210 THE WEATHER OF JUNE. 
Natunat History Notzs py Onservenrs.—Highfield House Observa- 
tory, Nottingham.—The following plants came into flower—Ilst, Azalea 
pontica; 2nd, Chestnut; 4th, Crowfoot; 5th, double White Narcissus; 
11th,Rhododendrons, Lilac, Laburnum, and double White-thorn ; 12th, 
Hawthorn; 21st, Snowball Tree; 26th, Silene nutans and Syringa. 
Alstenfield Vicarage.—Vegetation backward to a degree unknown to 
persons now living. Veronica Chamedrys only began to flower June 2nd. 
The Ash tree is scarcely in full leaf June 30th. The fruit of the Wych 
Elm only just now falling, June 30th. Hawthorn not fairly in flower 
until 26th. A flight of the Painted Lady Butterfly began to appear on the 
12th, some of the specimens seemed hybernated. Cheltenham.—First 
Strawberry picked 29th, Currants just ripening 30th. Kibworth.—Haw- 
thorn, fl. 8th. Shifnal__Farmers on strong soils could not get in their 
swedes or cut their hay till the close. No butterflies except a few White 
and Orange Tip. Ash only bursting into leaf on 5th. Apples, of which 
there was a great.show, all falling off. Nota rose in blossom except on 
the wall. Bishop’s Castle—No harvest commenced yet (July 4th}, and 
grass beginning to rot at the roots. Chesterficld.—Hawthorn, fl. second 
week in month. . Burton-on-Trent.—First Hawthorn, fl. on 5th, in general 
bloom on 12th ; Horse Chestnut, fl. 6th ; Geranium molle, fl. 7th; Guelder 
Rose, fil. 30th. Stroud.—Veronica arvensis, fl. 5th; Hawthorn, 8th; 
Papaver Rheas, Iris Pseudacorus, Aquilegia vulgaris, Scrophularia nodosa, 
Bunium flecuosum, Thymus Serpyllum, Potentilla nemoralis, Vicia sativa, 
Onobrychis sativa, Arabis hirsuta, Linum catharticum, Anthyllis vulneraria, 
Lotus corniculatus, fl. 19th; Rosa canina, fl. 21st; Lychnis dioica, L. flos- 
cuculi, Fumaria officinalis, fi 23rd; Lathyrus pratensis, Hippocrepis comosa, 
fl, 26th ; Atropa Belladonna, Sambucus nigra, fl. 30th 
Correspondence, 
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VANESSA CarDUI is this season much more numerous than usual. 
A good many have already been caught. Itis generally rather uncommon 
just here:—O. V. Apuin, Bodicote, Oxon, July 3rd, 1879. 
AcRoNYCTA ALNI, NEAR Nortrncuam (from the Entomologist.}—The 
larva of the rare Acronycta alni, which Mr. Watchorn found at Cotgrave, 
in August last, came out on Tuesday, June 3rd, a perfect imago, and was 
exhibited at this Society's Room on Monday, June 9th.—J. Brooxs, 
Hon. Sec. Nottingham Working Men’s Naturalists’ Society. 
Tur Brer-cATER IN DERBYSHIRE.—The note at page 188 of the occur- 
rence of the Bee-eater in this county is very interesting. But if the 
writer would kindly tell us the precise locality of the specimen, whether 
male or female, whether any others were killed or seen, whether it bore 
any marks of captivity, by whom it was killed, and its destination, and 
any other particulars he may be able to give, the value of the note to 
future writers on the Ornithology of the county would be immensely 
increased.—Meruin, Derby, 17th July, 1879. 
OrnitHoLocicaL Notes.—A correspondent in the ‘ Midland 
Naturalist” for last month asks about Thrush’s eggs without markings. 
A few years ago I found a nest of 7. musicus containing four or five eggs, 
(I do not remember which,) two of which had the markings of a pale 
brown, in the others they were entirely wanting. The Spotted Flycatcher 
was observed here on the 21st, Corncrake on the 22nd, Whinchat (rare 
just hore) on the 24th May, Turtledove June 18th, (doubtless this arrived 
before.) and Nightjar (rare) June the 27th. The Cuckoo was still in full 
