260 THE NATUEALIST. 



Swift. — One was flying round my house, at Tetney, for hours in the 

 afternoon of September 20tb, 1839. On November 24th, I found it dead 

 in the ringing room of the church tower. It was an old bird, and, as I 

 then judged, a female. 



Sky Lark. — Pitches on hedges in March and April. This is mostly 

 after descending from high and more commonly after a short descent, 

 and, as far as I can judge, only before nesting has commenced. The bird 

 is usually excited when it does so and will permit a near approach, and 

 then flies away in a horizontal line and in an unusual mode of flight, by 

 a continued vibration of wing. But it is so frequent a thing at that 

 season that I am surprised it has been so little noticed. 



Tbee Pipit. — Breeds in this parish, at Rigsby. 



Snow Bunting. — I shot one at Egham, when a boy, when it was 

 called " a white lark." I have shot several at Tetney, where flocks of 

 them are seen most winters. They fly in a ball, and wheel round more 

 rapidly and more compacted into a dense mass than any bird I know. 



Blackheaded Bunting. — Very common at Tetney, where they breed 

 in numbers around the Blow Wells, and in the autumn and early winter 

 are sometimes seen in very large flocks. Occasionally not one is to be seen 

 for months, but they are sure to return to breed. 



Oetolan Bunting. — This morning, May 9th, I have been watching 



a pair of Ortolan buntings, on the lawn, for half-an-hour. My boy wanted 



me to shoot one, and could I have killed both I might have done so, but 



I could only have killed one. They have evidently a nest in the 



neighbourhood. 



(To he continued.) 



THE BUTTERFLIES OF HIGH WYCOMBE, BUCKS. 



By Henry Ullyett. 



The number of species taken in this neighbourhood during the last 

 two or three years is thirty-three : this, I think, bears a fair proportion 

 to the total number of British species. There are not many very great 

 rarities to be caught, but among the " good things " Argynnis paphia is 

 plentiful. X suspect too that A. aglaja and A. adippe haunt our heath. A 

 friend of mine caught what he said was A. aglaja, but unfortunately it 

 escaped from the net. The beautiful A. selene is plentiful on Wycombe 



