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FIELD AND FOREST. 



also the great-crested fly-catcher. Yellow 



warbler April 24th; this warbler rarely ar- 

 rives till May loth. The cat-bird, summer 

 red bird and Maryland yellow-throat first 

 noticed April 25th, also, on same date, 

 noticed arrival of red start, blue warbler, 

 and yellow-throated fly-catcher. Barn 

 swallow, scarlet tanager, red-eyed vireo 

 and small green-crested fly-catcher arrived 

 April 28th. Night hawk and wood-thrush 

 May 3d, black-throated bunting May 7th, 

 white heron and bobolinks May 12th, 

 black poll warbler May 16th, humming 

 bird May iSth. — W. L. Jones, Lebanon, 

 III. 



The Big Bed-bug.— Dr. J. S. Walk- 

 er of Greenville, Miss., gives the symp- 

 toms of a case of " stinging" by this in- 

 sect (Conhorinus sanguisuga) as follows: 

 The patient, a young lady, had been stung 

 repeatedly by it, and always with the 

 same effect, which is described as that of 

 a very quick and diffusive poison, namely: 

 an almost iustantaneous rash over the 

 body and limbs, dryness of the skin, great 

 appression of breathing, and a considera- 

 ble degree of dizziness. 



An " Extensive " Weed. — While 

 taking a walk last winter I noticed a Ver- 

 onia, ( V. fasciadata, Mx.,) that seemed 

 to be very full of heads. Curiosity getting 

 the better of me I resolved to count them. 

 At the end of three quarters of an hour, 1 

 had broken off the last one, the whole 

 number of heads being 3,290. Taking an 

 average of 20 flowers to the head we would 

 have 65,800 flowers produced by a single 

 plant. — C. R. Barnes in the Botanical 

 Gazette. 



Enemy to the Potato Beetle. — The 



three striped potato beetle, Lema trilineata, 

 has been dointr sjood service this season in 



the West by destroying the eggs of the 

 Doryphora, or Colorado potato beetle. 

 Several correspondents in Medina County, 

 Ohio, send specimens of the insect and re- 

 port that though the potato-beetles are as 

 plenty as ever the larva; are unusually 

 scarce, " which is attributed to the new 

 friend of the farmer." A few were seen 

 last year, but the present season they are 

 very numerous. As the Lema has always 

 fed upon the foliage of the potato it is 

 hoped that it will continue carnivorous in 

 habits. 



Gas Lime. — Gen. W. H. Noble, in a 

 recent number of the Gardener's Chronicle, 

 asks : — " How about gas lime on the Phyl- 

 loxera, or the root fungus on the peach. 

 I tried it on a peach stricken with the 

 yellows, laying near the roots, sprinkling 

 over the gas lime, and then covering with 

 earth. The jaundice changed to a rich 

 green, and spindling shoots gave place to 

 those of stouter and healthier growth." 



Recent Arrivals at Zoological Gar- 

 den, Phila. — 10 common seals, (Phoca 

 vitulina,) 3^ 7 ^? ; I water snake, (Ne- 

 rodia fasciata;) 1 Virginia deer, (Cervus 

 virginianus,) born in garden; 2 prairie 

 dogs, (Cynomys ludovicianus,) born in 

 garden; I bactrian camel (Camelus bac- 

 trianus ; 1 woodchuck ( Artomys monax ; ) 

 I raccoon (Procyon lotor;) I barn owl, 

 (Strix flammea var. americana;) 3 alliga- 

 tors, (A. mississippiensis ;) 2 great horn- 

 ed owls ; Bubo virginianus ;) red-tailed 

 hawk, (Buteo borealis;) I brown thrush, 

 (Harporhynchus, rufus ;) 2 alligators, (Al- 

 ligator mississippiensis;) 1 water snake, 

 Tropidonotis sipedon;) Brown Coati's, 

 (Vasua nasica,) born in garden; I crow, 

 (Corvus americanus ; ) 2 bald eagles, 

 (Haliaetus leucocephalus.) — Arthur E. 

 Brown, Sup't. 



