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whom Mr. Pinching had acted as guide, stating that in a very short 

 time he found a sufficiency of specimens. 



W. Webster. 

 Upton Hall, near Birkenhead, September Hth., 1857. 



NOTES ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF EAST CUMBERLAND. 



BY MR. THOMAS ARMSTRONG. 



(Continued from page 226.) 



Trollius Europceus, (Globe flower,) and Aquilegia vulgaris, (Columbine,) 

 grow side by side upon those beautiful banks in the vicinity of Armth- 

 waite, that decorate the Eden on both sides, a locality fertile in botanical 

 productions, and full of wild and majestic scenery, and to those who may 

 happen to visit Baron Wood, in order to see it fully, it is well to know 

 that it is from the Coombes side of the river that the grandeur of the 

 scenery presents itself. 



Parnassia palustris, (Grass of Parnassus,) is plentiful on the boggy pastures 

 around Froddel Crook, which is in full bloom in September; Agrimonia 

 Eupatoria, (Agrimony,) Saponaria officinalis, (Soapwort,) and Inula dysen- 

 terica, (Fleabane,) are to be found in the Coombes Wood; so also grow 

 Senecio sarracenicus, (Broad-leaved Ragwort,) and Allium ursinum, (Garlic,) 

 along the Eden, which flows between here and Baron Wood; Malva ro- 

 tundifolia, (Dwarf Mallow,) and Leonurus cardiaca, (Motherwort,) are found 

 in the same locality. 



At the foot of Blaes Fell, and on the Cowran hills, I have gathered 

 Echium vulgare, (Viper's Bugloss,) and Polemonium cceruleum, (Greek Va- 

 lerian) — the latter is a plant, as well as Hyosciamus niger, (Henbane,) that 

 are seldom met with in Cumberland. 



On the Solway Flow grow Drosera longifolia, (Sundew,) Narthecium ossi- 

 fragum, (Asphodel,) and Andromeda polifolia, (Wild Rosemary.) Solidago 

 virgaurea, (Golden-rod,) Campanula rotundifolia, (Bell-flower,) Hieracium 

 pidmonarium, (Hawkweed,) adorn our cliffs. Orchis maculata, Primula 

 farinosa, (Bird's-eye Primrose,) Lychnis fios-cuculi, (Ragged Robin,) Agros- 

 temma Githago, (Corn-cockle,) and Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, (Saxifrage,) 

 bedeck the valleys. 



In 1854, on the 8th. of March, a specimen of the Great Bustard, (Otis 

 tarda,) was shot at Lees Hill, near Brampton. 



On Scratchmans Scaur, near Penrith, the Honey Buzzard, (Pernis 

 apivorus,) was shot in 1855, having shortly before robbed a wasp's nest, 

 as its stomach was full of the larvae of that insect. 



