THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



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would not teacli tliem so well. More 

 botanical knowledge could be imparted 

 I while pulling a buttercup to pieces than 

 by many lessons at school. Nor need 

 these teachings be confined to botany, 

 or to the animal world. Geology could 

 be studied in the quarries or mines (if 

 any such are in the neighbourhood), in 

 the nature of the surface soil, by the 

 action of water as shown by the courses 

 of streams, by the dilferences between 

 the material composing the hills and 

 the valleys or plains, and so on. The 

 intelligent teacher would never want 

 for matter to discourse upon, and those 

 instructed would find benefit from such 

 instructions, if it were only in the 

 enlargement of mind, that always char- 

 acterises those who study nature and 

 her ways. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



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

 ■rthgatc, Hartlepool ; or to S. L. MosLEY Bcau- 

 nt Park, Hucldersficld. 



Subscriptions for Vol. III. are now due. 

 Weekly numbers or monthly parts, 6s.; 

 with plain plates ; or 8s. with coloured 

 plates. The latter cannot be obtained 

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 have their plates coloured on application 

 to the Editors. 



E.A.P., Cheshire. "We cannot name Noctua: 

 pupa) with any certainty. If that you 

 send was got at oak, it is probably /I. apri- 

 lina. If you do not know them when they 

 [j emerge send us an imago, the pupa for- 

 warded has been injured, and will not pro- 

 duce a moth. 



A. Davis, Jun., Marlow.— Thanks for the 

 nest of the Bullinch ; you shall have a 



figure when it is published. We are also 

 obliged for your endeavours to obtain 

 nests of other species; we now particu- 

 larly want that of the Spotted Flycatcher. 



We have recently figured a large number 

 of very extraordinary varieties of eggs 

 from Mr. C. S. Gregson's collection. 



How many of our readers have seen Cuckoo's 

 eggs in Hedgesparrows' nests, and what 

 colour were they ? 



EXCHANGE. 



Duplicates — Imagines of 0. Fascelina. 

 Desiderata — Pupae or Imagines of Bombyx 

 riibi. — R. Wilding, 40, Downing Street, 

 Liverpool. 



Duplicates. — H. humiUi, A. liihricipeda, E. 

 jacobccs, L. auriflua, L. monacha, 0. potatoria, 

 S. illuna/ia, L. pallens, N. c-nigrim, A. herhida 

 H. tJialassina, A. tmgopagonis, N. rubi, M. 

 tnaiira. Desiderata. — L. sinapis, M. artemis, 

 T. rubi, L. alsus, L. argiolus, C. porcellus, O 

 jascelina, H. hispidana, B. cinctaria, &c., &c. — 

 Thos. W. King, 3, The Terrace, Camberwell. 



Wanted, to exchange eggs, butterflies, 

 and stamps. Send list of duplicates and 

 desiderata. — A. Davis, Jun., High Street, 

 Great Marlow, Bucks. 



BIRMINGHAM NATURALISTS 

 FIELD CLUB. 



A Council Meeting was held in Broad 

 Street, on Wednesday Evening, 12th April, 

 to draw up a programme for the summer 

 season. Dr. Hiepe presided. The members 

 present were Dr. Hiepe, Mr. W. Harcourt 

 Bath, Mr. G. F. Wheeldon, Mr. P. T. Dea- 

 kin, Mr. W. J. Lapworth, Mr. A. R. Pimm 

 and Mr. A. G. Davis. The following ex- 

 cursions were arranged for the ensuing 

 season: — April 22, Sutton Park; May G, 

 Lickey ; ]May 20, Sutton Park; June 3, 

 Knowle ; June 17, Clent ; July i, Bewdley ; 

 July 15, Sutton Park; August 5, Stratford- 

 on-Avon ; August 19, Knowle; Sept. 2, 

 Bcwdly ; Sept. 16, Kniver. The proposed 

 cxcurbion to Suttou Park on Saturday, 22ud 



