ON NATURAL HISTORY. 349 



the Greek Islands and the Dardanelles, has ob- 

 served them swimming in the sea. 



Squirrels will catch and devour small birds. 



The word " Hever," as applied to deer, is, I 

 think, derived from the French word, " hiver," as 

 the hever is in season only in the winter months. 



When Hares are seeking their young at night, 

 in order to suckle them, they utter a faint cry, 

 something like the feeble bleat of a fawn, and the 

 leverets answer it, but in a still more feeble tone. 



Gold and silver fish derive their colours from 

 the skin, and not from the scales. 



I am assured that snipes are found in every 

 known part of the habitable globe. Is this the 

 case with any other bird ? 



Two Sea-Gulls, of different varieties, have bred 

 together lately in an enclosure at Wentworth 

 House, Yorkshire. The male was a black-backed 

 gull, and the female, in the account sent to me, is 

 called the blue-backed gull. They made their 

 nest in an old stone quarry (a place enclosed for 

 the purpose of keeping birds in,) formed of pieces 

 of stick, and small dried sods. One egg only was 



