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THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



Notes and Observations. 



Nest of Nuthatch. — In reply to Mr. Warner's question on 

 early nesting, in the Young Naturalist for June, I have made further 

 enquiries as to the species, and have seen the place where the nest 

 was found. It was certainly the Nuthatch (5. europeea) as Mr. 

 Warner suggested, and not the Nutcracker (N. caryocatactcs) as I 

 stated. I am sorry I was led into such an error. — D. H. Stuart, 

 Radley College, Oxford. 



The Quail at Hartlepool. — I picked up a specimen of the 

 Quail on 4th July, close to the town. It was very much exhausted, 

 and died very shortly after I found it. It is the first I have seen 

 here. — J. J. Cambridge, Hartlepool. 



Apatura iris at Wellingborough. — I have just had the pleasure 

 of taking for the first time a fine male Iris. This makes the thirty- 

 fourth species of butterfly I have taken myself in this neighbourhood. 

 I think this is a very fair proportion to be taken in a locality that has 

 not a wood nearer than four miles ; yet within that distance I have 

 taken thirty-one species, and the other three with eight miles. — 

 J. Bates, 10, Orchard-terrace, Wellingborough. 



Sphinx convolvuli at Hartlepool. — The first Convolvuli of the 

 season was brought me to-day by Mr. Thirlwall. — John Gardner, 

 Hartlepool. 



Sphinx convolvuli. — On August 24th a S. convolvuli was brought 

 me. It was much the worse for rough handling but was probably a 

 good specimen when captured. It was found at rest on some palings 

 in Southampton. — Herbert Ashby, Southampton. 



Ch^erocampa porcellus at Oxford. — As I was walking along 

 one of our passages this morning, I saw a large moth settled just 

 above one of the windows, and upon securing it found it to be a freshly 

 emerged specimen of C. porcellus. It is sometime since I heard of the 

 species occurring here. — D. H. Stuart, Radley College, Oxford. 



Zyg^ena Lonicer,e with confluent spots. — This species rarely 

 occurs with confluent spots. I have this year bred a rather curious 

 form from some pupae kindly sent me by Mr. J. Walker, of York. 

 Of the basal spots, that nearest the costa forms a long streak, extend- 

 ing beyond, but not confluent with the outer spots of the central pair. 

 The inner basal spot is connected with the inner spot of the central 

 pair, on the left wing only, by a suffused streak. The outer central 



