70 



was 



Bird's Nest from Trinidad -A bottle-shaped bird's nest .... 

 presented to the Museum by Mr. J. H. Hart, in July, 1900. A 

 note regarding it appeared in the Proceedings of the Linnean 

 Society for 1900-01, p. 3, where it was stated that it was believed 

 to be composed entirely of the seeds of a species of Tillandsia 

 (Bi omehaceae) It has. however, since been found to consist of 

 the seeds of Catopm nutans, Gris., belonging to the same order. 

 these nests are solitary, but there may be two or three on the 

 kdiiie tree. 



* Jwi^ T ?? nt as an Cresting illustration of a mode of 

 LSp iZ fl i* ^ aS attached to the underside of a branch of a 



bird t o wh£h ^ l ° n0r i Wa l Unable t0 su l>ply the name of the 

 fort Th 2 belon 2 ed > thou S h he had assiduously watched 

 a cl L in,\ measures a foot in length, and is between four 

 ana trve inches across at its widest part. 



rontlmmVl%»T<* neV ° f !?* yeaP ' Mr " Hart w ™te that after 



snec men ofZ w* i ° ™* • ^ yeBW lle h:,d at last se ™ retl a 

 mean" ? a °L 1 h ^\ 7^ Was cai ^ ht »«f ore daybreak by 



reach 8 th f e a n ^ thi h V° ^^ " 1>ole M feet lo °* *> * * 

 branch of a Sill P?; ™ Sltua < ed °n the underside of a largo 



^ubmUtfcUo D^ Wdl % biFd .^ d ^nniDation. It was 



History) win, W v' S"T 0t *« Bl ' itish Museum (Natural 



^aSSfc Gmeh'Tth^f^ f ™ ished the name, P^nyptila 



seeu in S*e 9?M^ ^ ™ lared Swift, The nest ma'y be 



J. M. H. 



M. Piesse printed a VSt U t vrhnr }™- lt is m entio,,,d that Miss E 

 Mrs. Hugh7ameson n^°, °* Pomade in Cape Colony by 

 of Plants from he Cane P^^^ flWn * ,W abo * 500 species 

 Inlands, and a bo^kofa^^ 1 £>. "Pecies from the Falkland 

 <-ape plants arc froni STw « ^'! tiBh Plants ' Although the 

 explored, and ereTooal f ,n ^ **? been ver T thoroughly 

 a* Wble beSe P aevSLS J"" 10 ™** k ™wn. the specimens 



interesting «nw4Tfh?EE* f y + caref ll11 ^ localized. Specially 

 ^^^wSn^nabeUed^P^ P^* a specimen f og^J 



only authentica e^a tv fo, H ^V J ' V1 '•■ Ho «nslow Heath is the 

 "» Trimen and Dver'l -Fir . " S G ?^ w « in Middlesex recorded 

 supposed to be extinct in hi „ T ft e P lant wa s then (1869) 

 of Hugh Jan t ,son F H c i T^l ,** Jame8on "»* the wifi 



^th distinction ' n ^5?£W I«»pecror, R.N., w ho served 



Principal sur,eon of h °^T^ l,nd *°?» Nations. He was 

 St. Jean d'Acre, and as tn s , L W* ^ at , th " bombardment of 

 file, he had unusual onno^nnf/ 1 b ,° re &e brunt of the enemy's 

 Snbaeq uently, about 18ll h"^ 0t f^^S J* operative skill, 

 at the Cape of Good Hope an 1 II m L he Win ehester flagship 

 made the collection. **' and * Was then that Mrs. Jameson 



W. B. H. 



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