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The Shag, (Pelecanus graculus.) — A specimen, a young one, of the 

 Shag, was taken in Cow Lane, in this town, yesterday morning; it is in 

 the possession of O. Harris, Esq. From the description in Bewick, there 

 can be no doubt of its identity. — W. Brooks Gates, Derngate, North- 

 ampton, October 7th., 1856. 



Little Gull, (Larus minutus.) — T saw two of the Little Gull on Skipwith 

 Common last First of September. — Edward C. Dawson, Osgodby Hall, 

 Selby. 



Note on the Habits of Drypta. — In its habits, Drypta most resembles 

 Brachimis, hiding among the damp roots of long grass, burrowing deeper 

 in dry weather. It is usually gregarious, two or more being found to- 

 gether in the same turf. Like Brachimis it emits a white and vapoury 

 fluid when alarmed; this at least was observed by us in one example. In 

 its movements it is less active than most of the Geodephaga, becoming 

 more lively in the evening. It sometimes remains perfectly quiet with its 

 antennas curved inwards in an attitude of attention, as if listening with 

 those organs. To the eye of a coleopterist the elegant little Drypta, 

 first seen among the moist brown roots of grass, seems like a gem of 

 beauty, and its capture must always give pleasure from its extreme rarity. 

 — Mary Adams, 20, Hampshire Terrace, Southsea, Portsmouth, October 

 6th., 1856. 



A specimen taken the first week in Octobei', was obligingly sent with the above descrip- 

 tion. — F. 0. Moiaus. 



A lady friend of mine kept a chrysalis for me which she had dug up 

 in her garden. It came out the 27th. of April; Fygo^a Bucephala. This 

 I suppose is very early, as Westwood says June is the time for them to 

 come out. May 15th.: A Scorched-wing, {^urymene Dolubr aria,) came out. 

 May 27th.: took Paniscus. — W. W. Cooper, West Rasen, June 2nd., 1856. 



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Mr. J. Hardy, 43, Radnor Street, Hulme, Manchester, begs, as an 

 instalment of support, to ofler, unconditionally, dried examples of the fol- 

 lowing plants: — Veronica hyhrida, Enjthroea pulchdla, Garex digitata, O. 

 teretiuscula, and var. Ehrarhti, Crithmum maritimum, Pyrola rotundifolia, and 

 var. hracteata, Lastrea cristata, L. idiginosa, L. rigida, Adiantum C- Veneris, 

 Ceterach officinarum, and Equisetum variegatum. 



I remember seeing a notice as to the exchange of Land and Fresh- water 

 Shells in "The jS^aturalist," bat have forgotten the particulars. I should 

 be glad to exchange some of our southern species, as Helix virgata, car- 

 thusiana, arbustorum, etc., for northern species. — R. V. Dennis, Blachington, 

 near Seaford, Sussex. 



