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almost as loudly as the Tabauus.^ — 

 Peter Inchbald, Storthes Hall. 



Ferrets. — I should esteem it a 

 favour if any one would kindly 

 inform me what is the disease so 

 prevalent among ferrets. Three 

 cases have come under my notice 

 in the last fortnight. The ferrets 

 in question had been kept scrupu- 

 lously clean, as might be seen by 

 the state of their feet, and the sick- 

 ness commenced with severe shiver- 

 ing, and they seemed to be attacked 

 with, what we should call in human 

 beings, bronchitis, accompanied by 

 severe swelling of the eyes, which 

 discharged a great deal of matter ; 

 and, notwithstanding constant bath- 

 ing, this never seemed to decrease. 

 The ferrets had been hunting with 

 a strange ferret who had the disease. 

 This one is dead, and the other two 

 were soon after seized with the 

 complaint, one* is dead and the 

 other not likely to recover. — K. B 

 Sharpe, 186, Strand, W.C. 



The Natter-jack Toad. — A friend 

 informs me that the Natter-jack Toad 

 (Bufo calamita) is not of unfrequent 

 occurrence in the neighbourhood of 

 Ormesby, near Yarmouth, in Nor- 

 folk.— T. E. GUNN. 



Lepidoptera. — I have the following 

 insects for which I shall be glad to 

 receive offers of exchange : — P. 



Machaon, A. Paphla, d. Adippe, V. 

 Atalanta, S. Tithonus, H. Sylvanus, 

 H. linea, Z. lonicerce, Z. Jillpendula, 

 E. Jacobecd, E. vespertaria, N. zonaria, 

 B. liirtaria, B. repandata, S. Belgiaria, 



A. idmata, H. progeuwiaria, L. multis- 

 tr'igaria, E. nanata, C. tristata, D. 

 vinula, C. curtida, C. anachoreta, N, 

 camelina, C. diluta, B. perla, L. 

 pudorina, L. phragmitidis, G.flavago, 

 D. pinastrl, C. cuhicularis, A. porphy- 

 rea,L.janthina, T.Jimbria, T. orhonay 

 N. glareosa, N. augur, N. p)lecta, N. 

 hrunnea, N. Baja. A. rujina, C. 

 vaccina, P. chi, M. occyacanthce, A. 

 aprilina, P. meticulosa, A. nebulosa, 

 H. Pisi, A. myrtilli, B.parthenias, M. 

 maura, and E. ghjphica. — C. Smeth- 

 uiiST, 19, Wellington Lane, West- 

 Street, Leeds, March 3rd, 1865. 



Lepidoptera. — I have the following 

 insects in good condition to exchange 

 for birds' eggs or birds' skins : — G, 

 Edusa, A. Euphrosyne, A. Iris, S. 

 yEgeria, S. megcera, H. Semele, T. 

 quercus, T. pruni, T. betidcB, L. . 

 Alsus, L. Cory don, L. Arion, N. 

 Lucina, S. alveolus, T. ._ tages, H. 

 paniscus, H. Sylvanus, H. comma, 

 H. tinea. Most of the above are in 

 pairs. I shall be glad to purchase 

 skins of any of the accipitres. — R. 



B. Sharpe, 186, Strand, London. 



Shells. — I have the following land 

 shells for exchange : — Bulimus Lack- 

 amensis, alias montanus, Achatina 

 acicula, Cyclostoma elegans, &c., &c. 

 The Rev. J. E. Yize, Bath. 



