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THE YOUNG 



NATURALIST. 



19th ; strawberry-leaved potentil {Potentillcu 

 fragariastruvi), 19th; elm flov^'ers [Vlmus 

 campestris) , 22nd ; dog rose {Eosa canind) 

 leafs, 22nd ; elder [Sambricns nigrci) leafs, 

 22nd ; yew flowers [Saxus laccata) March 

 5th ; wood anemone flowers {Anemone ne- 

 morosa), 5th ; dog violet flowers ( Viola caii- 

 5th ; Hawthorn leaf (6V(2te^?^5 Oxya- 

 canthus) 5th ; blackthorn leafs {Prunus spi' 

 nosa), 8th ; elm leafs ( ZJlmns cavijyestris) , 8th ; 

 privet leafs {LigustTuni vidgare), 8th; black- 

 thorn flowers [Prunus sjnnosa), nth ; horse 

 chesnut leafs [JEsculus Hiijpoca&tarwm) nth; 

 ivy-leaved snapdragon flowers ^^Linaria 

 cymbalaria), 12th ; cowslip flowers [Primula 

 veris), 12th; field forget-me-not flowers 

 [Myosotis aivensis, 17th ; marsh marigold 

 flowers {CaltJia 2}alustris), 19th ; bird cherry 

 flowers [Prunus Padus), 20th ; lady smock 

 flowers [Cardamine 2Jrate?ms), 29th ; jack- 

 by-the-hedge flowers [Sisijvibrium alliaria), 

 April 3rd ; Wood sorrell flowers [Oxalis 

 acetosella), 3rd. — A. Davis, Junr., High 

 Street, Great Marlow, Bucks. 



I found the Sycamore leaves were already 

 attacked by the Green Apides. This insect 

 exudes a kind of sweet clammy fluid from 

 its body, called by some honey-dew, which 

 covering the leaves, causes the dust to stick 

 to them, giving them that dirty look always 

 seen towards autumn, especially near large 

 manufacturing towns, where the smoke is 

 added to the dust. 



Anser canadensis. — A splendid speci- 

 men of the Canadian goose was shot on the 

 30th April at Elmden Hall, Solihull, near 

 here. I had the pleasure of seeing the bird 

 the next day at Mr. Spicer's, Taxidermist 

 of this town. We had a very severe storm 

 the day before the bird was shot, which very 

 likely accounts for its being seen so far in- 

 land. — Geo. F. Wheeldon, Birmingham. 



Birmingham Notes. — April 17th. Dis- 

 covered daffodils growing on banks by 

 Gravelly Hill. A fox has lately been mak- 

 ing great havoc with poultry and eggs at 



Sutton ; he has even been running away 

 with chalk eggs. 



April 22nd. — Took one Lycoena argioliis 

 (male) and one Lobophora vivetata in Lower 

 Nut Hurst. 



April 23rd. — Saw great numbers of birds 

 to-day. Among them, pheasants, partridges, 

 lapwings, a magpie, missel thrush, gold 

 finch, coot, yellow wagtail, grey wagtail, 

 jackstraw, bullfinch, and nettle creepers 

 were very abundant. Also saw quantities 

 of hares and rabbits, and heard shrew mice 

 in the banks. Found about a dozen nests 

 of the chaffinch almost completed. Several 

 contained eggs. Found nests of hedge ac- 

 centor and brown linnet containing eggs. 

 Bullfinch, sparrow hawk, and magpie build- 

 ing. Cowslips were very plentiful on fields 

 by Middleton. Very fine specimens of march 

 marigold by a brook in same locality. Hop 

 growing in hedges by Ashfurlong. Wood 

 violets were growing in thousands every- 

 where ; they presented a mass of bloom. 



April 26th. — Two hedgehogs found by 

 Middleton. One which was put in a box 

 with a quantity of bricks on managed to 

 escape in the night. They can lift a trem- 

 endous weight with their snout. — W. Har- 

 couRT Bath, Sutton 



DIARY OF OBSERVATIONS 

 AT TENBURY. 



April 3rd. — Found a wood pigeon's nest 

 with two eggs. 



April 4th. — Alder [Alnus glutinosa) in leaf. 



April 5th. — Cuckoo flower ( Cardamine 

 pratensis), alternate-leaved golden saxifrage 

 ( Chrysosplenium alt erni folium), and wood 

 spurge ( Euphorhia amygdaloides ) in flower ; 

 birch {Betula alba) in leaf, 



April 6th. — Mugwort [Artemisia vulgaris), 

 in flower. First chiffchaff heard. 



April 8th. — Garlic hedge mustard (Alli- 

 aria officinalis) in flower. Saw the first 

 swallov/. 



