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dent; specimens of the Cornish Moneywort (Sibthorpia ewropea) and Ivy. 
leaved Bell-flower (Wahlenbergia hederacea), from Bodmin, Cornwall ; of 
the Ivy Broomrape (Orobanche Hedere), from Clifton, Bristol; of the 
Flowering Rush (Butomus umbellatus), from the Thames, and of other 
plants, which were brought by the Secretary; who also showed an 
abnormal form of Orchis pyramidalis, forwarded from the Botanic Gardens, 
Glasnevin, Dublin. The President brought a crab, which had just cast 
its shell, and created some amusement by feeding it. After a cordial 
vote of thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Edwards for their kind reception of the 
society, the meeting, which was very numerously attended, separated. 
Hotes, Correspondence, &e. 
Under this head we shall be glad to receive short notes on any 
natural objects, the preference being given to such as have a local 
interest. Notes on the popular names of, or traditions concerning 
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animals or planis, or on any subject connected with Natural History, 
will be welcome. 
Rare Brrps in OxFORDSHIRE.—I 
have to report the recent capture 
of several uncommon birds in this 
neighbourhood; a pair of the 
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, on 
May 1st; a fine female Crested 
‘Grebe, on the 18th; anda splendid 
specimen (adult male) of the Roller, 
on the 27th. The Black Tern has 
also visited us in considerable num- 
bers. I also wish to record the 
capture in May, 1868, of a male 
Painted Bunting,—doubtless in 
this, as in other cases of its occur- 
rence in Britain, an escaped cage- 
bird, though I cannot hear of any 
one keeping them in confinement 
in this neighbourhood. 
Everarp F. THurM, 
Alderbury Rectory, Banbury. 
Field, June 5th. 
THE same paper contains a notice 
of the occurence of a Stork in 
Windsor Great Park, at the latter 
end of May. 
Avrora.—A very beautiful dis- 
play of the Aurora Borealis was 
observed at Wycombe shortly after 
ten on the night of May 13th. 
Writwoui.i.—Mr. Marshall, in our 
first volume, p. 73, draws attention 
to this name, which, in the slightly 
altered form of “ Wetile,” is applied 
in Buckinghamshire to the Green 
Woodpecker. The following in- 
teresting note on the subject is 
taken from Mr. T.Q. Couch’s “ List 
of Obsolete Words, still in use 
among the folk of Hast Cornwall.” 
*Woodwall. The Woodpecker 
