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foxes can scarcely be induced to be dislodged. It is wet in 

 winter, and will not bear a horse. It would form a pretty 

 sketch. At present it is dry, even the boggy lake. The bushes 

 are birch and alder and grey willows, some of them pretty 

 thickly clustered together. The Pyrola rotundifolia is in great 

 abundance on the east side, where the ground is drier, and is 

 now in blossom. There was much of Epipactis palustris here 

 also, not yet in flower. A patch of Habenaria viridis grew 

 among the Pyrola. Lycopus Europaus plucked, and a portion 

 was afterwards planted in the garden here, but from its creeping 

 habit was not a treasure. A good deal of Ly thrum salicaria. 

 Agrimonia Eupatoria^ a large example, sweet scented. Alisma 

 plantago in ditch at the north end. Arundo phragmites scattered 

 here and there and in the bed of what had been the lake. 

 Carex paniculata in great tufts ; and some examples of C. 

 teretiuscula, Carex pulicaris, Circea lutetiana (but doubtful if this 

 was the locality, as I had been collecting elsewhere.) Eupatorium 

 cannahinum, Habenaria bifolia or chlorantha several, but not in 

 flower yet. Listera ovata, Hydrocotyle vulgaris, Lychnis flos-cuculi, 

 Menyanthes trifoliata, Lycopodium selaginoides, Myosntis ccespitosa, 

 Veronica scutellata, and Beccabunga, Parnassia palustris, Pedicularis 

 palustris, Pinguicula vulgaris, Ranunculus Lingua in flower, 

 and R. flammula, Rhinanthus crista- g alii ; Sium angustifolium^ 

 Galium uliginosum, Iris pseudacorus, Valeriana officinalis, Valeriana 

 dioica, Ajuga reptans, Briza media, Salix repens, Salix pentandra, 

 and others. Caltha palustris, Carex flava, Mentha hirsuta. 

 Carex filiformis grew in the marshiest places in the vicinity of 

 the lake, but was scarce. Carex hirta was also observed. 



These two lists do not exhaust the Flora. Under the in- 

 fluence of drainage several plants have either disappeared or 

 become scarce. 



Many additions to the Lepidoptera have been obtained by Mr 

 George Bolam. See his " Notes on the Earer Lepidoptera," 

 B.N.O., Vol. XV., pp. 297-306. 



Water-rat runs were numerous. Of birds, the Whinchat was 

 visible at the north end of the lake. Black-headed Buntings and 

 Sylvia trochilus frequented the densest portion of the thickets ; 

 the Common Thrush was visible, as well as Starlings, and there 

 were Lapwings on the margins. Before the ground was half 

 examined, heavy rain set in, and we had to take refuge in the 

 railway station, and have our clothes changed and dried. 



