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FIELD NOTES. 



FLOWERING PLANTS. 



Silene nutans near Doncaster. — This beautiful and rare 

 plant is now llowcrini^ in profusion on some waste land to the 

 east of Barnby Dun Station, about 4^ miles from Doncaster.^ 

 H. H. CoKHHTT, Doncaster, June i6th, 1906. 



Claytonia perfoliata at Ainley Wood, Elland. — There is 

 a moderate quantity of this interesting- alien plant at the above 

 locality. It was brought to me for identification by Mr. J. 

 Robertshaw on the 2nd June last. — W. E. L. Wattam, 

 Newsome. 



Variety of Ranunculus repens at Shaw Wood, Out- 

 lane. —Duriui;- an investigation of this wood by members of the 

 Lindley Naturalist and Photographic Society on the 2nd June 

 last, my attention was drawn to a variety of Ranunculus repens^ 

 the flowers having petals from eight to twehe in number. 

 The plants bearing this type of blossom cover a large area of 

 moist ground. — W. K. L. Wattam, Newsome. 



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 IV[AMinALS. 



Note on the Mole. — I have ample proof that moles wil' 

 catch at, and cling to, the feet of birds which have accidentally 

 broken through the crowns of their shallow runs. A strong 

 bird like a full-grown pheasant will, on first being seized, fly 

 off" for a short distance with the mole clinging to its foot. Till 

 to-day I have never heard of them attacking a child. I have 

 often picked living moles up, but have never been bitten. Here 

 at Cadney a child was seized b\- the finger ; as he is only 

 between two and three years, he cannot give details. The 

 mole clung to his hand, just as they will to a bird's foot, till it 

 was torn from its hold by his cousin, and as promptly dis- 

 patched by Mr. David Richardson, of the Manor House, who 

 was standing by, and told me of the incident. — H. Adrian 

 Woookuit-e-Peacock, Cadney, Brigg, May i2lh, 1906. 



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 BIRDS. 

 Albino Starling and Meadow Pipit at Sedbergh. — We 



have in our district a white starling and a meadow pipit. The 

 latter has white wings, and white feathers under the body. 

 Both have been bred this year.- — W. Morris, Sedbergh, June 

 15th, 1906. 



Naturalist, 



