MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



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No. LVI.— NATURxVL HISTORY NOTES FROM THE RED SEA. 

 The following notes made on the voyage oiit on the P. & O. S.S. 

 Caledonia " may interest members : — 



Grey Wagtail. . 19th Mar. 1911 

 3 Quail 



Birds. 

 .. 23-14 N. 



.20th Mar. 1911 .. 18-53 N. 



3 Hoopoes 



,20th Mar. 1911 ..12-34 N. 



32-E. . . 473 miles from Port 



Said. 

 39-33E. Flying from W. to 

 E. singly at 8 a.m. 

 against a strong 

 N. E. wind. 

 46-39E. At 9 a. m. near 

 " Twelve Apostles " 

 flying from AV. to 

 E. 

 Insects. 

 Catapsilia cvocole, 20th Mar. 1911, 17-0 N., 40-E, About 60 miles from 

 land. This butterfly fluttered round the shij) at dusk and eventually was 

 blown away by the N. E. wind blowing at the time. The same morning 

 noticed a small noctuid moth which also disappeared overboard, but I fail- 

 ed to identify it. 



F. HANNYNGTON, i.c.s. 

 Calcutta, 14fA April 1911. 



