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taken on the sands, the most notable being a fine specimen of the Pomeranian 

 Skua, in the second year's plumage ; the Purple Sandpiper and several speci- 

 mens of the Gannet in the first year's plumage. Razorbills and Guillemots 

 have been common. — John E. Bqbson, Hartlepool, October, 1885. 



Since writing the above, I had a walk along the beach with Mr. Gardner. 

 Near the mouth of Hezleden Dene I found a third specimen of the Fulmar 

 dead on the sands. It was too much damaged by the water to be worth pre- 

 serving, but its head was uninjured, and as the construction of the bill is curious 

 and interesting, I have had the head stuffed and mounted by itself, and it 

 looks well. Though the storm had considerably subsided, we met a man who 

 had picked up a living and healthy looking Guillemot, which had been driven 

 ashore. Though these birds can fly, they never seem to resort to their wings 

 to escape capture. — J.E.R. 



Vitality of Larvae of P. Bucephala. — About a week ago I had some 

 larvae of this species that showed signs of life by moving their jaws and pro- 

 legs rapidly, after having been in spirits of wine a few minutes, then in a solu- 

 tion of alum about half-an-hour, and their entrail presseds out. — J. T. 

 Rod gees, Oldham. 



Lakvm Preserving. — If Mr. G. Pullen, of Derby, will get Greens's 

 " Insect Hunter's Companion," he will find some very good instructions how 

 to preserve larvae. I may say that I learned larvae preserving for two short 

 papers in " Science Gossip," for 1879, pages 58 and 256. If there is any 

 little detail he cannot master I shall be happy to help him. — J. T. Rodgers, 

 Oldham. 



E fund a Nigra in Dorsetshire. — On October 6th, my brother Mr. C. 

 Marriot, took a fine specimen of E. nigra, at Hamworthy. It was flying 

 round a lamp in a room. — T. F. Marriot, George Lane, Lewisham, Kent. 



Fox (K vulgaris). — The fox that lurks and skulks about the hedgerows 

 and fields during the day, and robs hen-roots at night, never affords so much 

 sport to the huntsmen as the real wood-fox. — W. H. Warner. 



EXCHANGE. 



Duplicates — Cardamines, Megcera, Vrticce, Galatea, Edusa, Semele, Cardui Alveolus, 

 Ziczac, Filipendulce, Lubricepeda, Polyodon, Typica, Pronuba, Vaccina, L. Comma, Mi. 

 Atomaria, Elinguaria. Desiderata — Thecla (^except Rubi), H. comma, Sessidce (except 

 Tipuliformis) , Phycidce, Camus, Flavago, Bondii, Petasitis, Scolopacina, Saponarice, 

 Nvtata, Punctaria, Elandiata and others,— H. Frere, The Treasury, London. 



