


2292 NATURAL HISTORY MISCELLANY. 
superficial (not sunk in pits), closely — ee surface of the berry, which is pro- 
kun se sly from June to November. pagating very rapidly by stolons of 
also by side stools or offshoots bond ihe central crown, which are tuberous 
at cantly separated. Height of plant twelve to fifteen inches. Perennial; May to 
November. —[G. W. CLINTON, Buffalo. 


ZOOLOGY. 
w SALAMANDER. — Prof. E. D. Cope informs us that he has just dis- 
Pria an inter ipie genus of Aen nders from Mexico. It differs 
from Sperlerpes, in having the parietal and palatine bones unossified, and 
the inner nares Medie bite the orbits. The phenygoid teeth are in one 
f 
The tail is as long as the head and body together. The total length is 
only two inches. It has a pale dorsal band and black sides. A female 
specimen contained eggs one line in diameter. He has called the species, 
which is a new generic type, Thorius pennatribus 
BREEDING OF Rare Birps. -Mr. G. A. Boardman, of Milltown, Me. 
ing birds in the spring of 1868 :—Gos-hawk, Canada Jay, White- winged 
Crossbill, Pine Finch, and the Pine Grosbeak. 
TENNESSEE WARBLER.— In the June (1868) Naruraist, Mr. Tri pp i 
his interesting sedi: visis that this warbler is not found in nie 
England, or only as a straggler. With us it is one of our very common. 
twentieth of May, A few remain through the season. — G. A. BOARDMAN; 
PrncHiNG oF Witson’s SNIPE. — In the August (1868) NATURALIST you 
ask if, ud Mr. Pope, any one has observed Wilson's Snipe on trees? 
This is not an uncommon habit of the bird, when you are taking its nest 
or catching its young; but I have never observed it at any other time. 
Of our sixteen species p ducks, I have observed the same thing in all 
but two, when trying to catch their young. — G. A. B. 

MICROSCOPY. 
YPE-PLATE OF DraTOMs.— Möller of Wedel, Holstein, has accom- 
plished the most Vieira feat of modern manipulation, with the ex- 
ssor of two. “The diatoms (four hundred species in all), arranged 
by genera and species, form groups of one hundred, set with the most 
: try, and the whole occupies a space of about 
ceo of an inch. Each slide is a cabinet, —a collection in Ít- 
self, s accompanied by a catalogue of its contents. This one is 
called the "Type Plate, and cost $40.00. The ‘Test Plate,’ non ss 
operator, contains, set in one row with the most perfect 
tn Mn order of difficulty.” 





