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and I were walking across the bridge over the Ouseburn at 

 Benton Bank our attention was called by some persons looking 

 at some fish in the water. The fish were apparently spawning, 

 or had spawned. There was barely water suflGLcient to cover the 

 fish, for sometimes their dorsal fin was out of the water. The 

 fish were quiet for a time, and every now and then there was a 

 rush, as though they were driving enemies away, who had come 

 to eat or feed on the spawn. From the appearance of the fish 

 and their size, the water not being clear, I should say they were 

 Salmon Trout ; although it is well known that there are Burn 

 Trout in the Ouseburn, which I have seen, but much higher up 

 the stream. — R. Y. Green, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, X^fhNov., 1881. 



Additions to the Local Fauna and Flora, loitJi Remarks on some 

 Neio Habitats, etc. — Assuming that any addition to the Fauna 

 and Flora of this district is a matter of interest to members of 

 the " Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club," I submit the following 

 notes for their consideration, believing that they contain some 

 observations not previously recorded in local Natural History 

 catalogues. 



The margin for such additions necessarily narrows with each 

 new discovery, especially when it is remembered that the habi- 

 tats are already well known of almost every conspicuous object, 

 hence this rapidly contracting field of research may eventually 

 be restricted to organisms incapable of being dealt with except- 

 ing by the aid of the microscope. I am so far fortunate, that in 

 this contribution the individuals enumerated do not all require 

 optical assistance for their determination, although in the inves- 

 tigation of their minuter details this is rendered imperative. 



Alcyonella. — In overhauling some Anacharis, dragged from a 

 pond near to the ''Fox and Hounds" at Benwell Bank Top, in 

 September of 1878, Mr. John Kidsdale and the writer found 

 two well developed specimens of' some Polyzoon, which, on exa- 

 mination and reference to Professor Allman's "British Fresh- 

 water Polyzoa," was suspected to be Alcyonella stagnorum: other 

 examples were subsequently obtained and submitted for deter- 

 mination to Professor Gr. S. Brady, who replied, "Many thanks 



