FIELD NOTES. 
BIRDS. 
The Hoopoe in Lincolnshire._On my way from the Black 
Hut, which stands on the bank of Kelsey Beck, in the parish of 
Cadney, on December 17th, I saw a pair of Hoopoes. Though it 
was mid-winter, I was surprised to see that they had what I took 
to be fnlly developed crests. I found, on getting home and 
looking into Saunder’s Manual, that it is generally after stormy 
weather that these birds are observed on the east coast. We 
had certainly experienced enough rough weather just before | 
saw them.—D. WoopruFrFE-Peacock, Cadney Vicarage, Brigg. 
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SHELLS. 
Variety of Limnza stagnalis found near Leeds.—The 
specimen figured herewith I took in a pond south-east of Leeds, 
on November 23rd last. It will be seen that it has a single 
white narrow band in the centre of the whorl. The shell is 
1;°; inches in length.—W. Harrison Hutton, Leeds. 
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DIPTERA. 
Note on Volucella pellucens at Worksop.—On July 27th, 
1906, whilst working amongst my insects between 9g and 10 p.m., 
I was surprised to see a fine specimen of this Dipteron fly into 
the room attracted by the gas which was burning. The night 
was a very hot and still one, and the windows were wide open. 
Oddly enough, exactly the same thing happened just a year 
previously on July 28th, 1905, under exactly similar circum- 
stances. 
It seems strange that such a sun-loving species as Volucella 
pellucens should be on the wing at night. —E. MAupE ALDERSON, 
Worksop, October, 1906. 
At the recent annual meeting of the Lancashire and Cheshire Entomo- 
logical Society, Mr. S. J. Capper was elected President, and Dr. J. H. Bailey, 
Mr. E. J. B. Sopp, Prof. E. B. Poulton, Messrs. J. R. Charnley, H. H. Cor- 
bett and W. Mansbridge, Vice-Presidents. 
1907 February 1. 
