OBSERVATIONS, &C. ^55 



under the shelter of its leaves, concealing 

 themselves between its fibres and the trees 

 which it entwines. White. 



This I have often observed, having seeii 

 bees and other winged insects swarming 

 about the flowers of the ivy very late in 

 the Autumn. Markwick. 



Spiders, woodlice, lepism^ in ctipbo^ds- 

 and amofig sugar, some emp^des, gnat^,^ 

 flies- of several species, some phalaenae in 

 hedges, earth-worms, &c. are stirring at 

 all times, when Winters are mild; and are of 

 great service' to those soft-billed birds that 

 never leave us. 



On every suntiy day the Winler through, 

 clouds of ifiseet^, usua% called gnats (I 

 s\appose tipul^ and empedes),- aippjear sport- 

 ifftg atid dancing over the tops of the ever- 

 green trees in the shrubbery, and frisking 

 about as if the business of gemr^cm Wa^ 

 still going on. Heiice it appears tha^ thes^e 

 diptera (which by tbei* si2^s appeaft- to be 



