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Ivy-leaved campanula, Wahlenbergia hederacea, Reichb., Boscolla, 

 Truro. Ciliated heath, Erica eiliaris, L., Truro; Viscid bartsia, 

 Bartsia viscosa, L., Bastard-balm, Melittis melissophyllum, L., 

 Caleniek. Pteris longifolia, L., Kennal woods [Mr. Lidgey]. Mis- 

 tletoe, Viscum album, L., common, gardens at Mawnan Sanctuary, 

 [Major Parkyn"]. Ranunuculus parviflorus, L., R. arvensis, L., 

 Silene gattica, L., Medicago maculata, Sibth., Corydalis lutea, D.O., 

 Barbarea prcecox, Br., Hypericum calycinum, L., Trifolium subter- 

 raneum, L., Linaria repens, Ait., Bartsia viscosa, L., Mimulus lutem, 

 L., Viscum album, L., Allium triquetrum, L., Ponsanooth. Tees- 

 dalia nudicaulis, Br., Stithians ; Geranium striatum, L., 6. phceum, 

 L., Erica eiliaris, L., E. Mediterranea, L., Scrophularia scorodonia, 

 L., MeUttis melissophyllum, L., Hymenophyllum Tunbridgense, L., 

 Kennal Vale. Geranium pratense, L., Carharrack ; Oxalis cornicu- 

 lata, L., Burncoose ; Utricularia vulgaris, L., Q-wennap [Mr. 

 F. H. Davey]. Mr. Davey has kindly shewn me, on the several 

 visits I have paid to Ponsanooth and district, most of the forms 

 growing. I have noticed, too, several extreme cases of prolificat- 

 ion of the inflorescence of the Violet, Viola canina, L. ; Ribwort, 

 Plantago lanceolata, L. ; and Primrose, Primula vulgaris, Huds. 



At the Annual Meeting of the Society Mr. W. G. Earthy 

 exhibited a young specimen of the Pomatorhine Skua (Stercora- 

 rius pomatorhinus, Temk.), which had been shot at Malpas, on 

 October 24th, 1890, by Mr. Tresidder. Although probably this 

 bird is often a visitor to Cornwall, yet precise dates of such visits 

 are worth recording. In turning up a reference in a book given 

 by the late Mr . W. P. Cocks, of Falmouth, to our library, I came 

 across the following, in a letter [no date] sent to him by Mr. 

 C. S. Dixon. "A young bird (of the above species) was shot 

 Sept. 14th, in Truro River. In 1 855 a young bird was taken alive 

 near Budock Vean. A specimen was shot in the same year at 

 Budock, which was an adult bird." This note is of especial value, 

 as Mr. E. H. Rodd in his revised list of birds published by the 

 Royal Institution of Cornwall, says, when speaking of this bird, 

 that in every instance it occurs in immature plumage on our 

 coast. 



