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THE YOUNG 



NATURALIST. 



usually abundant hef e this spring. I noticed 

 last autumn that fewer insects were infested 

 with Apanteles glomeratus, and doubtless, this 

 circumstance accounts for the butterflies 

 being more plentiful now. — Albert H. 

 Waters, Cambridge, April 12th, 1884. 



BIRDS. 



Variety of Eggs of Chaffinch. — I 

 have lately taken a four-clutch of rather 

 curious chaffinch's eggs. The thin end, in 

 fact three-fourths of the egg, is of a pale 

 blue, clear and spotless, similar to a hedge- 

 sparrows ; whilst the thick end is a round 

 patch of dark chocolate brown, gradually 

 dying off into a smoky brown as it extends 

 down the egg. The whole clutch bore simi- 

 lar markings, and I did not notice a spot or 

 pencilling of any kind on any specimen. I 

 am aware that eggs of this bird are very 

 variable, but I never before noticed any like 

 the above. — Wm. P. Ellis, Enfield Chase. 



QUERIES. 



Zoological Regions. — In Professor 

 Wallace's Geographical distribution of 

 Animals, he maps the world into six regions, 

 and twenty-four sub-regions. Is there any 

 map ot the world to be had showing these 

 regions and sub-regions by different shades 

 of colour or otherwise, and if so, where is 

 it to be obtained, and at what price ? — R.B.B. 



Lining Cabinet Drawers. — I have pur- 

 chased a new cabinet, and as I am young as 

 an entomologist I shall feel obliged if you 

 will kindly answer the following questions : — 

 1st. Shall I paint the paper inside the 



drawer with 



a. Milk and oxide of zinc. (Dr. Knaggs.) 



b. Milk, oxide of zinc, and ultra marine. 



(Dr. Knaggs.) 



c. Thin isinglass and oxide of zinc. 



(Rev. Green.) 



d. or leave the paper clean as it is. 



2nd. Shall I place 



a. Shreds of camphor in the cells, or 



b. Pure napthaline, or 



c. Benzole on cotton wool. (Newman.) 



d. Or solid carbolic acid on pin heads. 



(Entomologist.) — Perplexed One. 



EXCHANGE. 



I have a large quantity of Foreign postage 

 stamps, including many rather rare. I 

 would be glad to exchange for Lepidoptera, 

 Coleoptera, Birds Eggs or Land and Fresh- 

 water Shells. — JohnE. Robson, Hartlepool. 



Wood's Common British Beetles, Shilling 

 Edition. ; Natural History of Selborne ; 

 Macgillivrays Manual of Botany (Plates) ; 

 Natural History of the Birds of Europe, by 

 P. H. Goose; Smellie's Philosophy of 

 Natural History; Wood's Common Objects 

 of Sea-shore, coloured plates (not in good 

 condition) ; Common Seaweeds by L. L. 

 Clarke, coloured plates (not in good con- 

 dition) ; Cassel's Popular Natural History, 

 Vol. II bound. 



I will be glad to exchange the above works 

 for a copy of vol. I of the Young Naturalist, 

 bound or unbound.— T,T.M., 86, Domingo 

 Vale, Liverpool. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



All communications to be sent to J. E. Bobson, 15, 

 Northgate, Hartlepool j or to S. L. Mosley Beau- 

 mont Park, Huddersfield. 



E.T.T., Coggeshall.— The omission shall 

 be corrected. Plates sent. There is no 

 cheap work such as you name on coleoptera, 

 but in all probability one will soon be forth- 

 coming. The best at present is Cox's, but 

 it is rather expensive and difficult for a 

 beginner. 



S. L. Mosley will be glad of local lists of 

 butterflies from any part of Britain. 



