﻿NOTES 
  AND 
  QUEBIES. 
  117 
  

  

  for 
  Berks. 
  Sheld-Duck 
  (Tadorna 
  cornuta). 
  Fine 
  female 
  picked 
  up 
  

   exhausted 
  at 
  Shinfield. 
  The 
  only 
  other 
  records 
  I 
  have 
  are 
  one 
  shot 
  at 
  

   Newbury, 
  1806 
  (Dr. 
  Lamb), 
  and 
  another 
  seen 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  of 
  

   1867-8 
  near 
  Cookham 
  (< 
  Birds 
  of 
  Berks 
  and 
  Bucks,' 
  p. 
  205). 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  

   Dewe 
  kindly 
  informs 
  me 
  a 
  Shoveler 
  (Spatula 
  clypeata) 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  

   Manor 
  Farm, 
  Longworth, 
  Feb. 
  18th. 
  I 
  have 
  two 
  previous 
  records 
  of 
  

   this 
  bird 
  in 
  Berks. 
  — 
  HEATLEy 
  Noble 
  (Temple 
  Combe, 
  Henley-on- 
  

   Thames). 
  

  

  Old 
  or 
  Local 
  Name. 
  — 
  What 
  is 
  the 
  bird 
  called 
  by 
  Drayton 
  the 
  

   Tydie? 
  (ride 
  " 
  Poly-olbion," 
  The 
  Thirteenth 
  Song). 
  Describing 
  the 
  

   birds 
  of 
  the 
  Forest 
  of 
  Arden, 
  he 
  writes 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  "And 
  of 
  these 
  chanting 
  fowls, 
  the 
  Goldfinch 
  not 
  behind, 
  

   That 
  hath 
  so 
  many 
  sorts 
  descending 
  from 
  her 
  kind. 
  

   The 
  Tydie 
  for 
  his 
  notes 
  as 
  delicate 
  as 
  they, 
  

   The 
  laughing 
  Hecco, 
  then 
  the 
  counterfeiting 
  Jay." 
  

  

  The 
  Hecco 
  is, 
  of 
  course, 
  the 
  Green 
  Woodpecker 
  (Hickle 
  or 
  Eacle). 
  

   Drayton 
  mentions 
  also 
  the 
  Throstle 
  ; 
  the 
  Woosell 
  (" 
  that 
  hath 
  a 
  golden 
  

   bill"), 
  also 
  alluded 
  to 
  as 
  the 
  Merle, 
  playing 
  upon 
  his 
  " 
  dulcet 
  pipe 
  " 
  ; 
  

   the 
  Nightingale 
  ; 
  Linnet, 
  Wood-Lark 
  ; 
  Reed 
  Sparrow 
  ; 
  Nope 
  ; 
  Red- 
  

   breast 
  ; 
  Wren; 
  and 
  the 
  Yellow-pate 
  (perhaps 
  the 
  Yellow 
  Bunting). 
  

   Drayton's 
  knowledge 
  of 
  birds 
  was 
  rather 
  hazy, 
  for 
  it 
  is 
  of 
  this 
  last 
  that 
  

  

  he 
  sings 
  — 
  

  

  "Which 
  though 
  she 
  hurt 
  the 
  blooming 
  tree, 
  

   Yet 
  scarce 
  hath 
  any 
  bird 
  a 
  finer 
  pipe 
  than 
  she." 
  

  

  A 
  remark 
  which 
  should 
  apply 
  to 
  his 
  Nope 
  (Bullfinch). 
  A 
  fine 
  descrip- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  hunting 
  the 
  Stag 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  this 
  song. 
  Perhaps 
  some 
  

   Warwickshire 
  reader 
  can 
  tell 
  me 
  what 
  the 
  Tydie 
  is. 
  — 
  0. 
  V. 
  Aplin 
  

   (Bloxham). 
  

  

  ARACHNIDA. 
  

  

  How 
  many 
  Ovum-cocoons 
  has 
  a 
  Spider 
  after 
  being 
  once 
  impreg- 
  

   nated 
  ? 
  — 
  In 
  1901 
  T 
  had 
  under 
  close 
  observation 
  a 
  female 
  Spider 
  

   (Tegenaria 
  atrica), 
  which 
  I 
  placed 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  glass 
  jar, 
  the 
  top 
  being 
  

   covered 
  with 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  gauze, 
  kept 
  in 
  place 
  by 
  a 
  slip-knot, 
  and 
  this 
  

   was 
  only 
  loosened 
  at 
  feeding-time 
  to 
  allow 
  a 
  corner 
  being 
  lifted. 
  During 
  

   its 
  captivity, 
  which 
  lasted 
  some 
  eighty 
  days, 
  when 
  abiosis 
  supervened, 
  

   this 
  Spider 
  made 
  in 
  succession 
  nine 
  ovum-cocoons, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  June 
  

   1st, 
  two; 
  16th. 
  one; 
  23rd, 
  one; 
  July 
  2nd, 
  one; 
  15th, 
  one; 
  25th, 
  

   one 
  ; 
  August 
  4th, 
  one 
  ; 
  17th, 
  one. 
  The 
  ovum-cocoon 
  is 
  constructed 
  

   after 
  the 
  following 
  manner 
  : 
  The 
  acetabuliform 
  receptacle 
  of 
  fluffy 
  

   silk" 
  is 
  first 
  made, 
  which, 
  as 
  is 
  usual 
  with 
  this 
  species, 
  is 
  attached 
  to 
  

  

  ::: 
  This 
  is 
  formed 
  by 
  the 
  spinnerets 
  being 
  raised 
  up 
  and 
  down. 
  

  

  