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[Jan. 1, 1870. 



but not found on the English coast, or but very 

 rarely at Whitehaven (fig. 28). 



Fig. 28. Nonionina turgida. 



Nonionina depressida (W. & J.) is the N. crassula 

 of Williamson, and " one of the smallest, as well as 

 the most common, of the equilateral nautiloid Pora- 

 minifera," being found almost everywhere on the 

 coast, and in some stations abundant. This also 

 Mr. Parfitt obtained from washings of oysters ; and 

 he observes, "It is the most common of all the 

 species I have met with " (fig. 29). 



Fig. 29. Nonionina depressula. 



Nonionina stelligera (D'Orb.), on the other hand, 

 is very rare in the Shetlands' dredgings, but seems 

 to be tolerably abundant in the Mediterranean, on 



Fig. 30. Nonionina stelligera. 



the Norwegian coast, and in the Arctic seas. 

 Some regard it as a variety of another species, not 

 recorded in the British seas (fig. 30). 



Globigerina bulloides (D'Orb.) must not be for- 

 gotten ; and with that our present list and figures 

 terminate. Of course it is a very common species, 

 and one recently invested with considerable interest, 

 since it is completely cosmopolitan in the deep, 

 deep sea-bed of the Atlantic, almost here, there, and 



everywhere ; fossil in the Vienna basin and the 

 Suffolk crag. Indeed, it is probably identical with 



Fig. 31. Globigerina bulloides. 



the common Globigerina cretacea of the chalk 

 (fig. 31). 



THE PIELDPARE. 



{Tardus pilaris.) 



/^VUR, earliest recollection of the Fieldfare is 

 ^-^ always associated with the time when, first 

 intrusted with a gun, we crept stealthily over the 

 crisp snow at Christmas-time, and, under cover of a 

 straggling hedge, took a " pot shot " at every 

 " Pelt " we could get near. 



In this kind of shooting—" hedge-popping," call 

 it what you will — there is at one period of our lives 

 something wonderfully exciting. The charm of the 

 newly-acquired gun; our intense desire to make a 

 bag; our diffidence in firing at anything on the wing, 

 for fear of missing it ; and the attractive size of the 

 Pieldfare and Redwing, which " sit up well," and 

 offer a good mark, all combine to render such an 

 amusement, at such an age, particularly enjoyable. 

 Indeed, we are almost inclined to doubt whether, at 

 any after-period of life, so much real enjoyment is 

 ever derived from any other kind of shooting. Those 

 who have not tried it must not suppose that the 

 sport is tame, — that the Pieldfare is easily 

 approached, and sits quietly upon his perch until 

 the shot brings him down. No such thing ; he is 

 uncommonly wary and suspicious, and after he has 

 once caught sight of you, it is by no means an easy 

 matter to get within shot of him. We used to think 

 at one time that it could scarcely be more difficult 

 to stalk a deer than to stalk a "Pelt " ; and many a 

 time have we crawled until our back ached, and 

 followed a noisy flock from tree to tree, and from 

 hedgerow to hedgerow, until we had well-nigh 

 despaired of a shot. But when perchance a strag- 

 gler remained behind, and his chatteriug note be- 

 trayed his whereabouts, wc had our triumph and 

 our reward; for we took a steady aim at him from 

 behind a tree, and he came toppling down amid a 

 shower of twigs and leaves. 



When walking home in the twilight with a pocket 



