324 NOTES BOTANY. 



darker; bill slaty, base of lower mandible yellow, palate black,, 

 tongue whitish, weight 3 lbs. 11 oz. 



The feathers on the scapulars and nape are shaded cinnamon 

 and buff, vermiculated, and show very conspicuous broken bands of 

 black on each, one on the latter and two or three on the former. The 

 three bars on the tail are slaty-black, tips of the feathers white. 

 The base of the feathers on the back and breast, for nearly a fourth 

 of their length, are a beautiful salmon-pink, also the down. 



An example of Macqueen's Bustard was shot in October 1847, 

 on the Wold, near Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire, and another in 

 October 1892, at Marske, North-East Yorkshire. Altogether three 

 examples in England, all on the east coast. 



On dissection it proved a male, and the crest, also an examina- 

 tion of the bones, showed it was a young bird. The stomach was 

 filled with vegetable matter, chiefly the heads of ragwort, and remains 

 of a few beetles of the genus Carabus. 



Easington, 20/// October, 1896. 



NOTES— BOTANY. 



The American Water Weed at Roche Abbey. —In the flora of Roche 

 Abbey in Dr. Aveling\s History of the Abbey (1870), the author states that this- 

 plant iElodea canadensis) hrst appeared at Roche about 1865, and that he noticed 

 it in several places growing with great freedom fifty years before (1820), and then it 

 disappeared. Wood ruffe- Peacock, in his list of Lincolnshire plants, says there 

 is some evidence of its dying out now. — B. Crow, Louth, Oct. 20th, [896. 



North Lancashire Plant Records, 1896. -The following species are all of 



any consequence that have come in my way for 1896. It is but a poor record. 

 Still for the sake of a few definite localities, I venture to make it poorer by the 

 inclusion of some species included by Miss Hodgson in 1874. The aliens 

 predominate. New records for North Lancashire are marked *. 



Melilotus parvifiora Lam. Alien. Waste ground, Dale Street, Ulverston.. 

 Mr. Duckworth, 1896. Previous record, 1874. Miss Hodgson in J. of B. 

 *A solitary plant, nr. Bowstead Gates, nr. Ulverston'; and repeated in 

 « Baker's Flora, 1885. 



*Bidens tripartita L. Bank of Urswick Tarn, nr. Ulverston. When found, 

 the specimen was in poor condition, having been submerged for some days— 

 the heavy rains had raised the Tarn. 



*. mphytwu patens Sibth. Denizen, I suppose. One plant on road-side near 

 Stanyon Lodge, Ulverston. So far as I could find, not in any of the 



adjoining gardens. 



* Antirrhinum Oroni m L. Colonist. A garden weed in Kent Place* 

 Ulverston. 



Euphorbia Laihrys L. Alien. A garden weed in Queen Street, Ulverston- 

 The garden in which it occurred had for some tirae*l>een neglected, and for 

 over two years the house was empty in addition. House now been occupied 

 18 months and seedlings still appear, only of course to be pulled up. 



Narcissus biflonts Curtis. Alien. Hawkfteld, nr. Urswick. Mr. M. Crankc. 



Previous lecords, 1S85 : Baker's Flora; Field by Coniston Lake, Miss S. 



Beaver. In Fumes*, near Old Halls, Miss E. Hodgson, who made the same 



uement in J. of B. 1874.— S. L. Petty, Ulverston, 12th October, 1896. 



Naturalist*. 



