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As to the habits of this species little is known. In the pond 
where large numbers occurred in the spring, no specimens of B. 
vernalis were seen. This fall when the same pond was visited not 
a specimen of the new species was to be found, while B. vernalis 
abounded. 
It was observed that while the males were swimming about, the 
long and narrow frontal appendages were frequently rolled up and 
again extended. They present under the microscope a beautiful 
network of muscular fibres, in the meshes of which are numerous 
ganglionic cells. 
A CORNER OF BRITTANY. 
By J. WALTER FEWKES. 
^' niLLET pour Roscoff, s'il vous plait." The train is waiting a 
JD the Gare St. Lazare in Paris, and in a few moments we are 
hurried along beyond the fortifications, past Bellevue, Sevres and 
Versailles, through a wooded country, alternating with rich farms 
and beautiful fields. All day long we ride through Normandy and 
Brittany, looking out of the window of the coupe on one of the 
most interesting landscapes of France, crowded with towns and 
cities of historic interest and scenic beauty, every hour presenting 
some new phase of life to relieve the monotony of the trip. What 
is our destination and what leads us to turn from the beaten tracks 
of European travellers ? We have abundant time to answer these 
questions before we reach the end of our journey. 
Our destination is Roscoff, a town in the department of Finis- 
terre, frequented by artists, better known to naturalists, and too 
rarely visited by travellers, who have penetrated into all the most pic- 
turesque corners of Europe. Roscoff, a fishing village, truly 
Breton in character, preserving many features of the old France, and 
presenting a pure example of ancient Brittany, unchanged by modern 
innovations. Roscoff has not a casino nor knows the swarms of pleas- 
ure seekers which many other towns on the coast of France draw to 
themselves every summer. It has no delightful promenades, no 
beautiful forests, but it has its wonderful rocks, its soft, laughing cli- 
