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GLEANINGS. 



We regret to notice the death, on 20th November last, of William 

 FORSELL Kirby, F.L.S., F.E.S., the well-known entomologist and 

 authority on Orthoptera. During the thirty years in which he served 

 on the staff of the Natural History Museum at South Kensington, 

 Mr Kirby produced several useful catalogues and other works, and his 

 Catalogue of Diurnal Lepidoptera, published during his connection with 

 the Museum of the Royal Dublin Society, is still the standard work of its 

 kind. 



By the death of PETER CAMERON, of Newmills, Derbyshire, which 

 occurred on 1st December, Scotland loses one of its foremost workers in 

 Entomology. Devoting himself mainly to the study of the more obscure 

 and difficult groups of the Hymenoptera, Mr Cameron published a long 

 series of important and useful memoirs. His chef cfceuvre was the 

 Monograph of the British Phytophagous Hymenoptera, extending to 

 four volumes, and published by the Ray Society between the years 1882 

 and 1892. Latterly he paid much attention to exotic forms, describing 

 many new species from the Oriental region and elsewhere. One of the 

 last papers written by him was that entitled " On some Scottish Species 

 of Mymaridce? which appeared in our issue of June last (pp. 132-133). 



Harry Holmes records {Pield,2^rd Nov. 1912, p. 1071) the occurrence 

 of a Waxwing {Ampelis garrulus) at Stornoway on 12th Nov. A strong 

 north gale was blowing, with hail showers. 



In the Field for 16th Nov. (p. 1015) "Scotus " records the occurrence 

 of the Great Snipe {Gallinago major) at Tyninghame, in Haddington- 

 shire. The bird was seen on 26th October sheltering under the bank 

 from the sea breeze. 



In the Zoologist for November (pp. 401-416) J. A. Harvie-Brown con- 

 cludes his paper on " The Fulmar : its past and present distribution, etc." 

 In this instalment we have an account of the general dispersal of the 

 species, and a history of its occurrence in the Faroes. Two collotype 

 plates, representing the Holm of Mygganaes, and Mygganaes, in the 

 Faroes, respectively, embellish the paper. 



Russell E. James publishes in the Entomologist 's Record for November 

 (pp. 253-259) a paper entitled " Supplementary Notes from Braemar." 

 A visit was paid to Deeside from 29th June to 17th July, mainly in 

 search of Anthrocera exulans. Of this interesting species over seventy 

 specimens were taken, while of Parasemia (Nemophila) plantaginis, var. 

 hospita, thirty-nine were taken, and " rather more " of the typical form. 

 We are tempted to ask why collectors will persist in capturing such large 

 numbers of rare insects. Surely a dozen of each would have been 



