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nest and attempted to escape, but, the white one catching his eye, its strange 

 appearance led him to capture it, and bring it home alive. He fed it for a 

 few days, when it died. I did not get an opportunity of examining it till 

 after it had been stuffed. The colour was of an uniform creamy white, more 

 intense on the strong wing feathers and tail; the bill, legs, feet, and claws, 

 were of the same colour: the eyes were red when the bird was alive. — 

 John Gray, Glasgow, May 8th., 1851. 



Calendar from January 26th, to February 28th., 1851. 



JANUARY, 1851. 



26 Leontodon taraxacum. Daudelion Commenced flowering in 



Yorkshire. 

 31 Primroses, White Violets, Buttercups, and Daisies, are in flower in Devonshire at this date. 



FEBRUAEY. 



2 Leontodon taraxacum .... Dandelion Commenced flowering in 



Devonshire. 



3 Perdix cinerea Partridge Commenced pairing in 



Yorkshii-e. 



5 Geranium dissectum. Wild or jagged-leaved Geranium. Commenced flowering in 



Devonshire. 



6 Primula vulgaris Primrose, (Common.) Do. Yorkshire. 



8 Potentilla fragaria-struin.. Strawberry-leaved Cinquefoil Do. Do. 



9 Geranium rotundifolium.. Round-leaved Geranium Do. Devonshire. 



12 Myosotis palustris Forget-me-not Do. Yorkshii-e, 



in gardens. 



13 Motacilla alba Water or Pied Wagtail First seen in Yorkshire, 



(Kiveton park,) and a few days later in great numbei-s. This bird is common in 

 Devonshire both in summer and winter; — it is called there the 'Ditch washer.' 



18 Narcissus pseudo narcissus. Common Daffodil Commenced flowering in 



Devonshire. 



20 \lola canina Dog Violet Do. Do. 



Riinuuculus ficaria Pile wort Crowfoot, or lesser Celandine Do. Yorkshire. 



22 Caltha palustris , Common Marsh Marygold Do. Nottingham- 



shire ; Marsh, near Blyth. 



23 Bollis peronnis Common Daisy Commenced flowering in 



Yorkshii'e. 



28 Yinca minor Lesser Periwinkle Do. Do. 



Flowers much earlier 

 in Devonshire. 

 S. Hannaford, Jim., Kiveton Fork, Rotherham, May 1th., 1851. 



A few remai'Jcs on "Tlie Fauna of Falmouth," by W. P. Cocks, Esq. (See 

 page 37.) — I was surprised to see in the above mentioned interesting commu- 

 nication, a statement, that the Notch-eared Bat, {Vespertilio emarginatxis,) is 

 ^^not uncommon" in the neighbourhood of Falmouth, as I had always 

 understood that it was one of the rarest of our British Bats, only a very 

 few specimens having been obtained in this country. In "The Naturalist's 

 Library," by Sir W. Jardine, I find the following notice : — "I have been fortu- 

 nate in procuring a specimen of this very rare species, from a gentleman, who 

 procured it at Winchester. The species was first found at Abberville, by 



