154f Natural History in the English Counties, 



Kent. 

 The Canterbury Philosophical and Literary Institution. — It is particularly 

 gratifying to me to remark that the Institution, and more especially the 

 Museum, are very flourishing, scarcely a week elapsing without some new 

 additions. This week we have received a present of fifty birds, shot in the 

 mountains near Madras, and presented by the governor, S. R. Lushington, 

 Esq. Among them the wild fowl, cock and hen, the probable origin of our 

 domestic breeds, are very beautiful. — W. Masters. St. Peter's Streety Can- 

 terbury, Jan. 3. 1830. 



Bedfordshire. 



Citculus canorus. — The cuckoo arrived here on the 21st of April, and 

 continued to charm us with his twofold note till the 28th of July. The last 

 bird I saw of the species was on the 4th of August, — W. H. White. Bed- 

 ford^ Nov. 25. 1829. 



Hirundines. — The i/irundo rustica, or chimney swallow, arrived here this 

 year on the 26th of April ; but the nights about that time being very frosty, 

 and a strong breeze blowing from the N.W., they entirely disappeared, and 

 did not appear again till the 3d of May. The house marten (Mrundo ur- 

 bica) arrived on the 6th of May, and the swift (Cypselus ^'pus) on the 8th 

 of May. I have not seen a single sand marten (H. riparia), probably owing 

 to this neighbourhood lying very low, and there not being convenient places 

 for them to build in. The house marten and the swift took their departure 

 on October 27. ; but the chimney swallow was flitting about, in " many an 

 airy ring," on the 4th of November ; on the 5th, not one was to be seen. 

 — Id. 



Meteors.— On the evening of Monday, the 16th of November, several small brilliant meteors 

 appeared in the east, emitting beautiful white and bluish lights. These were succeeded, about 

 10 o'clock, by one of a deep red colour : it was apparently about 3 in. in diameter, and at the 

 height of from 25° to 30°. It descended in a south-easterly direction, leaving behind it a train of 

 sparks 5° or 6° in length. The weather was mild, and the wind blowing gently from the west. — Id- 



Huntingdonshire. 



A new Locality for some less common Insects. — Sir, Supposing that it might be acceptable to 



?our entomological readers to be informed of a new locality for some of our less common insects, 

 forward to you the following list (some of which, I believe, are considered rare) of those taken 

 by myself dunng the last week of June and first of July, this present year, at Monk's Wood and 

 the fen lands in the neighbourhood of Sawtry, near Huntingdon. I should not have troubled you 

 with this, but that the locality was discovered within the last two years, and is, therefore, not 

 generally known to entomologists. This list would have been much larger, had it not been for 

 the number of insects which I took, with the names of which, being a young entomologist, I am 

 unacquainted. I am. Sir, &c. — Charles C. Babington. Ckimbridge, Oct. 20. 1829. 

 Papilio Machaore. Tno statices. Rhynchitespub^scens.ffiquktus, 



Leucophasirt «in^pis. Deilophila Elpfenor. fidtulse, and p6puli. 



Pieris cratae^gi. Cossus ligniperda. Apod^rus avellanze. 



Melitae^a A'rtemis. Gastropacha ^uercif blia. Pogon6cerus nebulbsus. 



Argynnis Aglaia and P&phifl. Hyperc6mpa dominula. Saperda populnea, cardui, and 



Cynthifl cardui. Euthembnia russula. cylindrica. 



Apatura IVis. Nemophila /^lantdginis. Chrysomfela p6puli, and tre- 



Hipp&rchia GalathSa. Callimorphajacobae"'^. mulae. 



Thecla prtini. * Pliisia Ibta. Cryptocephalus Moxce^'i. 



Lycaj^no dispar. Adfela De Geexilla. Anaspis frontalis and rufic61li8. 



Th^mele alveolus. Campylis dispar. . , 



Cambridge. 

 Desiderata to the Collection of British Birds in the Museum of the Cam- 

 bridge Philosophical Society : — 



Circus cinerarius. Ash-coloured Harrier. Plcus villbsus. Hairy "Woodpecker. 



Salvia suecica. Blue-throated Warbler. CoKimba Zivia, Rock Dove. 



A'niYius Richirdi, Richard's Pipit. Phasianus torqu^tus. Ring-necked Pheasant. 



Plsctrophanes, lappunica, Lapland Bunting. ^'rdea purpurea, Purple Heron. 



.^laiLida rubra, Red Lark. Egretta, Great White Heron. 



Loxia Pityopsittacus, Parrot Crossbill. a;quinoctialis. Little White Heron. 



• Of Curt. Entom. 6. 264. ; and Ste. Sys. Cat 5862. ; not. of Ste. Ill, H. 1. 77. but. 2. 69. note. Of 

 this insect no native locality was known, till it was discovered by me, as above : it had been found 

 by a dealer, last year, who would not give the habitat. 



