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534 Berne University. He was distinguished for many important discoveries, and was engaged in the systematic study of the presence of iodine and bromine in marine animals, in the pursuance of which he had come to Naples, where the material needed was abundant and easy to obtain. On the 23rd his remains were interred in the English cemetery at Naples, the staff of the Zoological Station, many students, and visitors to Naples attending the funeral.

a result of a lecture on Wolmer Forest by their President, Mr. T. Whitburn, the Guildford Natural History Society have decided to present a petition to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, praying that Wolmer Forest may be reserved as a sanctuary for wild birds, in which they, their nests and eggs, may remain unmolested throughout the year; that it may not be let at any time for game preserving, or for any purpose inimical to bird life; and that it may remain in perpetuity as a national memorial to the greatest outdoor naturalist England has produced—Gilbert White, of Selborne. Such a recognition, it is said, would show that the admiration of Gilbert White in the nineteenth century was not verbiage merely, but that it took such a practical shape as to be of value to the naturalist and the English speaking race for all succeeding time. The Society have no desire to attempt to interfere with the use of the Forest by the War Office for the purpose of military manoeuvres.

local angling club at St. Ives (Hunts) two seasons ago placed some Barbel in the Great Ouse, with a view of acclimatising them to that river, where they had hitherto been unknown. The fish came from the Thames, and the experiment looks as though it had been successful, for several tiny Barbel about 3 in. or 4 in. in length have just been caught in a cast or bait net. The Barbel turned in were from 3 lb. to 6 lb. each, and they are evidently thriving and breeding in the river, which by some authorities is considered to be a very suitable water for them.

" on Larval Cestode Parasites of Fishes" is the title of a memoir by Prof. Edwin Linton in a recent issue of the 'Proceedings of the United States National Museum.' The material on which these notes are based consists of collections in about six hundred bottles and vials referable for the larger part to entozoa of fish. The author well observes "that the finding of a larval cestode parasite encysted in the tissues of a fish is not always proof that the fish is a true intermediate host. This goes without saying when the host of the encysted parasite is a large Shark. Beneden