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removed it from the shell, placed it on the floor of the tank, and 

 then pushed the Hermit-Crab and shell towards the coelenterate. 

 The latter turned its disc towards the shell, but unfortunately the 

 Hermit-Crab at that moment scuttled away. I then placed an 

 empty whelk-shell, of about two and a half inches in length, against 

 the Sagartia in such a way that the point of the cone almost 

 touched the Sea-Anemone. The latter proceeded to mount on the 

 point of the shell, again fastening itself first by its disc, and then 

 affixing its base. In this case the time occupied was taken by the 

 watch. The whole process, from the moment of placing the shell 

 to the time when the Sagartia stretched its column up from the 

 shell, occupied ten and a half minutes. — H. N. Milligan. 



EDITOEIAL NOTES 



Me. G. Bathurst Hony writes from 4, Beaufort Eoad, Clifton, 

 Bristol : " As I am working at the Natural History of Wiltshire, I 

 should be greatly obliged if your readers would send me any infor- 

 mation they can on the distribution, etc., of fishes, reptiles, and 

 amphibians in the county. Any other notes on the natural history 

 would be welcome." 



No doubt many of our readers will be able to oblige, but, as we 

 remarked on a similar occasion a year ago, it would be as well to send 

 such notes to the 'Zoologist,' such copy being always required, while 

 the publication of an observation is likely to result in the acquisition 

 of further evidence. 



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