NOTES AND QUERIES. 155 



back to its position under my neck. — Eosamond S. Twyman (Sunny- 

 hurst, Leominster). 



VERMES. 



Notes on a Small Collection of Earthworms (Lumbricidse) from 

 the Island of Islay. — So little has been done among the Earthworms 

 of Scotland that I should like to add a few records to the Eev. 

 Hilderic Friend's paper on the " Distribution of British Annelids " 

 ('Zoologist,' 1913, p. 262). Hearing that no Earthworms had, 

 apparently, ever been collected in Islay, I made a collection when I 

 was in the island in August, 1913. The summer was an exceedingly 

 dry one, and worms were difficult to find. Mr. Friend was good 

 enough to identify my specimens as follows : — 



1. Dendrobcena subrubicunda, Eisen. — The Gilt-tail. 



2. Allolobophora longa, Ude. — This species is widely distributed 

 in Scotland. 



3. A. caliginosa, Sav. 



4. Aporrectodea chlorotica, Sav. — A common worm in Scotland. 



5. Octolasium studiostim, Eosa (=0. cyaneum, Sav.). — Local. 



6. Lumbricus rubellus, Hoffmeister. — Generally distributed in 

 Scotland. 



7. L. castaneus, Sav. — Plentiful on mainland. 



8. L. terrestris, Linn. — One of the commonest and most generally 

 distributed. 



It will be seen that there are no rarities in the list ; but island 

 faunas are always of interest, and possibly, in a more favourable 

 season, several species might be added. They are all widely distri- 

 buted forms which have been reported from the Scotch mainland. 

 The Brandling (Eisenia fo&tida, Sav.) is, however, not among them, 

 and I am almost certain that I have seen it in manure-heaps on 

 other occasions when I was in Islay. — Harold Eussell (16, Beau- 

 fort Gardens, S.W.). 



CUMBERLAND NATURE RESERVE ASSOCIATION. 



Some of the many readers of the ' Zoologist ' may perhaps be in- 

 terested to know that a Cumberland Nature Eeserve Association has 

 been recently formed, with the Eight Hon. J. W. Lowther, Speaker of 

 the House of Commons, as President, the Mayor of Carlisle, Major S. C. 

 Ferguson, as Chairman, and Mr. L. E. Hope, Curator of the Carlisle 

 Museum, as Hon. Secretary. Tbe objects of the Association are twofold : 

 the promotion of Nature Eeserves in Cumberland, and the institution 

 of a Watcher's Fund for providing protection to plant and animal life 



