3130 Quadrupeds. 



QEcophora lambdella. Rare. July. 

 Gelechia rufescens. July. 



,, Hermannella and naeviferella. On Atriplex erecta in July. 

 „ Cirsiella, Dough, (Sta. Cat. Supp. p. 4, No. 67). Bred 

 from larvae, miners in thistle-leaves, last August. 



„ Atripiciella, taken by sweeping, in July. 

 „ Gerronella, one among broom at the top of the pit, in 

 August. 



Gracilaria omissella. Larva feeds in leaves of Artemisia vulgaris. 

 I found the species here two or three years since, flying at dusk 

 among thistles and Artemisia. 



Depressaria nanatella. I took two specimens here August 12, 1846, 



and have never been able to find another, though I have often looked. 



Depressaria atomella, I found on the broom in the wood at the top 



of the pit, by searching it with a light at night last August ; and have 



no doubt the larva feeds on that plant. 



In Coleoptera, several rarities have been found here by Mr. S. Ste- 

 vens and others, (see Zool. 749). 



J. W. Douglas. 

 2, Eton Grove, Lee, Kent, 

 April 19, 1851. 



Notes on Observations in Natural History during a Tour in Norway. 

 By the Rev. Alfred Charles Smith, M.A. 



(Continued from page 3106). 



The Reindeer, [Cervus Tarandus). Having given some account of 

 the tame reindeer in a former paper (Zool. 3103), I now purpose to 

 say something of this noble animal in its wild state, when it wanders 

 over the mountains and fjelds without control, and being to-day close 

 at hand, perhaps tomorrow will be a hundred miles away. 



I was in the glorious valley of waterfalls, the Romsdal, when one 

 evening an old mountain hunter came to me, and proposed a two days' 

 expedition to hunt reindeer in the fjeld above, where he had heard 

 they were unusually numerous, and where he had himself killed one 

 a few days before. I soon arranged to meet him the following morn- 

 ing, and having persuaded a friend to accompany me, and taking ano- 



