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Questions on Ornithology, Entomology, &c. 
Have you remarked any peculiarity in the plumage, nidifi- 
cation, song, or general habits of any of our British birds 
in a wild state ? 
Can you record any remarkable instances of instinct as dis- 
played by the feathered race ? 
Does any Heronry exist in your neighbourbood? If so, how 
long has it been there? Whence are the Herons sup- 
posed to have come in the first instance; what number of 
nests does it now contain? On what kind of trees; and in 
what locality is it placed ? 
Does any single nest (or more) as a detachment from a neigh- 
bouring Heronry occur? If so, how long has it existed? Is 
it still occupied ; and of what Heronry is it an offshoot ? 
Are there any records or traditions of an extinct Heronry in 
your neighbourhood ? Ifso, in what locality ? Of what size ? 
When did it flourish ? How long since it was last colonized? 
Whither did the Herons migrate? Was it wantonly de- 
stroyed? or what were the circumstances of its decay ? 
Can you glean any particulars of the now extinct Bustard, 
from old inhabitants of the Plain, shepherds, labourers, 
farmers, and others, who have been eye-witnesses of the 
bird in a wild state ? 
N.B.—The most trivial information on this point (if well authenticated) 
is very valuable, as in a few years, no one who has seen the bird 
wild in this county can exist. 
Has any rare insect come under your notice? If so, at 
what date; and at what hour of the day or night was it 
seen ? 
Was it in the air, on the ground, or on what species of tree, 
shrub, or plant? 
Was more than one specimen of the same species observed ? 
Was it seen in the ‘larva’ or caterpillar state? In the ‘ pupa’ 
or chrysalis? Or the ‘image’ a perfect insect form ? 
Have you observed any peculiarity in the instinct, feeding, 
metamorphosis, reproduction, or habits of the insect world ? 
