Notice of Scolopax Major, Lin. &c. (Great or Solitary Snipe.) By P. J. 



SELBY, Esq. 



ON the 8th of September, I killed a beautiful specimen of this rare 

 British bird upon the moor within a mile's distance of Twizell House. 

 It was first flushed by the setters when its peculiar flight attracted at- 

 tention. Upon rising the second time when it was shot, the same dif- 

 ference of flight from that of the common snipe (Scolopax Gallinago) 

 was observed. Upon dissection it proved a female. It was in high 

 condition and very fat ; its weight six ounces. It measured 11^ inches 

 in length ; in extent of wing 18 inches ; the bill short in comparison to 

 that of the common snipe, 2 inches in length ; tarsi l inch. When 

 flushed it uttered no cry. 



The following are some of the Rarer Nocturnal Lepidoptera taken 

 this season at Twizell House : 



Deilephila elpenor. Apamea nictitans. 



porcellus. Miana literosa. 

 Macroglossa stellatarum. strigilis. 



Hepialus velleda. minima. 



Triphaena fimbria. Scotophila porphyrea. 



Mythmina grisea. Xanthia Gilvago. 



Caradrina alsines. Miselia compta. 



glareosa. Polia herbida. 

 Hadena adusta. serena. 



genistae. chi. 



Euplexia lucipara. Acronycta menyanthedis. 



Contributions to the Fauna of Twizell and New to the District. 

 ARVICOLA PRATENSIS . Mr Selby. 



SOREX REMIGER, . 



Contribution to the Bivalve Shells of Berwickshire. 

 PHOLAS CRISPATA, Berwick Bay, . Dr Johnston. 



