28o Innocent: Notes on the Water Shi'ew near Rotherham. 



Hypnum giganteum Schp. 

 Hypnum Wilsoni Schp. 



Hypnum revolvens Svv. var. Cossoni Ren. 



Amblystegium filicinum DeNot. var. Vallisclaus.^; Dixon. 



The opposite side of the water seems to be occupied by one 

 moss only, Cinclidotus fontinaloides P.B., crowded with fruit. 



The bases of the trees on the west side are carpeted with 

 Leskea polycarpa Ehrh. 



At Park Scar Fall are some interesting- mosses : — 

 Seligeria Doniana. 

 Seligeria tristicha. (R. B.) 

 Orthothecium intricatum. (R. B.) 

 eurhynchium tenellum. (r. b.) 



EURHYNCHIUM PUMILUM. 



Barbula spadicea, \vith a much thicker nerve than usual, and a larg-e 



form of the hepatic 

 LOPHOZIA TURBINATA (Raddi) Steph. 



At the High Force are : — 

 Seligeria tristicha. (R. B.) Re-discovered at this visit. 

 Trichostomum nitidum, (R. B.) 



Mr. Barnes also found : — 

 Pleuridium alternifolium. At Bainbridg-e. 

 Encalypta ciliata. In Cragdale. 



Zygodon Stirtoni, also the hepatic Cephalozia connivens, on Addel- 

 burg-h. 



MAMMALS, 



Notes on the Water Shrew near Rotherham. — On the 



afternoon of 8th Aug^ust I observed a Water Shrew in a branch 

 of the river Rother at Canklow, two miles from Rotherham, 

 and a colliery centre. I have also seen the species at Kiveton 

 Park and Lindrick Dale, both in this district. The animal seen 

 yesterday was not shy and approached to within a few feet, and 

 I watched it for some time throug-h a good glass. The stream 

 is covered with Potamogeton and Lemna, and it was seeking- 

 food on these and along the bank with feverish energy, very 

 different from the placidity of the Water Vole ; it progressed 

 with short rodent-like rushes, and used its snout as a tactile 

 organ for finding its prey underneath the pond-weed leaves, the 

 head being continually turned from side to side. It found grubs 

 or worms, which were held in the fore-paws and worried in the 

 manner of a carnivore ; when devouring them it always turned 

 to the bank and distinctly chewed the food, the snout then being 

 pointed upwards. It dived to the bank at any sound, but soon 

 reappeared. — C. F. Innocent, Sheffield, 9th August 1905. 



Naturalist, 



