9814 Reptiles — Insects. 



and, as I wound my way through this place towards the water, 

 I knocked up a hare* {Lepus rupeslris), which I might have shot if 

 I had been careful, but, before 1 could get my gun ready, he was out 

 of range. After this I obtained a pair of beautiful little sandpipers 

 {Charadrius zonatus), which were feeding on the gravelly edge of a 

 little tributary of the Kei. In this neighbourhood I also saw one of 

 those most lovely birds, the longtailed Kaffir finch [Loxia Kaffir), 

 but he made off when I approached, and disappeared amongst some 

 fields. A iew more doves — which, by the way, make an excellent 

 pie — completed our list of trophies for the day, and we left the Kei at 

 4 P. M., arriving at Windvogelberg some four hours afterwards. 



G. E. Bulger. 



Frogs eaten by a Cat. — One of out cats has lately taken to catching frogs. A few 

 days ago I saw her and her kitten playing with a mutilated frog, which she had 

 brought into the kitchen and partly ealen, and our cook says this has been done 

 several times recently. — George Maw ; Benlhall Hall, Broseley. 



Sword-fish and Tunny off Penzance. — A large sword-fish has been seen in this 

 bay repeatedly within the last three days. We were fishing yesterday oflf Lamorna, in 

 about eight fathoms of water, and close in shore, when our aUention was attracted by 

 a noise in the water near us. It was caused by a large shoal of gerricks scudding 

 very rapidly on llie snrface of the water. The appearance was as though the fish 

 were actually swimming on the surface, with the larger portion of their bodies in the 

 air, but this was probably an optical delusion, caused by the constant succession of 

 fish coming to the surface. They passed close by us, less than five fathoms from the 

 bows of our boat, and as they passed we saw in chase of them certainly one, and pro- 

 bably more than one, large tunny (" albacores," as they call theui here). The tunnies 

 were dashing about after their prey, almost on the surface of the water, and removed 

 all doubt as to their identity by mor& than once springing clean out of water close 

 by us. — Thomas Cornish; Penzance, September 13, 1865. 



Life-History of Melitcea Artemis. — The eggs, which are somewhat flattened on the 

 crown, are laid on the under side of the leaf of Scabiosa succisa (devil's-bil scabious), 

 those leaves nearest the ground being selected for this purpose; the usual period of 



* My friend Mr. E.L. Layard, the curator of the Museum at Cape Town, informs 

 me that this hare, though usually confounded with Lepus rupestris, is, in fact, a 

 diflferent species, unnamed as yet, I believe. 



