SCIRPUS TABERNÆMONTANI. This appears to be the common species about Liverpool. I have not seen S. LACUSTRIS. Ditches, Crosby; Rev. H. H. Higgins. SCIRPUS PAUCIFLORUS. Certainly at present far more frequent than SCIRPUS ACICULARIS of the "English Botany," which I have never seen near Liverpool. Crosby; Rev. H. H. Higgins. In a cave at New Brighton; Rev. H. H. Higgins. Eastham; F. P. DICRANUM majus. Bromborough Wood; F. P. Marrat. Fruiting in October; Eastham Wood. CAMPYLOPUS densus. Or old stumps in a wood at Woolton. Fruiting in October; F. P. Marrat. POTTIA cavifolia. In the road where the new Roman Catholic Chapel is built near Poolton; F. P. Marrat. Fruiting in February. TRICHOSTOMUM mutabile. Hilbre Island, betwixt tide marks; F. P. Marrat. Rare. TORTULA vinealis. Southport; F. P. Marrat. On a stone in the old road from Rock Ferry to Storeton. TORTULA Hornschuchiana. The plant considered to be of this species was gathered in Smithdown Lane and lost in the attempt to cultivate it. TORTULA latifolia. Bromborough Wood, near the stream; F. P. Marrat and H. Fisher. TORTULA lævipila. On a tree between Bromborough Station and Clatterbridge; F. P. HADWIGIA ciliata. On the flat surface of a stone wall on the old road from Rock Ferry to ORTHOTRICHUM pumilum. On the low garden wall at the back of Mr. Hargreaves' premises Southport. Very rare. F. P. Marrat. ORTHOTRICHUM leiocarpum. On oak and willow trees. Not very rare. F. P. Marrat. ORTHOTRICHUM pulchellum. Bromborough and other woods; F. P. Marrat. ORTHOTRICHUM Lyellii. Bromborough Wood; F. P. Marrat and H. Fisher. ORTHOTRICHUM Sprucei. On a willow near the stream, Bromborough Wood. Rev. H. H. Higgins, F. P. Marrat, and H. Fisher. ZYGODON Conoideus. Bromborough Wood. Very Rare. F. P. Marrat. ZYGODON viridissimum. At the roots of damp trees near streams; F. P. Marrat. BRYUM formosum. Wilson and Marrat. (New Species). Differs from all known Brya in its cucullate and even deflexed leaves. Southport, May 31st, 1857. F. P. Marrat. BRYUM uliginosum. In the drains on the coast; F. P. Marrat. FISSIDENS tamarindifolius. A single specimen gathered at Gillbrook; F. P. Marrat. LEUCODON Sciuroides. On a tree in Bromborough Wood; Rev. H. H. Higgins, F.-P. Marrat, and H. Fisher. Rare. B HYPNUM glareosum. On a bank at Poolton; F. P. Marrat. Rare. HYPNUM irriguum. In the stream, Bromborough Wood. Fruiting in April and May; F. P. Marrat. HYPNUM heteropterum. Under shelving rocks, Patrick Wood; F. P. Marrat. HYPNUM palustre. Carr Mill Dam; F. P. Marrat. HYPNUM stramineum. Among sphagna, Simons Wood Moss; F. P. Marrat.. HYPNUM aduncum. Near Southport; William Wilson, Esq. New to Great Britain. HYPNUM sylvaticum. Warbrick Moor and Patrick Wood; F. P. Marrat. NECKERA pumila. On a tree overhanging a pond at Burton, Cheshire. Very rare. F. P CRYPHEA heteromalla. On a tree, Bromborough Wood; F. P. Marrat. Very Rare. Third, by CUTHBERT COLLINGWOOD, Esq., M.B., to the Fauna The following localities may be added to those of the less common Birds in Mr. Byerley's "Fauna." GARDEN WARBLER or PETTYCHAPS. Curruca hortensis. Met with two near the keeper's house, in Hooton Wood, in June. N.B. This bird, one of the most beautiful of our songsters, and only surpassed by the Nightingale, is new to the Fauna. WOOD WARBLER. Sylvia sylvicola. Repeatedly met with, e.g., Twice at Eastham, Birkenhead Park, Hooton Wood, Bidston Hill. CHIFF-CHAFF. Sylvia hippolais. BUNTING. Emberiza miliaria. Tolerably common during the summer. Tranmere, Wallasey, New Brighton, &c. CUCKOO. Cuculus canorus. In no part of the country have I met with this bird so abundantly as upon the Sand-hills, near Liverpool. JAY. Garrulus glandarius Not unfrequently met with in Wirral, Bidston Hill, Eastham, &c. RAZOR-BILL. Alca torda. Picked up a dead one on the shore at Formby. Fourth, by Dr. COLLINGWOOD and Dr. EDWARDS, to the Fauna DORIS TUBERCULATA. Several large ones on the Egremont shore, near the slip, in August; Monks' Ferry. DORIS JOHNSTONI. Monks' Ferry, August 12th. (J. B. E.) TRITONIA HOMBERGII. Hilbre, May 15th. (C. C.) DENDRONOTUS ARBORESCENS. In profusion on the Pontoons of the Landing Stage, in August, where we collected forty in a quarter of an hour. Dingle. DOTO CORONATA. A minute but common species. Landing Stage, upon the Tubularia; Monks' Ferry; Egremont. EOLIS PAPILLOSA. Landing Stage, August. Dingle. EOLIS CORONATA. Certainly the most common Eolis during the past summer. Monks' Ferry, Egremont, Landing Stage. EOLIS DRUMMONDI. Egremont and Monks' Ferry. Not so common as the last. EOLIS AURANTIACA. Landing Stage, in company with Dendronotus and Doto. Most of the specimens in this locality were difficult to recognise either from the plate or the description in Alder and Hancock's work, the principal difficulty being that they had no trace of orange colour about them. Dr. C. forwarded specimens to Mr. Alder, who returned answer— — "I think it is most likely a variety of E. aurantiaca, which varies more in colour than we were aware of when we gave it the name." AMPHITRITE VENTILABRUM. This is the beautiful Annelid erroneously called A. auricoma. SYLLIS NOCTILUCA. A luminous Annelid, found in the mud between the mussels on the Landing Stage. It is new to the Fauna. (J. B. E.) RHIZOSTOMA PULMO. Not uncommon along the New Brighton shore, in October. (C. C.) OPHIOCOMA ROSULA. This very variable species of Brittle Star may be found in great variety of colour and general aspect under stones along the Egremont shore. SERTULARIA PUMILA. Abundant on all the Fucus serratus which covers the Monks' Ferry slip, and the sea-wall between Birkenhead and Seacombe, &c. ACTINIA (Actinoloba) DIANTHUS. Abundant on Monks' Ferry slip, both white and buff varieties, and of all sizes. Very fine white specimens from New Brighton, and sparingly upon most parts of the coast. ACTINIA CORIACEA. This appears to be the Tealia crassicornis of Gosse. CELLULARIA (Bugula) AVICULARIA. Corkscrew coralline. Met with in most parts of the coast, especially Egremont and Monks' Ferry. The following paper was then read |