John Templeton's "Zoophytes" and More DrawingsAuthor(s): Nora F. McMillanSource: The Irish Naturalists' Journal, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Apr., 1968), p. 54Published by: Irish Naturalists' Journal Ltd.Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25537218 .

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54

ZOOLOGICAL NOTES

COLOUR RINGED ROSEATE TERNS

During the summers of 1965, 1966 and 1967 a total of 1,250 young roseate terns were colour ringed with white and yellow rings. I would be very grateful for any records

of sightings of these birds while on migration or post juvenile dispersal from Irish colonies

where they were ringed. Records should be sent to me at Department of Zoology, University

College, Galway, Ireland. DAVID CABOT.

A SECOND STURGEON ACIPENSER STURIO LANDED AT ARDGLASS, 1966

In addition to the sturgeon mentioned in Dr Went's list of "Rare fishes taken in Irish Waters in 1966" (Irish Naturalists' Journal, 15 (10), 280-3), we wish to report a second

sturgeon landed at Ardglass, Co. Down, the details are as follows: ?

Sex: male. Weight: 62 lb

Dorsal length: 6 ft 9^ in Landed by the "Misty Morning" at Ardglass on 14th December, 1966, and purchased

(30 guineas) by Mr Felix Elmore of Lisburn. Offered to, but declined by the Governor. Donated to the Ulster Museum where a fibreglass cast of it is now on display.

As this is the second substantiated occurrence of two sturgeon being landed at the one port, it is felt that mention should be made of the fisherman's theory. Certain fishermen around the coasts of Ireland stipulate that sturgeon always mate for life and

always travel in pairs. Thus, when one is caught, another is likely within the vicinity. One man even goes as far as to state that the remaining fish will "seek the nets" in order to be

caught. No credence is placed upon this theory and it is mentioned purely for interest.

J. W. GREAVES. Natural History Department, Ulster Museum, Belfast, 9.

JOHN TEMPLETON'S "ZOOPHYTES" AND MORE DRAWINGS

In view of recent interest in John Templeton it may be worth mentioning that his collection of "zoophytes" were lent in 1839 to Dr George Johnston of Berwick-on-Tweed

by William Thompson, and duly named by the former. Johnston also writes (in a letter to Thompson dated 1844) "Can you tell me

anything about the manuscripts of the late Mr Templeton? I have some drawings of his in my possession. Strickland proposes them as one of the works to be undertaken by the

Club [i.e., Ray Society, founded by Johnston on Feb. 2nd., 1844, N.F.McM.]. I do not know their extent or nature, but it is possible they may be very extensive. I presume he had an

extensive correspondence with the naturalists of his day. Tell me all you know about them".

Apparently the proposal to publish Templeton's Mss, never came to anything and it is not mentioned in Curie's Bibliographical History of the Ray Society (1954). The present location of the Templeton drawings owned by Johnston is not known.

The letters from which the above information was obtained appeared in Selections

from the Correspondence of Dr George Johnston, edited by James Hardy (Edinburgh 1892), and will be found on pp. 101, 127 and 279 of that work.

NORA F. McMILLAN.

THE ASSOCIATION OF THE BORING MOLLUSC PSILOTEREDO MEGOTARA (HANLEY) AND BARNACLES (LEPAS SP.)

The note by Dr Gotto on this subject (Irish Nat. J., 15: 306) interested me as I obtained the mollusc on three occasions during 1967. My findings, however, do not altogether agree with those of Dr Gotto. At Waterville, Co. Kerry, in June I found abundant Psiloteredo

megotara in a drifted log, but no Lepas. On a second log from the same place were plenty of Lepas anatifera L., but no teredinids.

In September I examined two drifted logs at South Walls, Orkney; both were full of

P. megotara but neither bore any Lepas. Nor did another drifted log, full of living P. megotara, seen at Egilsay, Orkney, in May 1964.

From these admittedly scanty observations it would seem that the association

of the two animals is not invariable. Dr Ruth Turner kindly confirmed my identification of the molluscs.

nora f. McMillan,

Department of Invertebrate Zoology, City of Liverpool Museum.

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