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through the booksellers, but any one can 

 have their plates coloured on application 

 to the Editors. 



W.H.B. — We will find room for the most 

 important of your Notes as early as we 

 can. We cannot spare space for all of 

 them at once. 



"AT HOME.^ 



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

 every Sunday until March next. 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 every Sat- 

 urday afternoon. 



ASSISTANT NATURALISTS. 



J. P. SouTTER, Clyde Terrace, Bishop 

 Auckland. All branches of Botany ex- 

 cept microscopic. 



John A. Tate, 6i, Merlin Street, Liverpool, i 

 Inhabitants of the Aquarium, Terrarium, j 

 and Vivarium. 



Dr. Ellis, ioi, Everton Road, Liverpool. 

 Coleoptera. 



(We shall be glad of additions to these lists ) 



NOTES, CAPTURES, &c. 



Goosander (Mergus merganser) at Har- 

 wich. — A mature female Goosander was 

 shot at Harwich on the 19th inst. These 

 birds are very seldom shot, being so cautious 

 and wary that it is very difficult to approach 

 them. The only other bird of this species 

 that has been shot here within the last nine 

 years was a mature female shot on the 17th 

 [anuary, 1876 (Zoologist, s.s. 4827). — F. 



I Kerry, Harwich. 

 A. ^scuLARiA IN January.— On the 14th 

 nst. I saw a specimen of A. ascularia on a 



gas lamp at Manningtree railway station.— 

 F. Kerry, Harwich. 



CAPTURES IN THE NEIGH- 

 BOURHOOD OF BOCKLETON, 



Situated five miles south of Tenbury, in the 

 county of Worcester, in 1881. 



A. Menthastri, 4. 



O. Pudibunda, i (bred). 

 O. Antiqua, 3 (bred). 



B. Quercus, 2 (bred), 

 U. Sambucata, 9. 



R. Crataegata, 15. 



M. Margaritata, i. 



E. Dolobraria, i. 



S. Illunaria, 2. 



O. Bidentata. 3 (i bred). 



C. Elinguaria, 2. 



H. Pennaria, 2 fi a dark variety); 

 A. Prodromaria, i. 



A. Betularia, i. 



B. Repandata, i. 



B. Rhomboidaria, 13. 

 E. Heparata, i. 

 A. Scutulata, 2. 

 A. Aversata, i. 



IN RE AUTUMNARIA. 



After Mr. Tugwell's letter was in type, 

 but before it was issued, we received a com- 

 munication from Mr. Harbour much to the 

 same effect. He says — 



" I deceive no one, and strongly resent 

 imposition as Mr. Gregson can testify. Now 

 that gentleman would have the readers of 

 the Young Naturalist believe that I have 

 acknowledged the eggs sent to Mr. Tugwell 

 were from foreign parents. Had I acknow- 

 ledged such a thing I should have told a lie, 

 and as proof of what I say let Mr. Gregson 

 send the said letter to the editors, and ii 

 they think proper to publish it I have ng 

 objection. Indeed, I should very much like 

 to see it in print, for that would confirm the 

 article of January 14th, providing the whole 



