Natural History in Scotland and Ireland, 



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Norfolk. 



Norfolk and Norwich Museum. — The Sixth Annual Meeting was held on 

 the 28th of November, 1830, Thomas Brightwell, Esq., in the chair. The 

 chairman congratulated the Meeting on the increased and increasing interest 

 generally taken in scientific pursuits, and especially in the prosperity of 

 this Society, clearly evinced by the very large donations of specimens 

 which had been made in the past year. He expressed, at the same time, 

 his earnest hope that pecuniary as well as scientific support would much 

 more largely be afforded to it. His desire was to see the Society not only 

 fi-eed from debts, but possessed of sufficient funds to enable the committee- 

 at least to preserve and display specimens presented, if not to purchase 

 occasionally desirable additions to their collection. The report of the 

 committee noticed a number of donations received, and gave a favourable 

 account of the Society's funds. — S. W. Norwichy Jan. 1831. 



Art. in. Natural History in Scotland. 



Birds either resident or occasional Visiters of Renfrew and its Neighbour- 

 hood, from November to February 1. 1831. — Our situation is low, not 

 many feet above the water level of the river Clyde ; the surface consists, 

 of small plantations, cultivated fields, and marshy meadows. The names 

 are Linnean, and taken from Montagu's Ornithological Dictionary. Those 

 marked with a star are visiters. 



Trfnga Van^Uus, Lapwing, Peeseweep. 

 C6rvus glandarius. Jay, Jay-pyet. 



it/onfedula. Jackdaw, Kay. 

 A'rAea. major, Heron. 

 F&lco JVisus, Sparrowhawk. 

 Loxia Chloris, Green linnet. 

 *F&lco palumbarius. Goshawk. 

 Tfirdus pilkris. Fieldfare, 

 ♦^■^as ^oschas, "Wild duck. 

 Col6mba Palumbus, Cushat Woodpigeon. 

 C6rvus Corone, Carrion crow. 

 Certhia famili^ris. Tree-climber. 

 2\ardus A/^rula, Blackbird. 

 Motacflla Tiegulus, Golden-crested wren. 



Trogl6dytes, Common wren. 

 *Sc61opax rusticola. Woodcock. 

 *i4^nas Penelope, Widgeon. 

 Motacilla modul^rls. Hedge sparrow. 



^Ibida, Water-wagtail. • 

 *Pkrus caudatus, Long-tailed titmouse. 



PJirus mJijor, Greater titmouse. 



kter. Cole titmouse. 



caerWeus, Small blue'titmouse. 

 rtirdus visefvorus. Missel-thrush. 



♦mtisicus, Mavis. 

 Pringilla dom^stfca. House sparrow. 

 *Sc61opax Gallinkgo, Common mire snipOv 

 C6rvus frugilegus. Rook, Crow, Craw. 



*Cbrax, Kaven, Croupycraw. 

 Motacilla Rub^cola, Robin redbreast 

 Phasiknus colchicus. Pheasant. 

 Tetrao P^rdlx, Partridge, Paitrick. 

 Strix O^tus, Horned owl, Houlat. ' 



Corvus Pica, Magpie, Pyat. 

 AladAa, arvensis. Skylark, Laverock. 

 *^*nas Berniculn, Wild goose. 

 *3/otacilla Atricapilla, Black-cap, Coal-hood. 

 Pringilla coeMebs {males only). Chaffinch. 

 Emberiza Citrinella, Yellowhammer, Yeldrock. 



Besides these, there have been some species of gulls that I cannot name. 

 I intend, at some future time, to send you a list of our summer birds. — 

 X Y, Z. Near Renfrew, Feb. 16. 1831. 



Art. IV. Natural History in Ireland, 



Birds at and near Londonderry. — Sir, As I perceive from your interest- 

 ing Magazine that you do not despise small things, I send you the following 

 account of a few birds which I observed in a district of this county, Lon- 

 donderry, twenty miles south of the Giants' Causeway. The figure given of 

 the lesser pettychaps, in a late Number, is very like it. This pleasing little 

 bird arrives here about the 10th of April, and departs in September. I 

 found a nest of it on the ground, apparently laid on its side, among some 

 small hawthorn twigs that had been cut from a hedge ; it was made of dry 

 grass outside, then moss, and then feathers, some of them those of poultry. 



