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it was growing dusk, so that I could not make sure, but I believe from 

 their appearance they were Sandpipers. The Nightingale was noted 

 hez'e on the 19th April, but it grows very scarce. I did not hear it once, 

 myself, till the middle of May, when, driving past a wood some miles 

 from here, the beautiful soug reached us from an adjacent thicket. 

 I have observed a good many Garden Warblers, but not till long after 

 their probable arrival ; their sweet rich soug is second only to the 

 Nightingale's, though that of the Blackcap runs them close. Passing 

 aloug the I'oad one morning I roused a party of Sparrows from some 

 faggots on the roadside, and amongst them, strange to say, a Wryneck ; 

 the light coloured patch between the shoulders makes this bird very 

 conspicuous at a short distance. Spotted Flycatchers I did not see till 

 May 21st, but they must have arrived earlier, as they had full-fledged 

 young in the same garden by June 23rd. Sand-Martins were nesting 

 when I visited a colony on May 29th. On June 16tli, Whinchats had 

 young well able to fly. A few days afterwards I was much pleased 

 at watching a pair of these birds, which, doubtless, had young in 

 the vicinity, flitting about over a field of mowing grass, and fre- 

 quently settling on the large white flower heads of the cow parsnip 

 f IleracU'itm ':pho)i(hiIiuni } which grew plentifully among the grass. 

 When thus perched they looked extremely pretty, the brown and pale 

 red tints of the male contrasting well with the white flowers and 

 surrounding green. 

 Banbury, Oxon. July, 1882. Oliveu V. Aplin. 



FUNGI OF THE NEIGHBOUKHOOD OF BIEMINGHAM. 



FIRST LIST, 1881-82.* 



AGARICINI. 



Agaricub (Amanita) phalloides, Fr. Sutton Park, borders of woods. 

 Frequent. Sept. —Oct. 



Ag. (Am.) pantherinus, DC. Sutton Park, borders of woods. 



Sept.— Oct. 



Ag. (Am.) rubescens, Pers. Sutton Park, open places among trees, in 

 woods and their borders. Common. Summer and Autumn. 



Ag. (Am.) asper, Fr. Sutton Park, borders of woods. Sept. 



Ag. (Lepiota) rachodes, Vitt. Sutton Park, borders of woods. Sept. 



Ag. (Lep.) cristatus, Fr. Driffold Lane, Sutton. On chips and saw- 

 dust. Sept.— Nov. 



Ag, (Lep.) granulosus, Batsch. Sutton Park, on the heath, and in the 

 woods, amongst grass. Common. Sept. — Oct. 



Ag. (Armillaria) melleus, Vahl. Sutton Park, on old stumps. 

 Abundant. Sept. — Nov 



Ag. (Tricholoma) rutilans, Schiiff, Sutton Park, at the roots of pines, 

 in Holly and Nut Hursts. Sept. — Oct. 



Ag. (Trich.) vaccinus, Pers. Sutton Park, in woods. Sept. 



^ Tliis list contains only those which I have myself observed, and which 

 liave been determined without doubt. 1 have to thank Messrs. M. C. Cooke 

 and W. I'hillips for kind lielii in naminR some of them. 



