650 NATURAL SCIENCE. ^^v.. 



The following is a complete list of plants, birds, and insects, of 

 wliicli observations are required : — 



Plants. 



I. — Hazel (Corylus avellana). 8. — White Ox-eye {Chrysanthemum Uu- 



2. — Coltsfoot (Tussilago farjara). canthemum). 



3. — Wood Anemone {Anemnne nemorosa). 9. — Dog-rose {Rosa canina). 



4. — Blackthorn (Piunus spihosa). 10. — Black Knapweed {Centaurea nigra). 



5. — Garlic Hedge Mustard {Sisymbrium 11. — Harebell {Campanula rotundifolia). 



alliaria). 12. — Greater Bindweed {Convolvulus 

 6. — Horse Chestnut {.Esculus hippocas- sepium). 



tanum). 13. — Ivy {Hedera helix). 

 7. — Hawthorn {CratiTgus oxyacantha). 



Birds. 



I. — Song Thrush {Turdus musicus). 4. — Nightingale {Daulias luscinia). 



2. — Swallow {Hirundo rustica). 5. — Flycatcher {Muscicapa grisola). 



3. — Cuckoo {Cuculus canorus). 6. — Swallow (last seen). 



Insects. 



I. — Honey Bee {Apis mellifica). 4— Orange-tip Butterfly {Anthocharis 



2. — Wasp {Vespa vulgaris). cardamines). 



3. — Small Cabbage White Butterfly 5. — Meadow-brown Butterfly {Epinephile 



{Pieris rapcr). janira). 



Arctic Expeditions. 



A PRELIMINARY Hotice of Lieutenant Peary's Expedition to 

 Greenland has lately appeared in the newspapers, and the results 

 prove to be most valuable and satisfactory. The expedition, it will 

 be remembered, left the United States in July of last year, under the 

 auspices of the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences, wintering in the 

 Arctic regions, with the intention of reaching the North of Greenland 

 this summer over the inland ice. The party successfully passed the 

 winter at McCormick Bay as arranged, and on May 15 of the 

 present year Messrs. Peary and Astrup started on their northern 

 journey, reaching the extreme limit of Greenland in latitude 81 "37 

 early in July. The land on the coast was almost free from snow, and 

 the musk-ox was found to be abundant, while foxes, hares, ptar- 

 migan, and other birds, besides insects and flowering plants, were 

 also met with. The sledge journey of about 1,300 miles was 

 accomplished within ninety days. Besides adding so much to our 

 knowledge of the geography of Greenland, the expedition is said to 

 have brought back the richest collection of specimens of the fauna 

 and flora of the Arctic regions hitherto made by any explorers. 



The French Expedition to Jan Mayen and Spitzbergen, orga- 

 nised and despatched last June by the French Minister of Public 

 Instruction, under M. Charles Ribot, has also safely returned. The 

 Alpine flora was studied especially on Jan Mayen, and observations 

 were made on the movement of some of the glaciers of Spitzbergen. 

 A very large collection of fossil plants was obtained and brought back 

 to the Paris Museum of Natural History. 



