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Second Note on a Wild Bee, (Bombus terrestris ?) — In the latter part of last June, I was 

 enabled to see personally the result of the Bees' workmanship, referred to in a former paper. 

 We carefully removed the tin awning, but it was under very fearful apprehensions, for my 

 friend told me he had seen no traces of them all the spring. The nest had naturally suffered 

 from the ravages of insects, for we found the roof perforated in many places, and from what 

 I saw, I still fancy it formed of strips of the common bean-stalk, or the tree balsam. The 

 poor tenants had all perished, and, from the mangled remains, had doubtless been frozen by 

 the cold, and then become the prey of hardier insects; no trace of any store of food was found, 

 but that might have shared a similar fate to their own. From the wings and pieces of the 

 trunks of the Bees found, I believe they were the common Humble Bee, (Bombus terrestris,) 

 though I am aware they, after tlie manner of Wasps, have an underground house. I regret I 

 was unable to procure a specimen, which I should have greatly desired, as I fancied, from 

 the reports I had given me, that it might liave been a species of Solitary Bee, {Anthiditim 

 manicatum of Fabricius,) and which, Kirby and Spence say, select cavities of old trees, key- 

 holes, etc. Among the foliage of the ivy, not two feet from the old nest, was, at the time of 

 our search, a Eobin's nest, containing six eggs; doubtless the old birds of last year had returned 

 to a spot rendered dear to them by former prosperity in all respects. — G. E. Tm'inx, Bawburgh 

 Hill, near Norwich, August 11th., 1853. 



A fine specimen of Sphinx convolvuli was captured about three miles out at sea by C. Dobson, 

 and is now in my collection. Query. — Was this specimen migrating, or the contrary? — D. 

 Fergusox, Eedcar, September 14th., 1853. 



Acherontia Atropos. — Another specimen was taken a few days ago by G. Reade, Esq., Guisbro', 

 and is now in the hands of Daniel Duck, druggist, at that place.— Idem. 



Capture of Vanessa Antiopa. — I have great pleasure in recording the capture of a fine pair 

 of that rare Butterfly, Vanessa Antiopa. — One was caught by a friend, September, 1852, on 

 the heath; the other on the grounds of Mr. Biggs, Loampit Hill, near Lewisham. This last 

 adorns ray cabinet. — Larret Shields, Dartmouth Grove, Greenwich, October 23rd., 1853. 



Colias Hyale. — The Eev. Henry Hilton, of Milstead Eectory, near Sittingbourne, has informed 

 me that he captured a specimen of this Butterfly the present summer, I believe near Dover. — 

 F. 0. Morris, Nafferton Vicarage, October 27th., 1853. 



The JV^atural History of the Birds of Ireland, Indigenous and Migratory, 

 containing descriptions of the habits, migrations, occurrence, and economy, of 

 the two hundred and sixty-one species comprised in the Fauna. By John 

 J. Watters, Associate Member of the University Zoological Association. 

 Dublin: James Mc'Glashan. London: W. S. Orr^ and Co. Edinburgh: 

 John Menzies, 1853, p. p, 300, 



The object of the writer of this little work, appears to have been to offer 

 to the public an authentic and careful account of the birds of Ireland, at 

 such a price as to allow every one who wished for such information to obtain it. 

 The habits and history of two hundred and sixty-one birds are given; and 

 much valuable information respecting them is contained in these pages. It 

 is a matter of great regret, that Ireland should possess so few observant 

 Naturalists; for although there are bright exceptions, there is no doubt that 

 the study of Natural History is generally much less cultivated in Ireland, 

 than in this country. Had it been otherwise, it is highly probable that many 



