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hoary plaintain [Plantago media), arrowhead 

 (Saglttar'ta sufjUtifoUa) , St. Johns wort 

 (Ulijicricum duhlnm), white water Hly 

 (Nnpliar lutea), spreading caucalis {Cau- 

 oalis infesta), common mallow (Malva syl- 

 vestrls), at Cleve Prior, near Evesham, on 

 29th July ; common ragwort ( Seneoio jaco- 

 hcpa), common angelica {Angelica sylvestris), 

 agrimony {Agrimo/ua udurata), great burnet 

 {Sanginsorha officinalis), water mint {Mentha 

 aqvatioa), procumbent helosciad {Heloscia- 

 duni nodiJiorum)y St. John's wort {Ilgpcriown 

 j;erforatu'n), amphibious persecaria {loly- 

 gonnm amphibia), upright caulalis {Caucalis 

 anthriscns), near King's Norton on August 7. 



Found the following shells in a pool near 

 King's Norton on 7th August: — Sjjhccr',vm 

 lacustrCf 4 (only one alive) ; Pisidimn fonti- 

 nale, 6 ; Pahidina vivipara, 4 ; Bythinia ten- 

 taoulata^ 16 ; Plxnorhis nitidus, 5 ; P. alhus, 

 4 ; P. vortex (very numerous ; the water had 

 gone down about three feet, and under the 

 debris at the sides I could have picked up 

 hundreds) ; P. oorneus, 3 (when I dropped 

 these in boiling water they all gave off a red 

 fluid, which quite tinged the water and 

 made it look like blood) ; Limnaa aiiricu- 

 laria (found some very large dead shells), 

 and, of course, peregra and stagmilis in 

 abundance. — Geo. F. Wheeldon, Birming- 

 ham. 



NATURAL HISTORY NOTES 



FROM WEYBRIDGE & WISELY. 



July 2nd. — Saw some fine old cedars with 

 a large quantity of young cones (green) about 

 the size of large walnuts. I was told there 

 are comparatively few squirrels about here 

 this year. 



July 3rd. — Saw a dove's ( Columha jMilum- 

 bus) nest. What loose nests they make : I 

 wonder they are not oftener blown down. 

 Took two wasps' nests not far from each 

 other in a bank. Jianu uuilti.s lingua is in 

 flower in an artificial pond we have : what 

 a fine showy thing it is I 



July 4th. — I noticed a great lot of blight 

 on the oaks here, and watched a pair of fly- 

 catchers hawking flies all the morning on 

 the lawn in front of the window. 



July 5th. — I found the following plants in 

 flower : — Common hypericum {Ilyjjci'icum 

 perforatum), bladder campion {Silenc in- 

 Jlata)y marsh lousewort (Pclicularis j^^l^s- 

 tris), lesser stitchwort (Stellaria graminea), 

 wild mustard ( Brassica, sinapistrwn), yellow 

 rocket (^Erysimum larharca), common fu- 

 maria {Funiaria officinalis), corn marigold 

 ( Chrysanthemum scgctum). 



July 7th. — Saw a fine stag-beetle (female;; 

 alsD two kingfishers, each with a small fish 

 in its mouth. Heard a corncrake ( Ortygco- 

 motry crex). What a good ventriloquist 

 he is. 



July 8th. — Observed water parsley {Cicuta 

 virosa), forget-me-not (Myosotis palnstris)^ 

 common skull-cap {Scutellaria galericulata)^ 

 and heartsea'^e (Viola tricolor). 



July 9th. — Noticed a great many young 

 birds flying about pecking the grass seeds 

 in a meadow that had been recently cut, and 

 the following plants : — Trailing hypericum 

 (Hypericum humifusum), common mallow 

 ( Malva silvestris ) . 



July nth. — Found great broom-rape {Oro- 

 hanche major) ^ and a bee dead inside a flower 

 of Cypripediuni spectabile, the same flower 

 out of which I had freed one only the day 

 before. 



{To be continued.) 



BUTTERFLIES. 



PIERIS DAPLIDICE. 

 The Bath White. — A rare visitor to this 

 country, and one that has not yet estab- 

 lished itself in any part of the island. 

 Naturally, it is double brooded like the 

 common whites, but only the autumn brood 

 ever appears to reach our shores. Speci- 

 mens of this brood are found in August and 

 September, and those who wish to find it 

 mubt seek it on the coasts nearest to France. 



