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lands, May 24th, 1883; and on June 2nd, 1885, I had one brought 
to me, containing four eggs, from a roadside hedge at Aylestone. 
Plectrophanes nivalis, Linn. Snow Bunting.—A rare winter 
visitant. A specimen was killed at Laughton (probably about 
1865), and is now in the possession of the Rev. A. Matthews. 
Four others were shot at Burton Overy during severe frost in the 
winter of 1880-81. Mr. J. 8. Ellis tells me that when living at 
Glenfield Lodge he remembers a small party of four or five being 
seen there, probably about 1854 or 1855; and Turner states 
that a large flock was seen by W. Bond at the Abbey Meadow 
some twelve or fourteen years ago. I saw a beautiful specimen, 
in the possession of Elkington, shot in Braunstone Lane by 
Mr. T. H. Ashby, Nov. 7th, 1885. 
(To be continued.) 
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS ON BRITISH 
STALK-EYED CRUSTACEA. 
By Epwarp Lovett. 
(Continued from p. 255.) 
Crangon vulgaris, Fabr. 
WE have now arrived at a group of crustaceans differing 
very considerably from any we have as yet discussed. The 
Crangonide, or family of Shrimps, will occupy our attention 
first, to be followed by the Alpheide and Palemonide, the latter 
of which comprises the Prawn family. 
The central one of these three families, viz., the Alpheide, 
are, in their general structure, more like the Lobsters than the 
Crangonide and Palemonide ; for we shall see that, whilst the 
carapace of the latter two families is thin and almost chitinous 
in its formation, that of the former is comparatively robust and 
calcareous for so small an animal as the British representatives 
of the genus Athanas, which also develops a somewhat massive 
little pair of forceps as compared with the pincer-feet of the 
Shrimps and Prawns. 
The Common Shrimp is so well known that a description of 
it is hardly necessary; but, notwithstanding its being such a 
common object, considerable confusion prevails regarding it by 
