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plates. The latter cannot be obtained 

 through the booksellers, but any one can 

 have their plates coloured on application 

 to the Editors. 



We have to thank Mr. Wheeldon, of Bir- 

 mingham, for the nest of the Garden 

 Warbler for figuring. 



We want a number of game and water-birds 

 in the down (without pen) for figuring 

 We have the following : — pheasant, red 

 grouse, partridge, thicknee, lapwing, com. 

 sandpiper, dunlin, woodcock, com. snipe, 

 landrail, moor hen, guillemot, com. tern, 

 black-headed gull. Any other species will 

 be useful. Send direct to S. L. Mosley, 

 Beaumont Park, Huddersfield. 



EXCHANGE. 



Duplicates. — Tiger moths, flame wings, 

 iinall angle shades, flame shoulders, pale 

 brindled beauty, dark arches, scalloped 

 hazels, buff ermines, bordered gothics, clays, 

 :abbage, bright-lined brown-eyes, grey 

 daggers, willow beauties, swallow-tail moths, 

 .lotted borders, brimstone, many lines, small 

 jishops, V. moths. Butterflies: — Small 

 vvhites, green-veined whites (m. and f.), 

 imall coppers, small heaths. Desiderata. 

 1— Numerous (only British). Please send 

 joon with a list to H. Warwick, Holt Hall, 

 Trinity Road, Aston Paak, Birmingham. 

 P.S. — Please send box and return postage. 



(We would prefer if our correspondents 

 .vould use scientific names ; they are shorter 

 md better understood, — Eds. Y.N.) 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS 



I Notes from Tenbury. March 2nd. — 

 Sweet violet (Viola vdorata) in flower. 



March 14th. — Gooseberry {R'ibes grossu- 

 iiria) and elder {Savihucus nigra) in leaf. 

 Saw the first landrail. 



I March Gth.— Coltsfoot (Timilago far/ara) 

 ind opposite-leaved golden saxifrage {Chry- 

 wsplaiiuni ojjpositi/olinm) and wych elm 

 Ulmus vwntam) in flower. 



March 7th. — Wood anemone {Anemone 

 nenwrosa) in flower. 



March 8th. — Dog rose {Rosa canina) in 

 leaf. 



March gth. — Hawthorn {Cratagus oxya- 

 cantha) in leaf. 



March 14th.— Dog violet {Viola eanma) 

 and daffodil {Pscudo narcissus) in flower. 



March 15th. — Larch in flower and bram- 

 ble {Ruh'us fructicosus) in leaf. Heard wood 

 pigeons cooing. 



March i8th. — Larch in leaf. 



March 21st. — Wood sorrel [Oxalis aceto- 

 sella) in flower. Hazel {Corylus avellana) 

 in leaf. 



March 23rd. — Cowslip [Primula veris) in 

 flower. Wych elm {Ulmus montana) in leaf. 



INIarch 24th. — Greater stitchwort {Stel- 

 larla holos:ea), tuberous moschatell [Adoxa 

 mosGhutellina , and green hellebore {ffellc- 

 hums viridus) in flower. 



March 25th. — Toothwort {Lathrcsa squmri' 

 aria) in flower. 



March 57th. — Ground ivy {Nepcta hedei'- 

 acca) in flower. Found a blackbird's nest 

 with three eggs. 



March 28th. — Found a thrush's nest with 

 one egg. 



March 29th. --Blackthorn {Irumussj^inosa), 

 spurge laurel {JDaphne laureola), weasel 

 snout {Galeohdolon luteitm), and ivy-leaved 

 toad-flax {Linaria cymbala/ ia) in flower. — 

 (Miss) N. Prescott Decie, Bockleton Court. 



Notes and Captures at Birmingham. 

 — Feb. Sth. Arum viaculatum (Cuckoo 

 Pint), in full leaf at Cannon Hill. Eibernia 

 progvmmaria (male), saw one at same 

 locality. Sjjhoei'cum corneum. Dredged up 

 between two and three dozen fair specimens 

 of this bivalve, in a pool at Cannon Hill. 

 Zinncca pcregra very abundant on pieces of 

 floating wood, in same pool. 



I'eb. nth. Phigulia jjilosariu (male). 

 Took a pi-rfcctly black variety, and about 

 eight of the ordinary type, at light at 

 Edgbasion. 



