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salutes ' will be fired through the wires, as a matter of course ; the question will be 

 popped instantly ; a consent will be warbled forth in a scarcely audible undertone ; and 

 your birds are — married, in the sight of God and man." 



We have no room for further extracts, but we trust our readers will look 

 for themselves, and we do not think they will be disappointed. Those who 

 wish for a more extended work on the same subject, will purchase Mr. Kidd's 

 larger book on the same subject, price 6s. 



We are glad to see that Mr. Kidd is now occupied in writing on our various 

 other Cage-Birds, in the pages of the " Family Economist," and commenced 

 in the July number with the Sky- Lark. 



PisalktiMs ^jotias. 



Deformity of a Chrysalis of Pontia BrassiocB. — I send you a drawing of a 



somewhat curious deformity or irregu- 

 larity in the position of the antennae in 

 , a chrysalis oi Pontia BrassiccB, should you 

 think it worthy of notice. — C. G. Lenny, 

 Eamsgate, May, 1855. 



A Bat flying in Winter. — I was much pleased to see a Bat hawking about 

 on the sunny side of Clement Fore-street, Ipswich, on a veiy cold day in 

 January, 1854. I stood for some time watching it. — George King, Ipswich, 

 January 15th, 1855. 



Curious Habit of Mice. — I heard, the other day, from a friend under whose 

 observation the circumstance occurred, and upon whose veracity I can rely, 

 that in a cellar, among other grocer's stores, was a quantity of black lead, 

 done up in paper parcels, and which were for convenience placed on the 

 floor. The employers were often surprised to see the papers broken and 

 othei'wise damaged, and could not imagine what in the world the Mice could 

 be about, black lead being rank poison, till they caught some in traps; when, 

 to their great astonishment, they found that they had rubbed themselves 

 on the black-lead till their backs shone like a well polished grate. No doubt 

 they would imagine, as do many of our " gents," who shine more by its than 

 by their own merit, that black-lead added greatly to their appearance, and 

 heightened their charms ; and would also hope thereby to captivate more 

 readily the unwary members of the female sex. — W. K. Robertson, Dunbar, 

 February 21st, 1855. 



Do Squirrels suck Eggs } — I must confess, I hardly can make up my mind 

 to believe they do ; still, when one hears so many game-keepers say they do, 

 it is apt to cause doubts upon the matter in one's own mind. I will relate 



