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MISCKI.T.ANEOUS NOTICES. 



of tRem, immerse their bills nearly up to the eyes in the water, and drink in a continued 

 manner, as Pigeons are known to do." Vol. i. page 89. — Idem. 



Curious Hen's Egg. — I had given me by a friend 

 last week a Hen's egg, or rather eggs, of an ex- 

 traordinary formation; — they are jjoined together at 

 the small ends by a tube of about three-eiglits of 

 an inch or more in length, by rather more than 

 a quarter of an inch diameter, thi-ough which the 

 contents of one egg passed when an opening was 

 made in the other for the purpose of cleaning it. The eggs were perfect, with the exception 

 of the external covering of lime, which was altogether wanting. The . annexed drawing will 

 give a better idea of the eggs than any description I could write. — Stephen Clogg, Looe, May 

 2nd., 1853. 



Capture of Insects. — Mr. King, of this town, is a practical entomologist, and a person whom 

 I much respect from his industry and indefatigable zeal in pursuit of the objects of that science, 

 and he is one who is in every respect worthy of the greatest encouragement. At his request 

 I have made the accompanying little diagram and description of an ingenious box which he 

 is accustomed to use in capturing moths by night. Small portions of the trunks of several 

 trees are covered with a mixtm-e of brown sugar and beer, and when the nights are warm 

 and dark these trees are successfully visited, and the insects secured by the aid of a lantern. 

 The little apparatus herein described will be found extremely efficacious in securing the night- 

 flying moths, and should be in the hands of every practical entomologist. I have much pleasure 

 in thus contributing to the efforts of Mr. King, who is desirous to forward the pursuit of a 

 science for which he is truly partial. — W. B. Clakke, 14, Berners Street, Ipswich, Suflblk, 

 June 8th., 1853. Communicated by the IIev. F. 0. Morris. 



A, Tin box or cylinder, three inches and a half high, and two inches and a half in diameter. 



B, A circular piece of tin, moveable in its own plane by the hinge or rivet C, so as to close the bottom 

 of the box. 



D, A tin hoop to slip over the upper part of the box to secure a piece of gauze. 



E, A second tin box or cylinder, capable of being easily slid into the box A, having a piece of cork 

 filled into the end at F, and a string at G, to facilitjite the withdrawal of one box from the other. 



To receive a moth, open the bottom or slide, as at B, and place the box A over the insect, then 

 carefully turn the slide B under the box, and the moth is enclosed, and generally ascends to the gauze 

 at the upper extremity, which should be directed to the lantern. 



The corked end of the second tin is then presented to the lower end of the box A, and the slide 

 carefully withdrawn, and the former introduced into the latter: the moth will thus be confined between 

 the cork and the gauze, when the moth is at once killed by pressure. 



The Rosy Feather Star, (Comatula rosacea.)— A splendid specimen of this rare star-fisli has 

 just been captured here by me. — D. Ferguson, Redcar, July 9th., 1853. 



The Large Weever, (Trachinus draco.)— This fish, which is rare in the north, has just been 

 taken at Redcar.— Idem. 



