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bird Hawlf Moths were abundant on these cHffs, and one 

 specimen of the Lulworth Skipper Butterfly was seen. 



Our best walk was when we crossed the Ranee by the ferry to 

 Diuard, and walked along the cliffs by the sea, where we found 

 the Autumnal Squill, with its little lilac flowers as yet without 

 leaves, and with them the pink Garlics, and the incousxncuous 

 flowers of the Proliferous Pink {Dianthns proUfer) opening one 

 at a time. Further on a flock of Tree Sparrows was seen. 

 In a salt-marsh Tru/lochin maritimnm grew. We then turned 

 inland into a wooded district, with fields of the sweet-scented 

 Buckwheat, then one mass of pink bloom, with deep-red 

 stalks. The meal obtained from the seeds of this j)laut 

 furnishes the chief food of the peasantry ; these patches 

 of Buckwheat in the open spaces were very attractive to the 

 Silver-washed FritiUaries. In a similar spot another day we 

 caught Brown and White-letter Hairstreaks [Theda Betuhc and 

 W-alhum). We now came into a swampy forest full of the 

 beautiful Ciliated Heath; with it grew Btirtsin viscom, Galeopsis 

 speciosa, and the pale-blue spikes of the acrid Lobelia, noted 

 for its irritating flavour. Some large dull -red Slugs were 

 found, which on the under side were of a fine scarlet colour. 

 In this forest, another day, we found the beautiful little Ivy- 

 leaved Bell-flower in great abundance. 



One of the chief features of the neighbourhood is the 

 abundance of stone walls. The walls and thatched roofs 

 were covered with Orohanche, Cotyledon umbilicus, Centrantlms 

 ruber, Sediim anfjUcnm and 8. rupestre, Pohjpodium vulgare, and 

 Fuwaria pdJeiduIijIora, in great abundance, with its cream- 

 coloured flowers tipped with purple. These walls were 

 frequented by great numbers of Lizards, which were often 

 seen running up the almost perpendicular surface, and by a 

 brilliant species of Tiger Moth, of which we caught one 

 specimen in which the scarlet was replaced by yellow. 



The waste ground around St. Malo Harbour was covered 

 with Diplota.vis tcnuifoJia, Mdilotus leiicantha, the handsome 

 grass, Fohjpo(jon Munspeliensis, and the curious Star-thistle, 

 Cmtdurea ccilcitrapa. Other interesting plants were the 

 delicately-pencilled Lilac Toadflax, Linaria Pelisseriana, a 



