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Fingers [Lotus corniculatus P) in flower, with which the whole hill was covered. 

 He suggests that this is the origin of the name. 



Robins nesting in a Blackbird's Nest. 



Mr. A. B. Fisher writes from Potterne : — "A pair of Blackbirds began to 

 build a nest in the ivy growing against the wall of my house early in March of 

 this year ; but being disturbed by the cutting of the ivy, though what was growing 

 near the nest was left, they deserted, the nest being just completed. About 

 a week ago I noticed a pair of Robins collecting moss and carrying it into the 

 same ivy, and yesterday (April 4th) I found they had taken up their quarters in 

 the deserted Blackbirds' nest, having well lined it and built it into a comfortable 

 size. This morning (5th) the first egg was laid. Five more were added, and 

 all were hatched, and the young birds got away in safety. 



" Within a few days of the flight of the young birds the hen began to lay 

 again in the same nest, and is now (May 25th) sitting on five eggs. 



" I fancy that it is unusual for Robins to take to other birds' nests, and so I 

 communicate this note. 



" I saw a Jack Snipe on the 3rd of April, but could never find him again. I 

 believe that this is very late to see the bird." 



List of Lepidoptera found in the Marlborough District. 



The Report of the Marlborough College Nat. Hist. Society for 1892 contains 

 an extremely useful list of one thousand and ten species of Lepidoptera which 

 have occurred within ten miles of Marlborough. It is compiled by Mr. E. 

 Meyrick, F.Z.S., an acknowledged authority on entomology. 



HuisH Church. 



Mr. G. E. Dartnell reports that during the digging of the grave for the 

 interment of the late Rector, at Huish, what were apparently the ancient 

 foundations of the Church, some 5ft. to the east of the present chancel wall, 

 were found — some of the stones being sarsens weighing two or three hundred- 

 weight. During the restoration of the Church in 1879 these old foundations 

 were also found on the north side of the chancel, on the site of the present vestry, 

 which was then built. Some bits of moulding, a portion of the robes of a 

 probably recumbent figure, and also another fragment which evidently formed 

 part of a dog with curly hair — which probably lay at the feet of the figure — were 

 also found ; pointing to the existence of a sepulchral monument, and possibly to 

 a chapel on the north side of the chancel. Some of these fragments are now 

 built into the vestry wall. 



