( 145 ) 



EDITORIAL GLEANINGS, 



At a recent meeting of the Bradford Scientific Society, as reported in 

 the ' Yorkshire Weekly Post,' Mr. W. E. Preston read a paper dealing with 

 the prehistoric remains to be found on Rombald's Moor. After describing 

 generally the various classes of antiquities of prehistoric date to be found on 

 the moors, Mr. Preston alluded to a nearly obliterated circle which he 

 noticed in 1892 on Rivvock Edge, overlooking Keighley. The diameter 

 was about sixty yards, and the wall of the circle was composed of loose stones 

 and earth. In the centre was a large rock covered with peat and heather. 

 On examination of a small portion which was exposed, this rock proved to be 

 inscribed with a uumber of small and rather indistinct cup and ring marks. 

 This aroused curiosity, and on removing the peat the whole surface of the rock 

 proved to be covered with such markings. This was perhaps the only case 

 in which an inscribed rock had been found enclosed within a circle on the 

 Yorkshire moors. Of this rock Mr. Preston exhibited photographs ; and 

 speaking of flint implements, he described the places on the moors in which 

 the searcher after these antiquities was most likely to meet with reward, 

 and showed a very large and valuable collection which had been the result 

 of his own researches. 



During a recent scientific excursion made by the ' Princesse-Alice ' in 

 the neighbourhood of the Azores, a Sperm Whale was captured, which has 

 proved material for a communication to the ' Bulletin du Museum d'histoire 

 uaturelle,' by S. A. S. Le Prince Albert de Monaco, entitled " Notes sur 

 uu Cachalot." This animal, which attained a length of " 13 m. 70," afforded 

 considerable information as to the parasites which infest Cetaceans. The 

 author describes its stomach as containing a considerable number of worms 

 resembling Nematoids, in the " tube digestif" many " Helminthes"; in the 

 blubber were found some Cysticerci, whilst Cyamida were scattered on the 

 epidermis. 



In vol. iii. of ' Novitates Zoologicse,' recently completed, Mr. C. W. 

 Audrews, F.G.S., has contributed two parts of a memoir "On the Extinct 

 Birds of the Chatham Islands." This is the result of the examination, in 

 the Rothschild Museum at Tring, of " an immense collection of bird 

 remains from the Chatham Islands," consisting of many thousands of bones, 

 mostly in good condition, and including numerous skulls and other portions 



Zool. 4th ser. vol. I., March, 1897. l 



