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AMPHIBIA. 
L.D. | 8.D. L.D. | 8.D. 
Rana temporaria ......... 1108 | 1821 ||Triton Bibronii ......... 848 | 1311 
T. 7112 Nuclei...| 1901 | 3000 
Nuclei...) 3114 | 6297 ||—— cristatus ............ ibid. | ibid. 
Bufo vulgaris ............ 1043 | 2000 |\Lissotriton punctatus ...) 814 | 1246 
T. 5625 Nuclei...| 1778 | 2667 
Nuclei ...| 2802 | 5261 ||Siren lacertina.. ......... 435 | 800 
Nuclei ...| 1142 | 2007 
PISCES. 
L.D. | 8.D. L.D. | S.D. 
Perca fluviatilis ......... 2099 | 2824 ||Cyprinus-auratus......... 1777 | 2824 
T. 8000 T. 10666 
Nuclei .... 7482 | 8830 Nuclei...} 4570 | 8000 
— Cernua ............ 2461 | 3000 ||—— Erythrophthalmus.| 2000 | 3200 
Nuclei...) 6000 | 8000 ||\——- Phoxinus ......... 2000 | 2900 
Cottus Gobio ............ 2000 | 2900 |/Esox Lucius ............ 2000 | 3555 
T. 8000 Nuclei ...| 5333 | 8000 
Cyprinus Carpio ......... 2142 | 3429 ||Anguilla vulgaris......... 1745 | 2842 
T. 8000 T. 8000 
: Nuclei ...| 6400 | 8000 Nuclei...| 7500 |10000 
—— Tinca ...........006. 2286 | 2722 |\Gymnotus electricus ...) 1745 | 2599 
T. 8830 
Nuclei ...; 8500 | 9600 
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MISCELLANEOUS. 
MILDNESS OF THE SEASON. 
Two instances of the mildness of the season have occurred. A 
pair of the Vanessa Io were brought to me, caught flying at Bard- 
sey, near Leeds, on the 24th January.. A robin’s nest, with young 
ones, was found near Swillington, about six miles from Leeds, on 
the 2nd February. Henry Denny. 
DE HIRUNDINUM AD NOS REDITU. 
Salve, quze ad nos incolumis te vertis, hirundo, 
Quandoquidem veris nuncia grata redis ; 
Et nos ceu socios post frigora szva revisis, 
Et tecum nobis tempora leta refers. 
Te redeunte redit facies letissima mundo. 
Szevus abit Boreas; mitior aura redit. 
Solvunturque nives, et grato murmure rivi 
Labuntur ripis, prataque ameena rigant. 
Herba solum vestit, pinguntur floribus arva, 
Omnis abit squallor, pulchra juventa redit. 
Te redeunte, virent nuper queecunque rigebant, 
Arboribus redeunt te redeunte come. 
Salve, igitur, felix cunctis mortalibus ales, 
Nuncia veris avis, nuncia leetitiz. : 
Lucas Nicolaus del Muto. 
Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Vol. xvii. Q 
