CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



Natural History of Sunninghill. Chapter II. By 0. S. Bound, Esq. 125 



Mildness of the past Winter. By T. Fuller, Esq 127 



On the Appearance of the Cuckoo. By T. Fuller, Esq 129 



Entomology: — 



List of Lepidoptera occurring in the County of Suffolk. By The 



Bev. J. Greene, The Bev. H. H. Crewe, and C. B. Bree, Esq. . 131 



Notodontinae Double-brooded 135 



Early appearance of Sphinx ligustri. Uncertainty in the appear- 

 ance of Insects. Notodonta ziczac Double-brooded. The Noto- 



dontae are Double-brooded. . k 136 



Nomenclature. Hypercriticism 137 



Lasiocampa callunae. Capture of Deilephila livornica near Exeter. 



The First Ely of the Season 138 



Systema Naturae. By The Bev. F. 0. Morris 138 



Miscellaneous Notices. — Tortoises. Beregrine Falcon. Common 

 Crossbill. Early occurrence of the Hobby. A Yulpo-canine. Eggs 

 of the Nuthatch. The Bedstart. The Black Bedstart, etc. Occur- 

 rence of Falco peregrinus and Bicus major near Fakenham 140 



Proceedings of Societies. — Thirsk Natural History Society. East 



Kent Natural History Society 143 



The Betrospect. — The Great Snipe 146 



The Querist. — The difference in sound of the Cawing of Books. 

 Trapping and Snaring Wild Animals and "Vermin. The distin- 

 guishing of the old from the young of Game and Boultry. List 

 of the Trees dug up in the Fens of Lincoln, Hants., and Cambridge. 146 



Exchange. — Birds' Eggs 148 



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ENTOMOLOGY. 



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 — Bev. H. Crewe; — Bev. F. O. Morris; — Captain Cox; — Me. Unwin; — Mb. 

 Chapman; — Mr. D'Orville; — Mr. Mathews; — Mr. Naish; — Mb. Habding; — 

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