1736 Thf, Zoologist — July, 1869. 



1 have given a drawing of a part of the margin of ihe saw, copied 

 from Lyonet. 



In conchision, I should feel obliged to any of my readers who 

 would send nie any Cinibex larvse which they may meet with feeding 

 on willow or beech and birch, so that 1 may be able to observe their 

 metamorphoses with a view to their publication in this journal. 



OriiUhological Notes from North Liucoliifihire. 



By John Cordeaux, Esq. 



(Continued from Zoo). S. S. 1()70). 



April. 



Goldcrestcd Wren. — I have seen so many of these little fellows 

 during the last weeli, about the hedgerows and plantations, as to lead 

 to the conclusion that many are now returning to their northern 

 sunimer quarters. 



Jack Snipe. — April 5th. Last observed ; two pairs seen. 



Golden Plover. — April 6th. Last observed : ten seen, all wearing 

 their black waistcoats. 



Bar tailed Godwit — April 6lh. Two seen on the foreshore. 



Scaup Duck (Fuligula marila). — April lOlh. Last seen on the 

 Humber. 



Fieldfare. — A]m\ 10th. Last observed, and in considerable flocks. 



Tree Sparrow (Passer monlanus). — April 19th. Several pairs seen 

 about the marsh hedgerows and pollard hawthorns — evidently intend 

 nesting. 



Hooded Crow. — Ajjril '20th. I find the hoodie is jotted down in my 

 note-book every day for the last ten, thinking each day would pro- 

 bably be the last : this, however, was " positively their last appear- 

 ance." 



Wild Duck (Anas boschas). — April 23rd. This morning riding 

 across a field of wheat in the marshes I put up a wild duck: where 

 she rose was a single fresh-laid egg ; the egg was on the bare ground, 

 no nesting materials having been collected. On the 2nd of May the 

 eggs numbered ten (the total number laid). A circular nest had been 

 formed round thera of dead grass and weeds, and they were embedded 



