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NATURALIST. 



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Will give to anybody who will send box, 

 live or dead specimens of Phigalia pilosaria 

 and Hybernia progemmaria, H. ericetoriim, L. 

 stagnalis, L. peregra and other snails. Bot- 

 anical specimens, bullrushes, fern roots or 

 leaves, flowers for pressing, &c. : will pro- 

 cure for those who would like them. Please 

 state particulars. W. H. Bath, Manor 

 Villa, Sutton Coldfield. 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS 



Calluna vulgaris, Erica cinerea and 

 TETRALix. — Your Correspondent, Mr W. H. 

 Bath, records the flowering of the above- 

 named plants on the nth December (Y.N. 

 vol. iii., p. loo). I have never seen any of 

 them in flower here before the end of June 

 or beginning of July, but as the flowers of 

 all the species are very persistent, they are 

 doubtless last year's flowers which he has 

 seen.— J. W. Carter. 



O. PUDiBUNDA, &c. — A female 0 . pudibunda 

 emerged in my breeding cage to-day, which 

 seems very early. I think the proper time 

 is May. The only insects I have captured 

 this year are H. rupicapraria on the loth 

 inst., and P. pilosaria on the i6th, but I have 

 had little time lately for entomology. — 

 A. K. A. Ci5:sAR, Cao College, Cambridge. 



Natural History Notes from Great 

 Marlow, 1882. — Honeysuckle {Lonicera peri- 

 clymenum) in leaf, January ist. Daisy [Bellis 

 perennis) in flower, January 4th. Red Nettle 

 {Lamium purpureunt) in flower, January nth. 

 Groundsel [Senecio vulgaris) in flower, January 

 13th. White Nettle {Lamium album) in flower, 

 January 14th. Buttercup [Ranunculus acris) 

 in flower, January 21st. Five-spot Ladybird 

 seen, January 21st. Furze {Ulex europoeus) 

 in flower, January 21st. Hazel {Corylus 

 avellana) male catkins in flower, January 

 2 1 St. Dandelion {Taraxacum dens-leonis) in 

 flower, January 21st. Robin's nest (Erythaca 

 rubecula) with three freshly-laid eggs, January 



2ist. Shepherd's purse {Capsella bursa-pasto- 

 ris) in flower, January 28th. Sweet Violet 

 (Viola odorata) in flower, February 2nd. 

 Snowdrop ( Galanthus nivalis ^(wild) in flower, 

 February 12th. Spurge Laurel [Daphne lau- 

 reola) in flower, February 12th. Primrose 

 [Primula vulgaris) in flower, February 12th, 

 Dor beetle [Geotrupes vernalis) seen, February 

 i2th. Bees first seen on the wing, February 

 1 2th. Dog's mercury [Mercurialis perennis) 

 in flower, February 12th. Palm Willow 

 [Salix) in flower, February 12th. Field 

 Speedwell [Veronica officinalis) in flower, 

 February 12th. Small tortoise-shell butter- 

 fly [Vanessa urtica) seen, February 14th. — 

 A. Davis, Jun., High Street, Great Marlow, 

 Bucks. 



General Notes from Worcestershire. 

 — Snowdrop [Galanthus Nivalis), and Dog's 

 Mercury [Mercurialis Perennis), in flower, 

 January i6th. Primrose [Primtila Vulgaris) 

 in flower, January 17th. Pheasant's-Eye 

 [Adonis Autumnalis), and Red Dead Nettle 

 [Laminum purpureum) in flower, February 

 I St. Dandelion [Leontodon Taraxacu?n) in 

 flower, February 5th. Lesser Celandine 

 [Ranunculus ficaria) in flower, February 13th. 

 Daisy [Bellis Perennis), Wood Strawberry 

 [Fragaria Vesca), and Barren Strawberry 

 [Potentilla Fragariastrum) in flower, February 

 13th; there have been a few plants of the 

 three last in flower all the winter. Marsh 

 Marigold [Caltha Palustris) in flower, Feb- 

 ruary 14th. Sallow in blossom, February 

 17th. Honeysuckle [Lonicera Periclymenum) 

 in leaf, February i8th. Oxlip [Primula 

 Eldtior) in flower, February 21st. Sparrows 

 building, February 5th, Saw the first Pied 

 Wagtail, February 13th, and the first Grey 

 Wagtail, February 22nd. P. pilosaria from 

 chrysalis, February 8th, first this year; 

 E. lanestris from chrysalis, February 19th, 

 first this year. — N. Prescott Decie, Bock- 

 leton Court, Tenbury, Worcestershire. 



Stock Doves.— Mr. Bath, in his " Notes 

 and Observations," says that " Stock Doves 



