42 MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES. 



fasciculare and lanuginosiun, Hi/pnum uncinatum, (then in perfect fruit,) 

 and several commoner species. In the crevices those beautiful ferns, Asple- 

 nium adiantum-nigrum and trichomanes, luxuriate in profusion; and we also 

 procured examples of a very robust form of Hedwigia cileata, (Anutan- 

 gium, H. & T.) in a desirable state of fructification. As the stone walls 

 gave place to shady banks, Pohjtrichum piliferum and Pogonatum urnigerum 

 made their appearance, and where ground partook of a boggy character, 

 Polytrichum commune and its ally P. formosum shewed themselves. On a 

 low building in a small village, about half-way between Caernarvon and 

 Llanberis, we collected a further supply of Bryum cernuum, but unfor- 

 tunately the fruit was too mature to exhibit fully their distinctive characters. 

 On the left-hand side of the road, a little further along, we had the 

 pleasure of finding a small quantity of Orthotrichum phyllantlmm with 

 gemmiparous flowers. Walking along a short distance we were exceedingly 

 gratified in procuring a few specimens of that peculiar and interesting 

 species, Diphyscium foliosum. 



At intervals pausing to watch the variations of the beautiful landscape, 

 and staying to observe or collect the species which presented themselves to 

 our notice, in due course we arrived at the little village of Cwm y glo, 

 on the rocks opposite to which we found some beautiful specimens of 

 Bryum capillare, with the foliage elegantly contorted, and the capsules 

 presented a harmoniously blended combination of dark green and vermilion. 



(To be continued.) 



Domestic Cat. — Mrs. E.'s cat had a kitten, and nursed it until it was 

 quite a large cat; after a time she had another brood of kittens, but Mrs. 

 E. had them all drowned; then her first kitten began to suck her again, 

 and she treated it quite as if it was a little kitten. One day Mrs. E. 

 heard a great noise, and went to see what it was, when she found the 

 old one trying to take the other by its back, as she would a little kitten, 

 to bring it up stairs. 1 suppose she hurt the other in trying to do so, 

 which caused the noise. She is still nursing it, although it is now not far 

 short of her own size, and much fatter. — R. N. M. M. 



Lateness of the Chimney Sioallow. — (Hirundo rustica.) On Friday, No- 

 vember 2nd., in the village of Blunham, in this county, I was surprised 

 to see three Swallows hawking for insects, as if in the middle of summer. 

 The same birds were seen some days later by a friend of mine residing 

 at Blunham.— Edward T. L. Smith, Potton, Bedfordshire, November lith., 

 1855. 



