258 Mr. J. Hardy on Granivorous Geodephaga. 



11. Lister a nidus-avis. 



One plant in Red Clues Cleugh, where I have also seen the 

 persistent withered spikes. 



12. Orchis viridis. 



One plant on the sea-banks behind Redheugh Coast-Guard 

 Houses. 



13. Glyceria rigida. 



In one spot on the braes at Linhead, below the railway em- 

 bankment, on a red gritty soil, similar to that in which Clino- 

 podium vulgare and Galeopsis Ladanum grow. 



14. Riccia glauca. 



In the Tower Dean, scarce; also near the waterfall at the 

 head of Dulaw Dean. 



15. Lemaniafluviatilis. 



In Whare-burn, to the east of Shannabank. 



16. Chroolepus lichenicolus. 



On lichens on shady rocks near the linn at Reedy-burn ; and 

 near The Retreat. 



MISCELLANEA. By James Hardy. 



Occurrence of the Twite (Fringilla montium) in Berwickshire. 



A flock of stranger birds, during the spring of 1856, fre- 

 quented the higher part of Penmanshiel Wood, called Aikieside, 

 attaching themselves to the Scotch pine, on account of the cones, 

 from which they extracted the seeds. I expected to have pro- 

 cured a specimen, but a Hawk made off with the individual 

 that was shot for the purpose ; and I only obtained the bill, legs, 

 and feathers ; but these enabled me to determine that this rare 

 visitant was the Twite, or Mountain Linnet. They left about 

 the 3rd of June. Tor some time they were associated with the 

 lesser Redpole. This bird also is seldom seen here ; but this 

 season it appeared in a large flock, during some very severe 

 weather about December 8, 1855, along the banks of the North 

 British Railway, among clumps of withered nettles. They soon 

 disappeared, however, and it was not till the spring was pretty 

 well advanced that they were observed in the company of their 

 congener. 



On Granivorous Geodephaga. 



In the Proceedings of the Club, vol. iii. p. 123, I have re- 

 corded the habits of some Beetles, usually considered as wholly 

 carnivorous, but which were observed to feed on the seeds of plants. 

 I have repeatedly verified the observations then made on the Amara; 



