THE YOUNG 



either to receive the nests on loan or to 

 give a good return. There are many of 

 the commoner species we yet require. 

 The doumy young of many of the game- 

 birds and water-birds are also required 

 for the same purpose. 



"AT HOME." 



Liverpool.— C. S. Gregson will be at home 

 every Sunday until March ne.\t. Micro- 

 lepidopterists, coleopterists, and artists 

 should come early to secure good light ; 

 general naturalists any time from nine 

 a.m. to nine p.m. — Rose Bank, Fletcher 

 Grove, Edge Lane, Liverpool. 



HuDDERSFiELD. — S. L. Moslcy cvcry Sat- 

 urday afternoon. 



(We shall be glad of additions to this list.) 



NOTES, CAPTURES, &c. 



Cai'turks at Ivv. — I have taken the 

 following insects at ivy bloom between the 

 26th of October and 15th November. I 

 found the best time to be directly it was j 

 dark. 



A. suffusa, one male. 

 A. saucia, one or two. 

 A. segetum, several males. 

 0. Lota, several. 



0. macilenta swarmed between the 26th 

 October and 8th November. Most of the 

 specimens very good. 



C. vaccina and spadicca in profusion from 

 the 7th November. 



D. rubiginea, one very fine. 



X. terruginea, a few, rather worn. 



M. oxyacenthe, one. 



P. meticulosa, a good many. 



X. rhisolitha, a good series in fine order. 



X. petrificata, one. 



P. gamma, one, good. 



0. dilutata, a few. 



C. Psittacata, a good series in fine condition. 

 — Miss Hinchliff, Worlington House, 

 Instow, N. Devon. 



NATURALIST. 43 



I Ducks Frozen in Ice. A few winters 

 I ago near Birmingham some ducks used to 

 rest at night by sitting together in the 

 middle of a pool, probably thinking them- 

 selves secure by doing so. One morning 

 they were found all frozen tightly together, 

 and the ice had to be broken to get them 

 out. They appeared none the worse for it. 



Fight between a Starling and a Jack- 

 daw.— Last spring a tree starling built a 

 nest in a hole in a fir-tree, and would fly 

 out and drive away any bird that came 

 near. A jackdaw settled on the same tree, 

 when the starling flew at him screeching 

 with her mouth open. The jackdaw flew 

 away with the starling darting after him ; 

 but upon flying to a tree he saw what a 

 small enemy was pursuing him, turned on 

 her, the starling now flew away, but the 

 jackdaw did not go after her far ; she went 

 at him again and drove him a safe distance 

 from the nest. 



Diary. November 24th. — Jays are very 

 plentiful at Sutton, but shy. They make a 

 great noise when disturbed, and fly oft in all 

 directions. They may be seen mostly in 

 small flocks of about a score. 



November 26th. — Ilclix Ericetorum has not 

 yet hybernated. I saw several on the banks 

 this morning. 



November 27th. — Saw several flocks of 

 yellow-hammers and chaffinches. Females 

 of H. defoliaria extremely plentiful, but I did 

 not see any males. Saw a covey of Part- 

 ridges flying over a wood at a great height. 

 They afterwards settled on the common 

 about a mile off. 



November 28th. — C. hnmata very abun- 

 dant. Saw great numbers on shop windows 

 and gas lamps at night at Sutton. 



November 30th. — Saw a flock of lapwings 

 migrating southwards. 



P. Pilosaria. — Took a male specimen on 

 the trunk of an oak-tree in Lower Nut 

 Hurst Sutton Park, 27th November, 



