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the water flows over at the rate of 5 gallons per minute, of a temperature 

 of 55° Fahrenheit.— W. Brentford, Feb. 9. 1829. 



Flycatcher in November. — The first week of this month I observed a 

 spotted flycatcher in a field near this place ; but it had been apparently 

 wounded in one leg, as it leaned on one side when perching on some rails. 

 — B. Sweet. Pomona Place, King*s Road, near Fulham, Nov. 28. 1828. 



Suffolk. 



Thecla splm. — It may be interesting to many of your readers to hear 

 that, during the past summer, a new, or at least a very rare, insect (Thecla 

 .vpini) has been taken in this country. Mr. J. Seaman, of Ipswich, a most 

 indefatigable and persevering entomologist, captured many specimens of it 

 during the month of June last. I have a catalogue of some of the rarer 

 British birds killed in this county within a few years, which I will forward 

 to you. — J. B. Hoy. Stoke Nayland. iVbv. 22. 1828. 



Plants in flower' on 21st December, 1828, near Bungay, Suffolk.—- 

 GraminecB : Poa. annua. Annual meadow grass. 'Euphorbihcex : iVfercuri- 

 dlis per^nnis. Perennial Mercury. TkymelecB : Daphne sempervirens, Ever- 

 green Daphne. Yincece : Finca major. Great periwinkle. LabidtcB : Z/amium 

 album, White dead-nettle ; L. purpureum, Purple dead-nettle ; Hbrminum 

 sylv^stre. Wild oculus Christi (541via Ferbenaca). Compositce: *S6nchus 

 oleraceus, Kitchen-garden sowthistle ; CVepis tectorum. Roof hawk*s beard ; 

 Taraxacum officinale, Shop dandelion ; Phrygia nigra. Black [knapweed ; 

 jB^llis perennis. Perennial daisy ; ^ichillea ikfillefolium. Many-leaved yar- 

 row ; *Senecio laciniatus, Jagged groundsel ; S. vulgaris, Common ground- 

 sel. LeguminoscB : tTlex europae'us, European furze; Trifolium arv^nse, 

 Fallow trefoil. Geranidce : (reraniura Robertianum, Robert geranium ; 

 G. molle. Soft geranium ; G. pusillum. Pygmy geranium. Malvacece : 

 ilfalva vulgaris, Common mallow. Caryophyllece : Zyychnis vespertina, 

 Evening lychnis; Stellaria media. Middle-size chickweed. Cruciferee : 

 Sisymbrium oflficinale, Shop bank-cress ; jLepidium campestre. Champaign 

 pepperwort; Erysimum cheiranthoides. Wallflower hedge-mustard ; Tlilaspi 

 cuneatum. Wedge-shaped treacle-mustard. Raniinculacece : j?anunculus 

 ripens. Creeping crowfoot ; B. acris. Acrid crowfoot. (Named from Gray's 

 Natural A?'rangement of British Plants.) — D. Slock. Bungay, Dec. 22. 1 828. 



Lancashire. 



Natural History Society of Preston. — Sir, I have enclosed a copy of the 

 laws of our Natural History Society, and a catalogue of the books now in 

 the library. The Society originated with four individuals, has continued to 

 increase gradually, and there are now about thirty subscribers. Several of 

 the members feel anxious to form a museum, more particularly as there 

 is nothing of the kind in the town, and have lately had a meeting to discuss 

 the means to accomplish it, but have not hitherto come to any fixed 

 determination. If you, or any of your correspondents, could furnish a few 

 hints in your Magazine on this subject, and point out how similar establish- 

 ments have been formed and are conducted in other places, of no greater 

 magnitude than this town, such hints would prove highly acceptable. 



Dr. Harwood's late course of lectures here, on the Mammalia and A^ves, 

 has contributed to enliven the taste already manifested towards zoological 

 pursuits. The lectures were uncommonly well attended, and every one 

 appeared delighted, many expressing sorrow at the shortness of the 

 course. 



If a respectable museum could be established, it would doubtless soon be 

 enriched with valuable presents, would tend to keep up a spirit of enquiry 

 into Nature's works, and prove an unfailing source of intellectual gratifi- 



