i9i6. Friend. — Notes on Irish Oligochaets. 
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In April, 1893, I received a letter from Mr. G. E. J. 
Greene, of Ferns, saying that he had been in conversation 
with an angler, and had obtained from him the names of 
certain earthworms. Mr. Greene had been studying my 
articles and knew the species, and this is his list : — 
1. Maggot worm or Long worm — Lumhricus papillosus 
Fr. (with L. terrestris and A. longa probably). 
2. Sprat worm — Lumhricus ruhellus Hoffm. 
3. Brambling ( — Brandling) — Eisenia foetida Sav. 
4. Green worm — Allolohophora chlorotica Sav. 
5. Milk worm — Allolohophora turgida Eisen. 
6. Small Brambling — Dendrohaena suhruhricunda Eisen. 
The angler had never heard the latter called Gilt tail or 
Cockspur, the names which anglers in England frequently 
employ. 
BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
1. Geo. Johnston. A Catalogue of British Worms. British Museum. 
1865. 
2. Adolph Eduard Grube. Die FamiHen der AnneHden. Berlin. 185 1. 
3. W. MicHAELSEN. Das Tierreich : Oligochaeta. Berlin. 1900. 
4. Die Siisswasserfauna Deutschlands. Oligochaeta und Hirudinea. 
Fischer, Jena. 1909. 
5. R. Southern : A Contribution towards a Monograph of the British 
and Irish Oligochaeta. Proc. Roy. Irish Acad. Vol. xxvii. Sect. B. 
1909. 
6. H. Friend. New Britisli Oligochaets. Zoologist. 1912. Pp. 220-226. 
Dept. of Zoology, University, Birmingham. 
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Recent gifts include a Grivet Monkey from Mr. Mooney, a Bonnet 
Monkey from Mr. J. S. Sandes, two Rabbits from Mr. C. Maude, a Cavy 
from Miss Gaisford, a Grass Parrakeet from Mrs. Cusack, a Roseate 
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