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CORRESPONDENCE. 



Natural History Notes. — The Oak in leaf, May 7th ; a Clouded 

 Yellow Butterfly (Colias edusa) was captured May 3rd ; Orange Tip seen 

 May 1st ; Hawthorn in bud, but not in blossom, May 8th ; Ash not in 

 leaf, same date. — A. Davis, jun., Great Marlow, Bucks. 



Natural History Notes. — April 16th, Swallows first seen ; 20th, A. 

 prodromaria taken, Blackthorn, fl. ; 29th, Corncrake heard, took larvae 

 of M. oxyacantha. May 3rd, Cuckoo heard, took larvae of N. xanthographa, 

 N. brunnea, T. fimbria ; 4th, took larvae of L. ccesiata ; 7th, Milkwort 

 (Poly gala vulgaris,) Yellow Pansy (Viola tricolor,) Lead Plant (Arenaria 

 verna,) fl. ; Moouwort (Botrychium lutmria) appearing; 10th, took A. 

 psi; 13th, took A. derivata and larvae of N. augur; 17th, took L. argiolm 

 and A. cardamines ; Swifts seen ; 18th, took E. vulgata, C. unidentaria, and 

 larvae of P. iota, G. xerampelina, D. cceruleocephala, N. encullatella ; 

 Nightingale heard. — C. F. T., Burton-on-Trent. 



Botanical Notes from South Beds : — 

 Name. 



Stellaria holostea .... 

 Orchis mascula .... 

 Ranunculus aquatilis 

 Vaccinium myrtillus 



Valeriana dioica 



Scilla nutans 



Prunus cerasus 



Ajuga reptans 



Vicia sepium 



Sanicula europea 



Veronica chamasdrys 



Asperula odorata 



Sisymbrium Alliaria 



Equisetum arvense 



Fritillaria meleagris 



Polygala vulgaris 



Pyrus malus 



Carex panicea 



Viburnum lantana 



Geranium Robertianum . . 

 Nasturtium palustre 



Geranium molle , 



Reseda lutea 



Chrysanthemum leucan 



themum , 



Alchemilla vulgaris 



Potentilla Tormentilla.. . 



AnthyUis vulneraria . . . 



Lychnis diurna 



„ vespertina 



Carex disticha 



Situation, &c. 



Hedge bank. 



Wood. 



Running water. 



Lower Greensand Range, 



under fir trees. Had 



been in blossom a week 



or more. 

 Marshy meadow. 

 Coppice, on sandy soil. 

 Railway bank. 

 Edge of a wood. 

 Hedge bank. 

 In a coppice. 

 Hedge bank. 

 Coppice. 

 Brook side. 

 Brook side. 

 Grazing land, ou the 



borders of Herts. 

 Hedge bank. 

 Hedge row. 

 Marshy meadow. 

 Hedge row. 

 Hedge bank. 

 River bank. 

 Fallow field on chalk. 

 Old chalk pit on the 



Chilterns ; very early. 



Railway bank. 



Edge of a wood. 



Grassy lane amongst 



furze ; sandy soil. 

 Chalk hills. 

 Damp wood on clay. 

 Railway bank. 

 Bog. 



J. Saunders, Luton. 



