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over the top of my house in tlic same direotion, about eleven, a. m. On the 12th., (Easter 

 Monday,) saw a Swallow, (Hirundo riistica,) cross the "Water Lane" several tunes, and as 1 

 proceeded on my walk over the Warren, I saw three or four Swallows and many Sand Martins. 

 Wednesday, 2Ist. — Heard a Cuckoo, (Caculus canorus,) and saw a Fieldfare, ( I'urdus pilaris, j 

 which I thought very late in the season for this winter visitor to remain here. 25tli. — 

 hoard the Nightingale, (Philomela luscinia.) 29th. — Saw several Martins, (Hirundo nrhica.) 

 May 8th. — Saw two Swifts, (Gypselus apus,j flying over my house at eight, a. m. 



The MisseUoe.--h.xaong the trees on which the Misseltoe has been found, (vol. i., page 156,) I 

 do not observe the Sycamore. In and near Cheltenham, many plants of it may be seen on 

 that tree; there are also in that town Mountain Ashes with Misseltoe on them; and at a 

 country house a few miles oif, some fine plants of it on Acacias ; both which cases are men- 

 tioned in your catalogue, but not specified. At Cheltenham and elsewhere, it may be seen 

 abundantly on Apple trees mixed with Pear trees, not a single plant ever appearing on a 

 Pear tree, which is strange, as it grows on the Hawthorn, Mountain Ash, and White Beam, 

 which Avill all take grafts of the Pear.--E. D., Dublin, June 19th., 1852. 



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Natural History Sooiety of Glasgow. — ^Tho ordinary meeting of this Society was held on 

 Tuesday, April 6th., 1852. — William Gourlie, Esq , President, in the chair — when there was 

 a full attendance of members. Mr. James Duncan was admitted a resident member, and Mr. 

 Charles W. Peach, Peterhead, a corresponding member. 



Mr. Gourlie exhibited a specimen of Unio Mississipensis, Lea, sent by Joseph Clark, Esq., 

 to Dr. Lorrain; also a specimen of Codiiim Bursa, a rare sea-weed found near Brighton, and 

 sent by Dr. Landsborough, of Saltcoats. 



Mu. Thomas Ferguson exhibited specimens of Nephrops Norvegieus and Lithodus Maia, 

 and stated that they are both somewhat interesting species of British Crustacea, especially the 

 latter, as being one almost peculiar to our Scottish seas. He procured this specimen from 

 Largs, almost the only locality as yet recorded on the West of Scotland. Major Martin 

 includes it in his list of Clyde Crustacea. He stated he was indebted to his friend, Mr. Robert 

 Gray, for the following notes of its occurrence at Dunbar: — It approaches the shore there early 

 in spring in considerable numbers; and is indeed during the entire winter pretty frequently 

 met with. Being totally useless as a marketable eommotlity, however, it was some time ere he 

 could prevail upon the fishermen to bring ashoi'e any sptjcimens which they got; and though 

 perfectly well known to those employed in the crab fishery, it was always counted a curiosity 

 when exhibited in the market, as it seldom happened that its captors took the trouble to remove 

 it from their hooks when caught, otherwise than by tossing it back into the sea. Mr. Gray, 

 however, to ascertain its numbers, oft'ercd a reward for ever}^ specimen that was brought to 

 him ; and the very fii-st day afterwards he was obliged to refuse many. This was in February, 

 March, April, and ilay of 1846; and the specimens were brought from deep water about ten 

 miles off" shore. They were caught on the fishing-lines, not in crab-cages. It sometimes comes 

 so near the shore, that at low tides it is found wedged iii crevices of rocks and in deep pools, 

 lying concealed under the leaves of Fuel, in company with the common edible crab, {Cancer 

 pagurus.) At Dunbar, during the months mentioned, this crab becomes still more common 

 close to the shore, but for what purpose is not well known. It would hardly appear to be their 

 object to deposit spawn, as almost all, indeed all but one of the specimens procured by Mr, 

 Gray, were males. 



The specimen of Nephrops Norvegicus which was exhibited was unusually large, being six- 

 teen inches from the extremity of the tail to the tips of the claws. This species is abimdant 

 on the Dunbar shore, and falls a sacrifice to the voracious appetites of the cod-fish iu enormous 

 quantities. It does not appear farther south than Berwick-upon-Tweed. This specimen was 

 brought from the Ayrshire coast, and is also enumerated by Major Martin in his list. There 

 is an excellent figure of it in "Pennant's British Zoology," vol. 4th. 



Mr. James P. Fraser exhibited a specimen of a new cncrinite, which had been sent him by 



