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a hollow by the picturesque waterfall. The object of search — 

 Acaiithinula lamcUata — was soon found, several being' obtained, 

 all of which were white or whitish, a form not before known to 

 exist, which will probably be described as a new variety in Mr. 

 Taylor's Monograph. Arion wi«zw«^ was abundant all throug^h 

 the woods, as also were Vitrea crystallina^ Pyramidula rotimdafd, 

 Carychium niinijiium, etc. Near the old bleach works, under 

 stones, etc., a fine fat Arion ater var. plumbea was found, 

 and an adult example of Helix neinoralis \-ar. carnea i 2 j 4 ^, 

 and young ones as well. Near here.' Clausilia Icuninata occurred ^ 

 also Linuix maximiis tj'pe, L. arbonim type, Arion hortensis, A. 

 circiitnscripins, Agriolimax Icevis, A. agrestis, type and var. 

 reticulata, Clausilia bidentata, Cochlicopa lubrica in plenty, one 

 Acanthimila acnlcata, a few Eucomiliis fulvus, and Hyalinia 

 ccllaria, and H. alliaria. Altogether 24 species were noted, 

 8 being- slugs and 16 terrestrial shell-bearers, no water-shells 

 being seen, or even looked for ; but all the same it was an 

 exceedingly pleasant and profitable day's hunting, such as the 

 President of the Section had not been able to obtain in any of 

 the antipodean countries in which he has travelled during the 

 past year or two. 



(To be continued). 



BIRDS. 

 Winter Migrant, etc., at Sedbergh. — I saw the first 



winter migrant on Sept. 23rd, a Bramblefinch. A white black- 

 bird was shot near Sedbergh the previous week. — W. Morris, 

 Sedbergh. 



Late nesting of the House Martin. — Two pairs of House 

 Martins were feeding their }oung in the nests at Hartwith, on 

 October loth. Many pairs nest in this particular place, but all 

 had departed except these. — R. Fortunii, Harrogate. 



Pheasant's strange nesting place. — This year at Plumpton 

 near Harrogate, a pheasant laid 12 eggs in a nest situated in a 

 Spruce Fir tree, 22 feet from the ground. She had utilised an 

 old squirrel's drey, and was apparently quite comfortable, 

 allowing me to obtain an excellent photograph from a neigh- 

 bouring tree. It would have been interesting to learn how she 

 proposed to get her chicks down, but the risk was too great, 

 therefore the eggs, when upon the point of hatching, were 

 removed by the keeper. — R. I^'or riNi:, Harrogate. 



Naturalist, 



