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Impatiens fulua. “Very abundant in ditches near the Colne, 
Denham.” The Miss Drummonds. 
Oxalis stricta. ‘Gardens and waste places, the Tile-house, 
where it appears accidentally every year.” The Miss Drummonds. 
Triglochin palustre. ‘‘ Denham Moor.” The Miss Drummonds. 
Alisma ranunculoides. ‘* Hyde Heath, Chesham.” Miss Dora 
Stratton. 
Botrychium Lunaria (Moonwort). ‘‘ One plant was found some 
years since at Leckhampstead, near Buckingham.” The Diss 
Drummonds. The occurrence of this solitary specimen, on which 
the Moonwort bases its claims to be ranked as a native of our 
county affords a curious parallel to that of two plants of the 
Limestone Polypody (Polypodium Robertianum), which Mr. 
Ullyett found a few years since in King’s Wood; it has never 
been observed since, either there or in any other part of the 
county. 
Lycopodium Selago. ‘‘ Bast Burnham Common, June, 1864.” 
Mr. R. G. Keeley. 
JAMES BRITTEN. 
A Chat wbout the Hesirel. 
Falco tinnunculus. 
i is all very well keeping rabbits, guinea-pigs, and canaries, 
but then you see everybody almost does so; these creatures 
come into the category of tame animals, and though I am by 
no means going to deny that there may be much that is interest- 
ing in their habits, I used to feel that asa naturalist (a very 
young one) I should like to study something rather out of the 
common ; I should like to keep some creature that few other 
people would think of keeping. And as the above-mentioned 
animals were to be seen in dozens of my friends’ houses, I looked 
upon them in the same light as I did on dogs, fowls, ducks, &c. 
It was not everybody that petted a snake or a toad; mole- 
crickets and grasshoppers were not ordinarily kept in captivity ; 
