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be the oldest surface deposits in the country, and to be of pre-glacial 

 age. There is no true boulder clay and no markings on the rocks to 

 indicate the former presence of glaciers in this district ; the gravels, 

 stream-tin deposits, and the stony clay called " head" are the results 

 of the melting of great snow-masses, and of a period of heavy rains 

 corresponding to the later part of the "Glacial Period;" the sub- 

 merged forests which fringe the coast are due to a post-glacial depres- 

 sion of the land. W. J. H. 



Corrtsponbcncc. 



Birds to the Malverxs. 



Chaffinch. 



Wheatear. 



Lesser Whitethroat. 



Wryneck. 



Blackcap. 



Wood Wren. 



Cuckoo. 



Redstart. 



Swallow. 



Reed Wren. 



Spotted Flycatcher. 



House Martin. 

 . Turtle Dove. 



Grasshopper Warbler. 

 . Nightingale. 



Landrail. 

 . Swift. 



Notes on the Arrival or the Mjgratort 

 March 2'.lth. — Sylvia hypolais 

 April 4th. — Saxicola cenanthe 

 10th. — Curruca garrula . . 

 ,, 12th. — Yunx torquilla 

 ,, 14th. — Curruca atricapilla 

 „ 14th. — Sylvia sibilatrix 



15th. — Cuculus canorus .. 

 ,, 17th. — Phcenicura ruticilla 

 22nd. — Hirundo rustica .. 

 13th. — Salicaria arundinacea 

 ,, 13th.— Muscicapa grisola 

 24th. — Hirundo urbica 

 24th. — Turtur auritus 

 23rd. — Sylvia locustella .. 

 ,, 29th. — Sylvia luscinia 

 May 3rd. — Ortygometra crex 

 „ 8th. — Hirundo muraria 

 Of the winter migrants, the Hawfinch (Coccothraustes vulgaris) was 

 very common all an mini this neighbourhood. 



Op IiEPIDOFrERA : DrOBNI. 



April 10th. — P. Rapae. April 19th. — A. Cardamines. 



„ 13th.— P. Napi. ., 27th.— S. iEgeria. 



„ 18th.— P. Brassica?. „ 30th.— T. Rubi. 



Geometry. 

 April 27th. — E. Crata3gata. April 14th.— A. Badiata. 

 .. 20th. S. Illunaiia. ,, 1 4th.— M. Fluctuata. 



., 22nd. S. niustraria. ,, 14th. — A. Derivata. 



.. -'-'nl.— T. Crepuscularia. 



Noctu.^:. 

 April 14th.— C. Ridens. April 14th.- T. Gracilis. 



., Hth. T. Gothica. „ 14th.— T. Stabilis. 



.. Uth.— T. Munda. .. 14th.— T. Instabilis. 



., 11th.— T. Rubricosa. .. 14th.— T. Cruda. 



W. Edwabdb, Great Malvern. 



am' Ami. May l">th — Parts of oak tree in gully 

 open to S., near Farley, in young Leaf. 16th Ash coming into young 

 leaf. Leaves not full l; situation, edge of w I, Left water- 



iruet ; open to N.E., and about 140 feet above the bed 

 of the valley, and a quarter of a mile from the oak above mentioned. — 

 C. L. W 



