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race to become phrenologists ; but that it is desirable to possess a general know- 

 ledge of the laws which govern both mind and body — though at present not 

 generally acknowledged — is, on reflection, too obvious to require enforcement. 



We have not yet been favoured with the rules of the Warrington Phrenological 

 Society ; but we may observe that Mr. Hewett Cottbell Watson, Editor of 

 the Phrenological Journal, Mr. Neville Wood, and other gentlemen known to 

 be warm advocates of Phrenology, have been elected Honorary Corresponding 

 Members. We trust, ere long, to be able to report the proceedings of the Insti- 

 tution. — Ed. 



Crambus aridellus. — In the Linnsean Cabinet is a specimen named C. rosclla 

 (var. of C. lutulus ?), which is, I think, the same as Mr. Bentley's. Mr. Stone 

 took it on the ceiling of a house at Darenth Wood, Kent, July 6, many years 

 since. — J. C Dale, Glanville's Wootton, Dorsetshire, July 9, 1837. 



Nidification of the Mabtin Swallow (Hirundo urbica, Linn.) — During 

 the past summer I observed at Thetford rather a singular deviation from the 

 general economy of the Martin. A pair of these birds, instead of building their 

 usual nest of mud, which Shakspeare has so characteristically described in Mac- 

 beth, occupied a hole in the cornice that ran under the eaves of a house. At no 

 great distance a pair of Swifts occupied a similar situation. The Martin is there 

 by no means numerous, and but very few nests are to be seen in that town. Its 

 congener the Sand Martin, on the contrary, is very abundant ; several hundreds 

 of pairs may be seen occupying the different chalk-pits, piercing the low sandy 

 portions of the strata with their numerous perforations. — J. D. Salmon, Godal- 

 ming, Surrey, Dec. 23, 1837. 



Scarcity op the Merlin Falcon (Falco cesalon) near Scarborough. — 

 This bird is here equally scarce with the Hobby Falcon. The Scarborough Mu- 

 seum contains one specimen ; and another was shot near Belle-vue on the 1 9th 

 of last May. — Patrick Hawkridge, Scarborough, Aug. 7, 1837- 



Pontia callidice. — When I was at Cambridge, at the meeting of the British 

 Association, Mr. Power, of Clare Hall, showed me a specimen of Pontia calli- 

 dice (<i? ?), a variety of the one I had from Dr. Abbott, which was ticketed P. 

 glacialis, 1844. Mr. Poweb said his specimen was given to him by his uncle, 

 and that is all he knows about it. —J. C. Dale, Glanville's Wootton, Dorsetshire, 

 July 9, 1837. 



A Species of Calosoma taken in Devonshibe. — I had a Calosoma from the 

 late Dr. Tuckeb, which was in his cabinet as C. inquisitor, but it is quite dis- 

 tinct, although unnoticed by the late Dr. Leach, who frequently saw Dr. 

 Tucker's collection. It was probably taken at Tavistock or Ashburton, Devon- 

 shire. — Id. 



The Dalmatian Kinglet (Regulus modestus, Gould). — Mr. Gould ob- 



