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pretty in a strong light, causing the lamellations to flash with a silvery hue at each 

 movemeut. — Charles Ashford; Grove House, Toltenham. 



Xantho fiorida in MounVs Bay. — I took a fine specimen of Xantho florida in 

 Mount's Bay, on the 12lh of May, in about ei},'ht fathoms water. Well inshore the 

 crab is not, as I read, reputed rare; but this is, nevertlieless, the first specimen of it 

 I have seen in Mount's Bay iu the course of upwards of twelve years' acquaintance 

 with the place. — Thomas Cornish. 



Spider or 3Iovse.—ln reply to Mr. Clopg's remarks (S. S. 106) possibly what I saw 

 in the cave at Ilkley may have been the work of both spider and mouse: I cannot, 

 however, think a spider was the principal agent. It may be dilFicult to sut bounds to 

 the appetite of a spider, but it is incredible that any British species could have so 

 absolutely devoured hundreds of large Noctuse as to leave no trace of their bodies ; but, 

 eveu granting the capacity of the spider, it is most improbable that such large numbers 

 of Noctuae should in the course of a few days have come within his reach by taking 

 refuge in a recess, in which, although carefully searched on many subsequent 

 occasions, I was never able to find a living moth. I say within a few days, for the 

 freshness of the wings, and the fact that they all belonged to species on the wing at 

 the time, was goc/d evidence of their very receut death. The web was only about a foot 

 square, and totally incompetent for the amount of work required by Mr. Ciogg's ex- 

 planation; there were enough wings in the corner of the cave to cover it three or four 

 deep. Very few of the wings were under the web or near it at all ; the principal deposit 

 was fully two feet distant, nearer the entrance— just where a current of air would not 

 deposit ihem, and in such a recess as one might suppose a mouse would select to dine 

 in: what else he was doing when he came to giief in my trap I do not know, and 

 Mr. Clogg does not suggest. Beyond the fact of having hung his web in a suspicious 

 locality, there seems no case whatever against the spider, who, by the way, was not 

 even seen, much less caught, like the mouse, and although executed first and tried 

 afterwards, I still think the real culprit has sufl'ered. — Edwin Birchall ; Bradford, 

 Muy 16, 1866. 



A List of Birds observed at Sealkote, in the Punjaub. 

 By Major Nokgatk. 



Seeing in the 'Zoologist' that you slate you would be glad to 

 receive any communications about birds from any ornithologist, 

 although not styling myself by that learned title, 1 send you a list of 

 the birds found in the station and district iu which 1 am at present a 

 resident, and which I have the opportunity of observing ; no incon- , 

 fiiderable number either, as you will perceive. 1 have always taken 

 great interest in the study of birds and their habits, both at home and 



