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The Naturalist. 



Mr. Hunt, I fancy, never gathered a single moss in Devon. With regard 

 to the mosses of the north of England, matters are still worse. I think I 

 am accurate in making the following corrections of, and additions to, the 

 statements in the Synopsis. Under Cam2Jylopns paradoxus, to " Near 

 Levens, Westmoreland, communicated by Dr. Wood," add " discovered 

 first of all near Wooler by Messrs. Hardy and Boyd, and at Levens by 

 Mr. Barnes." Under Discelium nudum, to "abundantly near Man- 

 chester (Wood)," add '^discovered there by Mr. G. Cayley, and after- 

 wards found in many situations in the same neighbourhood." The plant 

 was unknown when Mr. Cayley first gathered it. Under Bryum Warnenm 

 for "near Southport and at Ashton-under-Lyne, Wood," read, "Near 

 Southport, Wilson and Marrat ; near Ashton-under-Lyne, Mr. White- 

 head." Under Bryum calophyllum, ioT "Near Southport Wood 



near Ashton-under-Lyne. Whitehead and Schofield," read, " Near South- 

 port, Mr. Marrat ; near Ashton-under-Lyne, Mr. R. Gordon." Under 

 Bryum turbirud iin, for " long unobserved in Britain, but gathered abund- 

 antly in 1865, on wet gravel near Ashton-under-Lyne by Whitehead and 

 Schofield," read, " Long known in Britain before its discovery near 

 Ashton-under-Lyne, by Mr. R. Gordon." Under Atrichum crispum, for 



" At Staly Brushes where Dr. Wood in the year 1860 first detected it 



in Britain," read, "First observed by Nowell, near Todmorden ; Staly 

 Brushes, Whitehead, 1859," &c. Under Amblystegium confervoides, for 

 " Near Kendal, J. B. Wood," read "near Kendal, Barnes." Under 



Bryum neodamense but I need not extend the list by giving more 



instances, though a very large number could be given. All will agree 

 with me when I say, first, that it is a pity Schimper did not more closely 

 follow Wilson's Bryologia, which is one of the most accurate, if not the 

 most accurate work on mosses which I wot of, and which would have 

 saved the Synopsis from many errors ; and secondly, that it is unfortunate 

 that Schimper so often sinks the discoverer of a plant in a country or 

 district — the plodding, hard-working discoverer, — below those who merely 

 distribute what others have gathered and given them. — J. Fergusson, 

 The Manse, Fern, Brechin, N.B. 



" TuANSACTiajS-s OF THE YORKSHIRE Naturalists' Union." Part I. for 

 1877. — Owing to a great pressure on our space, we are unable to do more 

 than just mention this issue, and congratulate both the members and 

 reporters on its appearance, its satisfactory character, and usefulness. 

 We regret that two sections are not yet ready, and hope to say more 

 about the whole when they appear. — [Eds. Nat.] 



The Bijou List of British Butterflies — .Mr. H. W. Marsden, 

 of Gloucester, has sent us copies of a very neatly got-up pocket- 

 book list bearing the above title. It includes all the named species, 

 aberrations, and varieties, and also the reputed British species, all of 

 which however are clearly distinguished from each other. Some of the 

 reputed species we think would have been better omitted, as even their 

 ' ' repute " is more than doubtful. — [Eds. Nat.] 



