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not acquire the white outer tail feathers in its first year." The 

 Field, 27th September 191 9, p. 442. 



In this paper for i ith October, p. 490, a Great Snipe is recorded 

 as having been shot at Albershaw, Elvanfoot, Lanarkshire, on the 

 loth of September. 



Spotted Crake in Ross-shire. Mr Rudge Harding reports 

 {British ^/V^j- (magazine), vol. xiii., p. 197) a Spotted Crake killed by 

 striking the telegraph wires at Ardgay, Ross-shire, on 24th June 1919. 



British Andrena and Nomada. Scottish students of Hy- 

 menoptera will find it advantageous to consult an important paper 

 recently published by Dr R. C. L. Perkins in the TransacHotis of 

 the Entomological Society of London (19 19, Parts I. and II., pp. 

 218-319, Plates XL to XV.). It is entitled "The British Species 

 oi A7idrena and JVomada,^' and is an admirable study of the habits, 

 distribution, and taxonomy of the genera in question. The intro- 

 ductory portion, dealing with the habits of Andrena the host and 

 Nomada the parasite, is extremely interesting and worthy of perusal 

 by anyone fond of insects and their ways, even from a general 

 point of view. A valuable section dealing with distribution is 

 followed by a systematic arrangement of the various species into 

 small groups, and the memoir concludes with synoptic tables for 

 determining the males and females of both genera. 



Rearing and Preservation of Orthoptera. Two useful, 

 though short, practical articles are published by W. J. Lucas, 

 B.A., F.E.S., in the November number of the Entomologist. 

 The first (on pp. 249-250) is entitled "Orthoptera in Captivity," 

 and gives brief hints on the rearing of Earwigs, Cockroaches, 

 Grasshoppers, and Crickets. The second paper (pp. 250-252) 

 is on " Preserving Orthoptera," and deals concisely with the 

 best methods of killing, pinning, carding, setting or preserving 

 in tubes, as the case may be, of specimens which it may be 

 desired to give a permanent place in a collection. 



Clouded Yellow Butterflies in Scotland. Among the 

 numerous records of British specimens of the Clouded Yellow 

 Butterfly {Colias edusa) captured or seen during the past season 

 we notice three Scottish examples. The first was a male captured 

 on 3rd August at Burnbanks, Kincardineshire, by James Duncan, 

 and recorded by him in the Entomologist for October (p. 235). 

 The others were one seen flying over the river Don on 4th 

 September, and one captured at Craibstone, near Aberdeen (no 

 date given). These are recorded by L. G. Esson in the same 

 journal (November No., p. 259). 



