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Cincinnati Society of Natural History. 



Siewers, the well-known entomologist. We shall hope for frequent 

 contributions from his pen. . Mr. Charles Dury furnishes some valu- 

 able notes on local Coleoptera; and the article on far- western birds, by 

 Colonel J. W. Abert, the original discoverer of Abert's Finch (Pipilo 

 aberti, Bd.), will be found to possess features of especial interest to 

 ornithologists. . 



MAMMALOGY. 



Lynx rfjfus, Rafinesque. — American Wild Cat. — One of these 

 animals was shot by Mr. David Williams, while hunting about three 

 miles back of Hanging Rock, Lawrence count} T , Ohio, during the month 

 of Januarj T , 1882. It was closety pursued by hounds. When about 

 thirty-five yards distant, he fired twice with a double-barreled shot 

 gun containing No. 2 shot. The animal was so disabled that it was 

 soon overtaken by the hounds, which were completely out-generaled 

 by the wounded stranger, until Mr. Williams arrived upon the scene. 



It measures twenty-nine inches from nose to end of tail ; tail veiy 

 short. Teeth are all perfect. No signs of previous injuries. This is 

 perhaps the third one killed in this county during the last ten years. 



It was sent to Prof. Dury, of Cincinnati, for preparation, and is now 

 to be seen mounted in the window of A. Winter's drug store, Ironton, 

 Ohio. — B. M. Ricketts, M.D., Ironton, Ohio. 



Arvicola riparius, Ord. — Meadow Mouse. — Measurements of four 

 specimens taken at Brookville, Indiana, in January, 1878: 



Date. 



Sex. 



Nose to 

 root of tail. 



Length of 

 tail verte- 

 bra. 



Length of 

 tail to end 

 of hairs. 



Fore foot. 



Hind foot. 



January 14, 1878. 



Female. 



3 1-16 



1 1-10 



1 3-16 



22-50 



7-10 



January, 1878. 



Female. 



3 3-16 



1 1-10 



1 1-2 



25-50 



3-4 



January, 1878. 



Male- 



4 6-16 



1 1-2 



1 3-4 



26-50 



13-16 



January 22, 1878. 



Female.* 



4 7-16 



1 5-16 



1 9-16 



3-4 



3-8 



* Contained four embryos. 



— E. R. Quick, Brookville, Indiana. 



ORNITHOLOGY. 



Diqhromatism in the Screech Owl — (Scops asio, Bp.) — The ques- 

 tion of the relative frequency of the two phases of plumage in this and 

 other dichromic species, being one of considerable interest to ornitho- 



