Welsh Journals

FAUNISTIC SURVEY OF GLAMORGAN. HON. RECORDER'S REPORT FOR 1928. The total number of Glamorgan specimens added to the collections in the Department of Zoology in the National Museum during 1928 was 977, which included specimens of 90 species not previously represented in the Glamorgan material in the possession of the Museum. The following list shows the number of additions to each Phylum during the year, and gives the names of the 90 species referred to. Glamorgan New to Cabinet from Glamorgan. Specimens. Mammalia 9 Including Sorex minutus (Lesser Shrew). Oryctolagus cuniculus (Rabbit). Melanic var. Aves 95 Including Pastor roseus (Rose-coloured Pastor), Anthus trivialis trivialis (Tree Pipit), Sylvia a. atricapilla (Black-capped Warbler), Locustella n. naevia (Grass- hopper Warbler), Upupa e. epops (Hoopoe), 4 Crocethia alba (Sanderling), 2 Tringa hypoleuca (Common Snipe), 2 Tringa nebularia (Greenshank), 2 Numenius p. Phoeopus (Whimbrel), Cygnus cygnus (Whooper Swan). Pisces 6 Mollusca 318 Including 5 Janthina Janthina, 7 Janthina exigua, 18 Mytilus galloprovincialis. Vermes 4 Crustacea 1 Arachnoidea 1 Coleoptera 231 Including Staphylinus fulvipes, also 15 other species in Hallett series. Hemiptera 11 1 Including 4 Gastrodes abietis. Orthoptera 4 Neuroptera 12