
occurrence are, without exception, confined to Ireland and Scotland. 
The two present localities afford, therefore, new records for the 
moss-flora of England. Distichium inclinatum Hedw. (= Swartsia 
inclinata Ehrh., Br. Moss-Flora) may be known from its much 
commoner itiey D. capillaceum L. ( = Swartzia montana (Lamk.), 
bracts, and besides the teeth of the peristone are much broader and 
more distinctly articulated than in D. capillaceum L. It was scarcely 
the right time to meet with the fruit in good condition, yet I was 
fortunate enough to gather a tuft with capsules having the peristone 
sufficiently perfect to show this latter character. 
Specimens were sent to Dr. Braithwaite, F.L.S., who kindly 
assures me of its being the true plant. 
Bryum lacustre Brid. and Br. calophyllum R. Br., were also 
found at Seaton Snook, and no doubt the other rare species already 
noted to occur at Coatham will be met with also on the Durham 
side of the Tees estuary. 
NOTES—ORNITHOLOG Y. 
Tufted Duck in Notts.—On May 6th last there were about forty gone 
ks (/uligula cristata) visible from the bridge on Clumber Lak 
think that they had begun nesting operations, as they were swimming in “airs 
about the ae t. the water.—LEONARD Burrress, Grove, near Retford, 
Notts, 9th May 
Flamborou i ek: Notes.—I have been waiting some time expecting the 
arrival of our spring visitors, but having taken all particular observa tions and 
ade all enquiries respecting their ar rrival, cannot hear of a single Blackstart 
(Ruticilla tithys) or Redsta . phani icurus) “making sin appearance on the 
ate; I cannot understand th had a most 
favourable s for t e Swallows (Havoade v, pas fy did eee arrive until 
the last week in April; also the Ring-Ouzel (7urdus torguatus) and Cuckoo 
(Cornelius canorus), May 7 r _ Can any r reader ai acco unt for this most mysterious 
our “4 MATTHEW BAILEY, Flamborough, 
May 12th, 1892. 
Waturalist, 
