206 MR. A. NEWTON ON THE BREEDING [Juiie 24, 



articulation of the second zone, and its coarser sculpture, sufficiently 

 distinguish it. 



I have named this species after T. Lombe Taylor, Esq., whose 

 fortunate purchase of the types of the Solaria described by the late 

 Mr. Hinds, from Sir E. Belcher's collection, has materially assisted 

 me in my monograph of this genus, 



S. sovERBii, Hani, Testa subdiscoidea, fulva et albido-fulvo un- 

 datim nebulosa sen variegata : sutura anguste canaliculata. 

 Anfractus (pauci ?) fills elevatis obliquis transversim clathratiy 

 in cingula 4 crenogranosa, quorum 3 superiora, cum sulcis suis, 

 cBqualia sunt, et ultimum, cum sulco prcecedente, aliquantum 

 est latius, divisi : infra secundum oritur denique cingulum 

 alium. Peripheria declivis, haud biangulata, sed cingulis non- 

 nullis similibus, minus autem vicinis, sulcisque clathratis in- 

 structa, ita ut cingula circiter 13-14 ultimum anfr actum ornant. 

 Basis plance vel retusce cingula 4 intima (seu ultima) multo re- 

 motius clathrata, sulcis latioribus sejuncta ; crencB permultce 

 einguli ultimi {omnium latissimi) ultra parietem humilem um- 

 bilici modici conspicue eminentes. 



Hab. Littora Tunetana, 



Mus. Brit, 



The sculpture is peculiar. Four whorls alone are developed in 

 the described examples. 



9. On the Breeding of the Nutcracker (Nucifraga cary- 

 ocATACTEs). By Alfred Newton, M.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S. 



About six months ago (P. Z. S. 1861, pp. 396-7), I expressed a 

 hope of being able before long to give the Society some more certain 

 information with respect to the breeding of the Nutcracker (Nuci- 

 fraga caryocatactes). In that I hope I have not been altogether 

 disappointed. 



The nest and young bird now exhibited (the latter still showing 

 traces of its original downy clothing) have been received by me 

 within the last few days from my excellent friend Herr Pastor P. W. 

 Theobald of Copenhagen, to whom I think the Society will join with 

 me in hearty congratulations on his success in obtaining these deci- 

 sive facts in regard to the nidification of this mysterious bird, and 

 whose zeal in the quest of zoological discovery fully deserves, in my 

 opinion, all the praise that can be accorded to it. 



Believing, however, that the Pastor will himself publish fuller 

 details of this interesting capture, 1 will only briefly recount the in- 

 formation with which he has supplied me. 



It appears that previously to the summer of 1860, a forester in 

 the island of Bornholm had satisfied himself that the Nutcracker 

 was in the habit of breeding there annually. He had seen it every 

 month in the year, from May to November inclusive ; and this intel- 

 ligence being communicated to Herr Theobald, that gentleman made 



