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EXCHANGE. 



Duplicates. — Notiophilus siibsiriatus , Taph- 

 ria nivalis, Bevosiis affinis, Cercyoii Unn'nains, 

 Philonthus sanguinoUnUis, Dianous ceyuksccns, 



NATURALIST. 



BUdius longulus, PsyUiodes dulcamara. Desi- 

 derata. — Numerous Coleoptera. — S. Hume, 

 4, Overton Terrace, Ashburnham Road, 

 Clive Vale, Hastings. 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS 



A pair of Dotterels (Euvomias morinellus) 

 were shot at Perry Barr, near here, by Mr. 

 H. Pealingham. I believe the last one shot 

 in this locality was at Cannock Chase some 

 seven years ago. A cormorant (Phalacvocorax 

 carho) was shot near Cofton reservoir, Olton, 

 by Mr. James Hunt. The latter bird con- 

 tained in the stomach a roach of about a 

 pound weight. All three birds were shot at 

 the end of Setpember. — G. F. Wheeldon, 

 Birmingham. 



Colour of Fuliginosa. — I send you 

 three varieties of Geranium from my green- 

 house, illustrative of colour. " Christen! " 

 is the parent of all the pink forms I know ; 

 not of the salmon coloured ones. " Wonderful " 

 is a cross between scarlet and lake, or as 

 some people call it carmine, the base of 

 which is lake obtained from madder of 

 peach wood, precepitated by muriate of tin, 

 I call fuliginosa red brown or brown red, 

 brick red is a good name for it. It can 

 only be matched by an earthy or burnt 

 ochre ; or sienna which is only a fine ochre, 

 sold as "terra de sienna." No scarlet or 

 crimson in it whatever. — C, S. Gregson. 



(The proper name for many of the shades 

 of red, depends so much on opinion that I 

 would prefer to leave the question at pres- 

 ent. None of Mr. Gregson's geraniums are 

 of the same hue as the hind wings of Mr. 

 Bath's fuliginosa, that marked " Scarlet and 

 Lake," certainly comes nearest to it; 

 "Christeni " is nothing like it at all.-J.E.R.) 



L. B^TiCA AT Bournemouth. — I have 

 just had a specimen of L. Batica presented 

 to me by Lady Staples, which was caught 

 by her daughter only about four hundred 

 yards from my house. I think this is the 

 best capture of the season, so far as I have 

 heard.— W. McRae, BOURNEMOUTH. 



