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the habitation of a colony of young Rabbits, \Lepus cuniculus;) and about 



twenty feet high in the bole or trnnlc, was a litter of Kittens, {Fdis ? var 



domestica,) six in number, and dead, the mother having no doubt been killed 

 by the keepers as a poacher, A little higher up, the trunk was swarming 

 with nests, containing eggs and young of the Common Starling, (Sturmis 

 vulgaris,) and what is most singular, there was a nest with young Starlings 

 immediately above the hole occupied by the young Cats. 



At a little distance from this tree is another, quite prostrate, having laid in 

 this position, bleached by the rains and dews from heaven, for many a long 

 day, and likely so to remain. At about five feet from the butt end, it girthed 

 sixteen feet, and at ten feet, eighteen feet five inches; here it branches off 

 into three large branches, the stumps of which now only remain; the middle 

 branch measured eight feet, the right hand one ten feet, and the left six 

 feet nine inches. Still further on, we came to what was originally the 

 largest, but which is now a mere shell, with about eleven young Irces springing 

 out from its base. At the ground this stump measured forty-six feet, and 

 must have been, when in its beauty, a magnificent tree. We shall now only 

 add that Canford belongs to Sir J. J. Guest, Bart., who, with his amiable 

 Lady, will no doubt afford these venerable relics of days of yore that protection 

 which their decrepit old age requires. 



Charininder, Dorset, August llt/i., I80I. 



NOTES ON THE APPEARANCE AND CAPTURE 

 OF LEPIDOPTERA IN THE LAKE DISTRICT, IN 1851. 



BY MR. W. GREENIP. 



Anisoptcrijx cescularia and Hyhernia leucophearia, beat from young oaks, 

 March 14th. 



Biston prodromarius, taken from the bole of the oak, from March IGth. 

 to April 8 th. 



Lohophom polycommata. I took good specimens of this rare moth, daily, 

 from the trunks of young oaks and ash, from April 7th. to May 2nd. 



Lohophora lohulata, from the ash, during the month of April. 



Lohophom sexdisata, found on the trunks of the beech, between June 4th. 

 and 17th. 



Zerene albicilhta, sitting on the oak during the days, and fiying amongst 

 the hazels during the nights of June. 



Demas coryli, taken from the buds of the beech, June 15th. 



Coremia propiujnaria, about the end of June. - 



Crainhiis radidlus. This insect is found on our highest mountains, and is 

 generally taken on the wing, among the lent. I took five specimens on 

 Skiddaw, June 29th.: on the 4th. of July I captured ton more on llclvcllyn. 



