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frugilegus, the Rook ; C. Corone, the Carrion Crow ; C. il/on^clula," the 

 Jackdaw ; C. Pica, the Magpie ; C. Grdculus, the Red-legged Crow, or 

 Chough, rare; C. glandarius, the Jay; Cuciilus canorus, the Cuckoo; 

 Picu3 medius, the Middle-spotted Woodpecker, rare ; -^Icedo I'spida, the 

 King-fisher. 



hfnseres. -4^nas Cygnus, the Wild Swan, in hard winters small flocks are 

 seen, several were shot near Ennerdale Lake two or three years ago ; J'nas 

 Tadorna, the Sheldrake; A. nigra, the Black Diver; A. Manila^ the Scaup 

 Duck, not common ; ^. J'nser, the Grey Lag Goose ; ^4. erythropterus, the 

 Barnacle Goose, rare ; A. moUissima, the Eider Duck, very rare, I have 

 only seen one specimen, and that a young bird ; A. Clangula, the Golden 

 Eye, rare ; A. Penelope, the Widgeon ; Ji'nas cicuta, the Pentail Duck, 

 rare ; A. ferina, the Pochard, not common ; A. Cr^cca, the Teal ; A. B6%- 

 chas, the Mallard; A fuligula, the Tufted Duck, ikfergus Merganser, the 

 Goosander; ilf. Castor, the Dundiver ; yi'lca Tdrc^a the Razor Bill ; A, 

 A'ice, the Little Auk ; Pelicanus Carbo, the Corvorant ; P. Graculus, the 

 Shag, or Scarp. Colymbus Troille, the Foolish Guillemot ; C. rmmer, the 

 Imber Diver, rare ; C. rubricoUis, the Red-necked Grebe, iarus Rissa, the 

 Kittywake ; L. canus, the Common Gull, or Mew; L. fuscus, the Herring 

 Gull ; L. crepidatus, the Black-toed Gull of Bewick, rare, a chance one 

 being seen among a number of the common Mews. It is singular that no 

 notice is taken of this bird by Fleming, it being strictly British, and a re- 

 markable bird of its kind. L. ridibundus, the Black-headed Gull, or Black- 

 cap. L. marinus, the Black-backed Gull ; a colony of these birds breed on 

 the margin of a lake in this neighbourhood, called Devouck Water, and are 

 known here by the name of the Devouck Water Mews. A pair of these 

 Gulls, a few seasons ago, passing over the mountains to Ennerdale Lake, 

 forcibly dispossessed a colony of Blackcaps, who for years had bred on a 

 rocky island in the centre of the lake, and compelled them to resort to the 

 rocks on the margin, in consequence of which, the whole of the succeeding 

 young brood, from a sudden torrent of rain sweeping down the mountains, 

 were washed into the lake and destroyed ; the larger Gulls have retained 

 possession of their conquest ever since. Sterna Hiriindo, the common 

 tern ; S. minuta, the lesser tern. 



Excellent specimens of most of the above, together with many others j^et 

 to be enumerated (having duplicates of most), I should be willing to dis- 

 pose of to any gentleman, or infant society forming a museum, on moderate 

 terms : also a beautiful collection of shells, upwards of 200 species, all per- 

 fect live shells, and mostly with duplicates if required. If the present com- 

 munication suits your purpose and is agreeable, I shall be happy to furnish 

 you, in detail, with a list of the specimens in the other branches of natural 

 history found here and on the coast. I remain, Sir, yours, &c. — J. Stanleyf 

 M.D. Whitehaven, Nov. 26. \S2S. 



Hampshire. 



Rare Plants collected by the Rev. S, Palmer of Chigwell. The rather 

 uncommon marked with a star (*). — Glaux maritima, beach, Fareham. 

 riburnum CKpulus, Fareham. * Myosurus minimus, Stubbington. *^^llium 

 oleraceum, Old Fareham. Adoxa moschatellina, Boarhunt. ^Sedum Tfele- 

 •phium, Titchfield. Prunus Padus, Pjrus ilf alus, Fareham. Panunculus 

 aurlcomus, hirsutus, bulbosus, arvensis, B^areham. R. /^ederaceus and 

 aquatilis. Peel Common near Brockhurst. Galeobdolon luteum, ZJraba 

 hirta and incana, fields and hedges near Brockhurst. Teesdalm nudicaulis, 

 Ornithopusperpusillus; Prifolium subterraneum, ochroleucum, marltimum, 

 suffocatum, common near Gosport. *iy6tus diffusus, Alverstoke. O^rchis 

 dlbida and conopsea, Portsdown Hill, fuscus aculeatus, hedges, passim. 

 J5^quisetum palustre. Ophioglossum vulgatum, copses near Fareham. Plan- 



