154 Natural History in the English Counties. 
KEnT. 
The Canterbury Philosophical and Literary Institution. — It is particularly 
eratifying to me to remark that the Institution, and more especially the 
Museum, are very flourishing, scarcely a week elapsing without some new 
additions. This week we have received a present of fifty birds, shot in the 
mountains near Madras, and presented by the governor, S. R. Lushington, 
Esq. Among them the wild fowl, cock and hen, the probable origin of our 
domestic breeds, are very beautiful. — W. Masters. St. Peter’s Street, Can- 
terbury, Jan. 3, 1830. 
BEDFORDSHIRE. 
Ciculus candrus. — The cuckoo arrived here on the 21st of April, and 
continued to charm us with his twofold note till the 28th of July. The last 
bird I saw of the species was on the 4th of August, — IV’. HZ, White. Bed- 
ford, Nov. 25, 1829. 
Hirvindines. — The Hirtndo ristica, or chimney swallow, arrived here this 
year on the 26th of April; but the nights about that time being very frosty, 
and a strong breeze blowing from the N.W., they entirely disappeared, and 
did not appear again till the 3d of May. The house marten (/Zirando tr- 
bica) arrived on the 6th of May, and the swift (CYpselus A‘pus) on the 8th 
of May. I have not seen a single sand marten (//. riparia), probably owing 
to this neighbourhood lying very low, and there not bemg convenient places 
for them to build in. The house marten and the swift took their departure 
on October 27.; but the chimney swallow was flitting about, in “ many an 
airy ring,” on the 4th of November; on the 5th, not one was to be seen. 
— Id. 
Meteors. — On the evening of Monday, the 16th of November, several small brilliant meteors 
appeared in the east, emitting beautiful white and bluish lights. These were succeeded, about 
10°o'clock, by one of a deep red colour: it was apparently about Sin. in diameter, and at the 
height of from 25° to 30°, It descended in a south-easterly direction, leaving behind it a train of 
sparks 5° or 6° in length. The weather was mild, and the wind blowing gently from the west.— Id. 
HUNTINGDONSHIRE. 
A new Locality for some less common Insects. — Sir, Supposing that it might be acceptable to 
your entomological readers to be informed of a new locality for some of our less common insects, 
1 forward to you the following list (some of which, I believe, are considered rare) of those taken 
by myself during the last week of June and first of July, this present year, at Monk’s Wood and 
the fen lands in the neighbourhood of Sawtry, near Huntingdon. I should not have troubled you 
with this, but that the locality was discovered within the last two years, and is, therefore, not 
generally known to entomologists. This list would have been much larger, had it not been for 
the number of insects which I took, with the names of which, being a young entomologist, I am 
unacquainted. Iam, Sir, &c.— Charles C. Babington. Cambridge, Oct. 20, 1829. 
Papilio Machaon. no statices. Rhynchites pubéscens,equatus, 
Leucophasia sinapis. Deiléphila Elptnor. bétulee, and pdpuli. 
Pieris crategi. Céssus ligniperda. Apodérus avellane. 
Melitz‘a A’rtemis. Gastrépacha quercif dlia, Pogondécerus nebuldsus, 
Argynnis Aglaia and Paphia. | Hypercémpa dominula. Sapérda populnea, cardui, and 
Cynthia cardui. Euthemonia riissula. cylindrica. 
Apatira [ris. Nem@6phila plantaginis. Chrysoméla pdépuli, and tré- 
Hipparchia Galathea. Callimérpha jacobe‘e. mule. 
Thecla priini. * Plisia ldta. Cryptocéphalus Mor@’z. 
Lyce‘na dispar. Adela De Geerélla. Anaspis frontalis and ruficdllis. 
Thymele alveolus. Campylis dispar. , a 
CAMBRIDGE. 
Desiderata to the Collection of British Birds in the Museum of the Cam- 
bridge Philosophical Society : — 
Cireus cinerarius, Ash-coloured Harrier. Picus villdsus, Hairy Woodpecker. 
Sylvia suécica, Blue-throated Warbler. Colaimba Livia, Rock Dove. 
A’nthus Richard?, Richard’s Pipit. Phasianus torquatus, Ring-necked Pheasant. 
Plectréphanes lappénica, Lapland Bunting. A’rdea purptirea, Purple Heron. 
Alaiida riibra, Red Lark. Egrétta, Great White Heron. 
Loxia Pityopsittacus, Parrot Crossbill. equinoctialis, Little White Heron. 
* Of Curt. Entom. 6. 264. ; and Ste. Sys. Cat. 5862. ; not. of Ste. Ill. H. 1.77. but. 2.69. note. Of 
this insect no native locality was known, till it was discovered by me, as above; it had been found 
by a dealer, last year, who would not give the habitat, 
