THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



other and arranged one behind the other. The 

 >kingdom Annulosa is divided into two great 

 visions, called Arthropoda and Anarthropoda. 

 ■thropoda is derived from two Greek words 

 tkros, a joint, aud pous, a foot. Anarthropoda 

 a, without, arthros, a joint, pons, a foot, 

 sects therefore belongto the division Anthropoda. 

 ring jointed feet. They may be known from the 

 ler classes by the following peculiarities. The 

 dies of all adult insects are divided into three 

 rts, the head, thorax, and abdomen, which are 

 *rays distinct from each other. They always 

 ve thirteen rings or segments, one of which forms 

 ie head, three the thorax, and nine the abdomen. 

 . perfect insect never has more than six legs, which 

 always in pairs on the three rings of the thorax, 

 iver on the abdomen. The thirteen segments of an 

 feect may be well seen in many larvae of Moths 

 sd Butterflies. All insects pass through fcur 

 s.ges during their existence. The ovum, or 

 ig ; the larva or caterpillar, called also grub, 

 nggot &c; the pupa or chrysalis ; and the imago, 

 ( perfect insect. We shall have something to 

 if under each of these heads before we pass on to 

 escribe the orders to you, but we want you to 

 nstcr it as we go on, and must not therefore give 

 ;u too much at once. We therefore leave the 

 bject now for a week. 



ESTS AND EGGS OF OUR 

 COMMON BIRDS. 



By S. L. Mosley. 



WAGTAILS. 

 nly three of the Wagtails can be said to be 

 mmon in this country. The Pied Wagtail is 

 that which follows the plough, and is to be found 

 most everywhere. Its nest is placed in a hole 

 a wall or old ruin, or in a quarry, and is com- 

 >sed principally of fibrous roots and fine grass, 

 th a little moss or horsehair ; four or five eggs 

 e laid, white or pale gray, finely spotted with 

 lavish brown. The Ray's or Yellow Wagtail is 

 nost equally common. It builds on the ground 

 nerally in a grass field or among young corn, 

 ie nest is somewhat similar to that of the last 

 med. The eggs are pale umber brown, indis- 

 ictly spotted with darker brown. The Gray 



Wagtail is rather rarer, being found principally 

 in the northern portion of our island. I never found 5 ' 

 the nest, but it is said to be placed on ledges of rock,, 

 composed of moss, bents, and horsehair. The 

 eggs are gray, spotted with ochre-gray ; the spots ; 

 being larger, and more in the form of blotches,- 

 than those of the Pied Wagtail, and not so gray-- 

 looking. 



PIPITS AND LARKS. 

 Two of the Pipits are very common, viz., the^ 

 Tree and Meadow Pipits. Both place their nests- 

 on the ground, among rough grass or ling. The - 

 nests, too, are very similar, being composed of 

 grass, lined with finer grass and horsehair ; but I 

 have generally found the former in woods, and the ; 

 atter on moors, among ling. No eggs vary so 

 much as those of the Tree Pipit : sometimes they 

 are a bright brick red, shaded with darker red and- 

 black streaks ; others are brick red, finely spotted- 

 with darker red ; others are ashy gray, blotched 

 and shaded with darker gray and brown, while- 

 others are gray, or almost white, spotted witfc. ► 

 brown ; but generally all the eggs in one nest are -. 

 alike, Those of the Meadow Pipit are more* ■> 

 constant, being grayish brown, spotted with darker' 

 brown. The Rock Pipit is found only in rocky 

 places on the coast : I have met with it at Flamboro'' 

 Head. The nest is placed among the rocks, and 

 is composed of coarse grass, with finer grass for' 

 the lining ; bits of seaweed, and other things, are- ■ 

 sometimes used. The eggs are greenish-gray,, 

 spotted with brown. Everybody knows the Sky-- 

 lark, and its eggs vary so little that if once known 

 they will always be remembered. The eggs are- 

 grayish-white, spotted, mosfeiy nt the large end,, 

 with brown, the shells having a peculiar gloss. I 

 am not acquainted with the nest of the Woodlark,, 

 but it is said to be placed on the ground among' 

 coarse grass, of which it is composed, with finer 

 grasses for the lining. The eggs are "white, thickly 

 speckled with reddish brown." 



"Scales of Lepidoptera." — The illustrations' 

 to this paper, which appeared in our last, were' 

 accidentally omitted to be named. They were as- 

 follows : — fig. 9, Scale of P. cratacgi ; fig. 10,, 

 Battledore Scale, characteristic of the genus; 

 Lycsena ; fig. II, Scale of H. sylvanus ; fig. I2# 

 Scale of P. napi ; fig. 13, Scale of $. megsera $ 

 fig. 14, Scale of L. alexis. 



