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THE YOUNG 



NATURALIST. 



lizards, as of other things. I have always 

 found a difficulty in feeding them, even 

 although a " happy thought" suggested 

 small slugs, but, .however, supplied with 

 these they will do fairly well. Their 

 quarters require ventilation, and a close 

 case (such as a fern case) seems to injure 

 their health and shorten their lives. — 

 Albert H. Waters, B.A., Cambridge. 



QUERIES. 



36. 



I should be much obliged if any one 

 would tell me the best method of preserving 

 Arachnida. Is it necessary to keep them in 

 spirits of wine? — N. Prescqtt-Decie. 

 37- 



Larva of Nonagria Elymi. — Can any 

 reader of the Young Naturalist tell me how 

 to find this larva. — A. N. C. Treadgold, 

 Hertford College. 



38. 



Yellow Hammer (Emberiza citrinella). 

 White examples of this bird, I believe, some- 

 times occur. Have any such come under 

 the notice of the readers of the Young Natu- 

 ralist. — Albert Waters, Cambridge. 

 39- 



White Birds' Eggs.— I suspect that all 

 birds occasionally lay white eggs, but would 

 the readers of the Young Naturalist kindly 

 give any instances of abnormal cases of 

 whiteness that have come under their 

 notice. — Albert Waters, 



REPLIES. 



6. 



Liparis Dispar, — The only specimen I 

 have met with was taken by a rearing 

 collector near Odiham, in Hampshire, in 

 1870. It was a female, in good condition, 

 considerably larger than our bred speci- 

 mens, and more suffused with colour. There 

 are, I believe, specimens in the Doubleday 

 collection, at the Bethnal Green Museum ; 



and, though having distinct recollections of 

 seeing British caught examples elsewhere, 

 the above is the only one I can verify. — 

 J. Henderson. 



EXCHANGE. 



I have the following shells to exchange : 

 for others :— (L. & F.W.) Helix aspera, H. \ 

 nemoralis, numerous varieties including hy- 

 brida and hortensis, H. arbustorum, H. virgata, j 

 H. cantiana, H. caprata, H. mfescens, Zon. 

 nitidulus, Lim. glabra, L. stagnalis, Zon. aliar- 

 ius ; (marine) Macra solida, Pecten opevcularis, | 

 &c. — Charles Mosley, Beaumont Park, j 

 Huddersfield. 



Duplicates.— Numerous Chi, Pilosaria 

 (males), Leucophearia, Defoliaria, Ai.ranti- 

 aria, and types of many others. Desider- 

 ata. — Lepidoptera and Coleoptera. — J. W. 

 Carter, 14, Valley Street, Bradford. 



Duplicates. — T. trifolii, Ziczac, Drome- 

 darius, L comma, Pronuba, Polyodon, Vaci?iii, 

 Cheropfiyllata, Elinguaria, AtomaHa, Pur- 

 puralis Desiderata. — Davus, W-album, 

 Argiolus, JEL. comma, Sesiidce, LitJiosidce, 

 Myrtilli, Croceago, Citrago, Subtusa, Oo, 

 Pinetaria, Conspicuata, Dealbata, Notata, 

 and others. — H. Frere, Portsmouth Road, 

 Kingston-on-Thames. 



Duplicates. — Cardamines, Rhamni, Pa- j 

 pliia, Atalanta, Cardui, Psi, Alexis, Perla, | 

 Viminalis, Stagnalis, Lemnalis. Desider- 

 ata. — Larvae of Fuliginosa, Monacha, Villica, j 

 Imagines Cratcegi, Athalia, C-album, Semele, ' 

 Rubi, Betulce, Alsus, Argiolus, Comma, Pro- 

 dromaria, Festucce, Aprilina. — J. Bates, 

 Orchard Terrace, Wellingborough. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



AH communications to be sent to J. E. Robson, 15, 

 Northgate, Hartlepool; or to S. L. Moslet Beau- 

 mont Park, Huddersfield. 



