334 General Notes. M 
teen pieces, only one piece died, the rest developed a head and 
tail. Worms which had been operated upon occurred with two 
very well formed tails———Dr. Bertkau in the same Archi dè 
scribes a case of sexual dimorphism in the Psocidae——The be 
ginning of an important paper by Dr. Bedriagra, on the Amphi- 
bians and reptiles of Corsica also appéars in this heft of tit 
Archiv, The three plates representing the anatomy and osteology 
as well as the sexual apparatus, and the mode of sexual congres 
of a Corsican salamander are useful. The hibernation of thè 
jumping mouse has been described by C. J. Maynard in the Quar. 
terly Journal of the Boston Zodlogical Society, Jan. 1883. t 
enters the ground before the frosts set in, and makes a burrow from 
five to seven feet in depth, usually in sandy soil. At the end ofthis 
burrow it constructs a nest of dried grass, in the middle of o 
it lies curled up, in an unconscious state. Those which eis 
moved, appeared as if dead, except that they were limp. Pk 
peculiar stupor they exhibited is their normal state durimgt 
winter. No food is ever found in the nest or burrow ——Mr. a 
A. Allen recorded in the third volume (p. 645), of the NATURALS 
that the swallow-tailed hawk was seen at Wately, Mass. 
. Chadbourne records in the above journal, the fact that this n 
was shot in Amesbury, Mass., Sept. 25.——In a communicate” 
the Scientific American, Mr. Robertson states that bees do ern 
jure grapes or other fruits that are in a healthy condition; * 
will suck at them the moment a wound has been made PY 
or other insects, or by putrefaction. This he has pr 
placing bunches of grapes close to a hive. No bee touch 
side, and the Syllidz on the other. a 
Am. Four. of Science, Mr. J. F. Whiteaves notices the ‘ 
by Mr. J. Richardson, then of the Geological Survey 
of a recent polyzoon which cannot be distinguished ext 
ble character from the Japanese and New Zealand H 
Heteropora described by Messrs. Waters and Busk. — ? 
nese form was described in 1879 as H. pelliculata, and 
first recent example of a genus before supposed to be § 
and Tertiary. Mr, F. A. Lucas, in Ward's Nat. ies 
notices and figures some singular osteological abnormali an 
as the skull of a fowl, the frontal region of which 18" y 
developed; a seventh cervical vertebra of a pig, prov! 
rib; a human foot and hand with the fifth digit dupi 
some biped cats, with atrophied pelvis. These cats © 
walked on their front legs, carrying the body almost E 
larly. He also figures a deer’s head with a third antler 
from a separate pedicel_— In the Monatsbericht, Ks 
