Cypris arcudta Bean. Short Communications. 377 



Breadth six lines. The monarch of this tribe, from the same 

 place as the last, where it occurs sparingly in every part of 

 the sandstone and shale that contains vegetable remains. 



Only these two species of shells have yet been discovered 

 in this interesting spot ; and they are certainly of sufficient 

 geological importance to deserve recording. Depressed spe- 

 cimens of Cypris concentrica are found, also, in the lower 

 sandstone and shale at Cloughton and Haiburn Wyke. 



Cy^pris arcuaVa mihi. {Jig. 55.) 



Another species of this genus, sent to us by Mr. Alder, from 

 the coal formation of Newcastle. It is less than the Cypris 

 faba of Mineral Conchology, smooth, brown, glossy, and dis- 

 tinctly reniform, with a slight depression in the middle of the 

 front margin. 



Scarborough, June 11. 1836. 



Art. XIII. Short Communications. 



Mammiferous Animals. — Devotedness in a Sow to the 

 Rescue of her Offspring from Fire. — On last Saturday [Feb. 

 19. or else 26.], there was a large fire at Hillrow, near Had- 

 denham, Cambridgeshire, by which a considerable quantity of 

 farm produce, and several cattle of various kinds, were de- 

 stroyed. I have heard that, in this event, a sow, that had 

 recently produced young, rushed twice through the flames, 

 each time bringing away one of her young ones ; and was 

 prevented making the third attempt by force. I have enquired 

 as to the correctness of this account, and have received con- 

 firmation of it. — John Denson. Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, 

 Feb. 27. 1836. 



Birds. — Seeming Proof of Reasoning in an Individual of 

 the Domestic Code. — One of these birds, about two years old, 

 belonging to my neighbour, whose premises are separated from 

 mine by a range of stables, &c, regularly pays me a visit at 

 the breakfast and dinner hours. I do not keep any poultry 



