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Sciurus capistratus, Boss. Schinz. S. 



Tulpinus, Gmel. Linn. S. niger, 



Catesby. S. variegatus, Schreb. 

 Sciurus rufiventer, Schinz. S. subau- 



ratus, Bachm. 

 Sciurus aureogaster, Fr. Cuv. Schinz. 

 Sciurus cinercus, Schinz. S. virginia- 



nus, Bris. S. carolinensis, Linn. 

 Sciurus leucotis, Gajpp. Schinz. 

 Sciurus carolinensis, Schinz. 

 Sciurus niger, Linn. Schinz. 



Sciurus fuliginosus, Bach. Schinz. 

 Sciurus Bottse, Less. Schinz. 

 Sciurus Douglasii, Gray. Schinz. 

 Sciurus lanuginosus, Towns. Schinz. 

 Sciurus magnicaudatus, Marl. Schinz. 



S. macrourus, Say. Gad man. 

 Sciurus Audubonii, Bachm. Schinz. 

 Sciurus Hudsonius, Pall. Schreb. Fr. 



Cuv. Geoff. Desm. Gapp. Richard. 



Bachm. Schinz. 

 Sciurus Lewisii, Griff. Schinz. 



(To be continued.) 



Btaltoims JMtrm 



Remarkable Longevity of a Goose. — A very striking instance of the length 

 of life enjoyed by Geese has just come to our knowledge. A Goose in 

 the possession of Mr. Bayley, of Norton, near Wroxeter, in this county, 

 died on Saturday, the 5th. inst., at the great age of forty-three years. 

 The same Goose this year laid nine single and one double-yolk eggs. We 

 are not aware of a similar instance of a Goose living for so long a period. 

 —Shrexosbury Chronicle, June 18th., 1858. 



A Tom Tit's Whim. — The week before last our Whitchurch correspon- 

 dent gave an interesting account of a Golden-crested Wren having built 

 her nest in the throat of a dead calf, at Marbury; this week our Ellesmere 

 correspondent has furnished us with the following extraordinary fact: — "In 

 a pump at the residence of Mr. Roe, surgeon, of Ellesmere, may be seen 

 the nest of a Tom Tit about half a yard from the top, containing ten 

 young birds. ' It is securely fastened round the orifice of the pump tree, 

 but strange to say, the bucket passes through the centre of the nest. 

 The young ones appear to be much alarmed when the piston moves, 

 (which of course it is very frequently doing,) and they scuffle away from 

 it as fast as they possibly can. How the old bird sat her eggs is a 

 mystery, as they must of necessity have been disturbed occasionally around 

 the iron rod when the pump was at work." — Shrewsbury Chronicle, June 

 18th., 1858. 



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East Kent Natural History Society. — (Continued from page 172.) — But 

 the charm of Natural History does not consist alone in collecting speci- 



