The Zoologist— May, 1871. 2609 



Arrival of the Martin and Swallow.— On the 19tli of April I observed 

 the first martin {Hintndo urhica) flying high in the air, and the following 

 morning I saw two moi'e of these birds passing over our garden. On the 

 evening of the 20th I also noticed a swallow {H. rustica) near one of the 

 Hampstead ponds. — II. M. Lahouchere ; Hampstead, April 21, 1871. 



Early Nesting of Wood Pigeon. — On the 26th of February I obtained 

 two eggs of the common wood pigeon, which is unusual, though the season 

 up to this time has been a forward one. — E. C. Moor. 



Little Stint on the Dublin Coast.— A few floclis visited us this autumn, 

 from which I procured specimens. — H. Blal;e-K)io.v. 



Brnnnich's Gnilleniot on the Dublin Coast.— In June an adult female 

 was found floating off the Dubhn coast : the bird had been dead many days. 

 I hardly call this a fair Irish bird. — Id. 



Proceedings of the Entomological Society. 



April 3, 1871. — A. E. Wallace, Esq., President, in the chair. 



Donations to the hihrary. ■ 



The following donations were announced, and thanks voted to the 

 donors : — ' Proceedings of the Royal Society,' No. 120 ; presented by the 

 Society. ' The Zoologist ' for April ; by the Editor. ' The Entomologist's 

 Monthly Magazine ' for April ; by the Editors. ' Report of the Fruit- 

 growers' Association of Ontario for the year 1870;' by the Association. 

 •Exotic Butterflies,' part 78; by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 'Lepidoptera 

 Exotica,' part viii. ; by Mr. Jauson. ' Die Alpenkafer und die Eiszeit,' by 

 P. V. Gredler; by Mr. Miiller. 



Exhibitions, dc. 



Mr. F. Smith exhibited examples of gynandromorphism in Aculeate 

 Hymenoptera, and read the following notes :— 



" 1. In 1836 I took Anthophora acervorum, in the month of April, at 

 Barnes, Surrey. In this example the male characters are very conspicuous, 

 and are all situated on the left side, most conspicuously so in the head, 

 thorax and legs. This specimen is figured in the ' Zoologist,' vol. iii., and 

 also in my book on British Bees. 



" 2. A second example of Anthophora acervorum is in the collection of 

 the late Mr. Walcott, of Bristol ; but the sexual peculiarities of structure 

 are much less apparent than in that exhibited. 



