534 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Berne University. He was distinguished for many important discoveries, 

 and was engaged in the systematic study of the presence of iodine and 

 bromine in marine animals, in the pursuance of which he had come to 

 Naples, where the material needed was abundant and easy to obtain. On 

 the 23rd his remains were interred in the English cemetery at Naples, the 

 staff of the Zoological Station, many students, and visitors to Naples 

 attending the funeral. 



As a result of a lecture on Wolmer Forest by their President, Mr. T. 

 Whitburn, the Guildford Natural History Society have decided to present 

 a petition to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, praying that 

 Wolmer Forest may be reserved as a sanctuary for wild birds, in which 

 they, their nests and eggs, may remain unmolested throughout the year ; 

 that it may not be let at any time for game preserving, or for any purpose 

 inimical to bird life ; and that it may remain in perpetuity as a national 

 memorial to the greatest outdoor naturalist England has produced — 

 Gilbert White, of Selborne. Such a recognition, it is said, would show 

 that the admiration of Gilbert White in the nineteenth century was not 

 verbiage merely, but that it took such a practical shape as to be of value to 

 the naturalist and the English speaking race for all succeeding time. The 

 Society have no desire to attempt to interfere with the use of the Forest by 

 the War Office for the purpose of military manoeuvres. 



The local angling club at St. Ives (Hunts) two seasons ago placed some 

 Barbel in the Great Ouse, with a view of acclimatising them to that river, 

 where they had hitherto been unknown. The fish came from the Thames, 

 and the experiment looks as though it had been successful, for several tiny 

 Barbel about 3 in. or 4 in. in length have just been caught in a cast or bait 

 net. The Barbel turned in were from 3 lb. to 6 lb. each, and they are 

 evidently thriving and breeding in the river, which by some authorities is 

 considered to be a very suitable water for them. 



" Notes on Larval Cestode Parasites of Fishes " is the title of a memoir 

 by Prof. Edwin Linton in a recent issue of the ■ Proceedings of the United 

 States National Museum.' The material on which these notes are based 

 consists of collections in about six hundred bottles and vials referable for 

 the larger part to entozoa of fish. The author well observes " that the 

 finding of a larval cestode parasite encysted in the tissues of a fish is not 

 always proof that the fish is a true intermediate host. This goes without 

 saying when the host of the encysted parasite is a large Shark. Beneden 



