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detached or outlying hills which arise within the vales of Gloucester and 
Evesham. A sketch of this escarpment, sufficiently exhibiting the subdivi- 
sions of the strata, may be consulted at p. 252. of the work to which we 
have referred. The inspection of these fossils recalled to our memory an 
extraordinary assemblage of similar shells, evidently derived from the same 
matrix, in a quarry on one of those outlying masses of oolite to which we 
before alluded, in the same county. We revert to the circumstance, as inte- 
resting to ourselves, from early associations. It was the first occasion which 
attracted our attention to these singular depositories of organic remains, and 
excited an admiration which the experience of 23 years has only served to 
strengthen, at these wonderful records of a former world. The specimen of 
bone which Mr. Rose states was discovered near Shipston on Stour is a 
portion, probably about one third, of a large molar tooth of an elephant, 
comprising eight plates, forming the centre or middle part of the tooth. — It 
occurred, as we are informed, in a bed of gravel about 10 ft. in depth. This 
is another instance of the extensive diffusion of the bones of elephants in 
the diluvium of our island. We thank Mr. Rose for this contribution, 
because it enables us to compare, to name, and to figure the specimens for 
the satisfaction of himself, and to the advantage of our geological readers. 
We are particularly desirous of encouraging similar communications from 
our country friends. — 2. C.T. Jan. 1830. 
WORCESTERSHIRE. 
The Cuckoo. — The best place for observing the habits of this bird, in 
England, is on the range of the Malvern Hills, where they abound, in the 
season, in extraordinary numbers, making the whole circuit of them resound 
continually with their note, in a most striking manner ; and flying about, 
from tree to tree, in a way which would much delight a person fond of 
natural history. The workmen of the neighbourhood say a bird comes with 
them, which they call the cuckoo’s maid, but I never saw it. — X.Y. Dec. 
25. 1829. 
Plants on the Malvern Hills.— Sir, The Malvern Hills being so well 
known, from the beautiful prospects they afford, and being the resort of many 
persons in the summer season, incited, probably, as much by the salubrity of 
the air as the purity of the waters, perhaps the following list of plants grow- 
. 
ing on them, or in their vicinity (all gathered or observed by myself, in 
various excursions), may not be unacceptable. Several I have noted 
this present season, during a short residence in the neighbourhood for the 
benefit of my health. 
Plants growing on, or in the immediate vicinity.of, the primitive, granitic, and sienitic chain of 
the Malvern Hills, stretching nine miles in length from nerth to south, from Leigh Sinton in Wor- 
cestershire, to Bromsberrow in Gloucestershire ; bounded on the east by the red marl plain of 
Worcestershire, and on the north and along the west by the transition limestone of Worcester- 
shire and Herefordshire * : — s 
Enchanter'’s nightshade (Circz‘a lutetiana); blunt-fingered speedwell (Verénica triphyllus), at 
the northern extremity of the Link Common at the foot of the hills ; butterwort (Pinguicula vul- 
garis), in a bog on the western side of the Worcestershire Beacon, but on no other part of the 
hills; gipsywort (Lycdpus europe‘us), in the neighbouring ditches ; cotton-grass (Zridphorum 
polystachion), in a bog on the western side of the hills; mat-grass (Nardus stricta), on the com- 
mons ; silver hair-grass (dira carophyllea) ; tall fescue grass (Festivca gigantta) ; reed-fescue (F. 
calamaria), the last two in woods on the limestone hills north of Malvern ; water blinks (Méntia 
fontana), in plashy rills on the hill; small teasel (Dipsacus pildsus) ; woodroof (Aspérula odorata) ; 
lady’s mantle (Alchemiila vulgaris) ; holly (J/lex Aquifdlium), almost covering one of the hills in 
the southern part of the chain; tufted water scorpion grass (Myosdtis cespitdsa) ; gromwell 
(Lithospérmum officinale) ; green-leaved hound’s-tongue (Cynogléssum sylvAticum), in the woody 
glen at the foot of Warren Hill, near Little Malvern; bog pimpernel (Anagallis tenélla), mossy 
bog at the base of the Worcestershire Beacon; great mullein (Verbascum Thapsus), in abund- 
ance ; moth mullein (V. Blattaria), side of the road to Worcester ; thorn apple (Datira Stramo- 
nium), on waste ground near the church; henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), in abundance at the 
base of the hills near the wells; lesser periwinkle (inca minor), in a wood on the summit of a 
limestone hill near Cradley; lesser dodder (Cuscuta Epithymum), on the north hill; autumnal 
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* Perhaps, at a future time, I may say more on the geology of this district, if not anticipated by 
an abler correspondent. 
