4 Ben III' ft : James Mo/ley and His Herban'iini at S-ivaiisea. 



PRICES PAID FOR BIRDS' LIVES. 

 From the ' price list ' we learn that sixpence will buy a 

 freshly-killed Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, or Skylark ; a Rock 

 Pipit, Fieldfare, Redwing-, or Jackdaw can be secured for nine- 

 pence. ' Grey Gulls, for screens, etc, los. per dozen ' ! King-- 

 fishers. Owls, Divers, Buzzards, Grebes, Swans, Petrels, Terns, 

 and Ravens are priced, and last, but not least, a Goldeti Eagle ! 

 In many cases two prices are g"iven, the hig^her being- for 

 'choice, adult birds only.' Copies of recent testimonials are 

 printed, the authors of which are surely almost as wicked as 

 the dealer. The initials and addresses of the writers are g-iven. 

 A customer at Clown, near Chesterfield, writes : — ' I am quite 

 delig^hted with Razorbill you have sent. It is a beauty ; try and 

 get me another.' A Halifax customer says : — ' I must say that 

 I am highly pleased with the Kingfisher ; it is in grand con- 

 dition, and you must let me have another the first time you have 

 the chance.' As we are informed in bold letters that the 

 ' Originals may be seen on application,' it is to be hoped that 

 someone will apply for these letters, and let us know who 

 encouraofes dealers in their cruel and destructive work. 



JAMES MOTLEY AND HIS HERBARIUM AT 

 SWANSEA. 



ARTHUR BENNETT, F.L.S., 

 Croydoti. 



The collection from which the interesting records are given by 

 the Rev. H. J. Riddesdell in the November Naturalist, p. 343, 

 was formed by Mr. James Motley, of Aberafon, Glamorganshire. 



He was a member of the London Botanical Society, and 

 contributed plants to that Society, among them Malva verti- 

 cillata L., which he discovered in 1845 in fields near Llanelly, 

 Carmarthenshire, and showed Mr. Bower the plant growing 

 there. He sent a note to the Phytologist (p. 973, 1847) on its 

 occurrence, and also noted under Euphorbia Peplis L. : — 'When 

 quite a boy I found this plant growing abundantly on sandhills 

 at Porth Call in Glamorganshire, accompanied by Lavatera 

 arborea and Tamarix anglica' but the two former were gone 

 in 1841. He went out to Labuan in Borneo, and was murdered 

 by Mohammedan settlers. 



See Phytologist, pp. 934, 973, 1847, and 221, 1848. Biog. 

 Index Brit, and Irish Botanists, p. 124, 1893. 



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