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OBSERVATIONS. 



On page 71 I noticed a remark about 

 Swallows not building in chimneys, and I 

 can give you a case that I know to be true. 

 Last summer at a shooting box at Ham 

 Street, near Ashford, Kent. In the Hall 

 there was a very large chimney and I used 

 to sit in a chair nearly every day and watch 

 the swallows ascend and descend the chim- 

 ney. I first noticed them sitting on the 

 top of the chimney pots when out for a 

 morning ramble. — E. Wolton, High School, 

 Bishops Stortford, Herts. 



CAPTURES. 



Rare Birds. — It may interest some of the 

 readers of the Young Naturalist if I note 

 a few rare birds I and my friend Mr. W. 

 Lupton have shot during our rambles at 

 Shegness. On the 17th of October, 1878 we 

 shot ten Little Galls. On the 27th of Octo- 

 ber, 1879 we went again and met with the 

 following, besides many other commoner 

 things, during our few days stay : — 1 Long- 

 eared Owl, 2 Short-eared Owls, Several Stone 

 Chats and Snow Buntings, 2 Shore Larks, 1 

 Grray Plover, 3 Curlew Sandpipers, 1 Red- 

 areasted Merganser, and 4 Little Gulls. Some 

 )f the Snow Buntings were very light-colored. 

 ! have also four Hawfinches killed at Wake- 

 ield : three on the 28th of March, 1878 and 



one on the 17th of December, in the same 

 year. — G. H. Lumb, Wakefield. 



My boys brought in to-night (Feb. 21) the 

 first insects of the season, rtipicapraria, and 

 progemmaria. It is unusually early for the 

 latter species here, which did not appear last 

 year till April. There are signs of a very 

 early Spring about here, the willows are 

 rapidly coming into bloom, and a few warm 

 days will bring them all out. Banks with a 

 Southern aspect are covered with Coltsfoot 

 flowers, and everything is fully two months 

 in advance of 1879. — John E. RoBSON, 

 Hartlepool. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



E. EL <;., Brighton. — Thanks, we shall be 

 glad to see it in June It will be quite soon 

 enough for us. 



Mrs. Hodges. — The eggs you send belong 

 most probably to one of the Thorn moths, 

 but it is difficult to say which in the egg 

 state. We have found the larvae of 0. bid- 

 entata feeding on various kinds of plants, 

 including fir, ivy, &c. 



EXCHANGES. 



Duplicates. — Pupa of Piniperda and 

 Piniaria. Desiderata : — Dominula, Hera, 

 Yillica, Fuliginosa, and Nupta. — Joseph 

 Coulthard, Jun., 24, Lord Street, Carlisle. 



Duplicates. — Sinapis, (Spring brood), 

 Rhamui, Cardui, Tipuliformis, Filipendulse, 

 (bred), Chrysorrhea (bred), Omicrinaria, 

 Certata, Sobrinata, Fasciaria (bred), Lacertula, 

 Coryli, Chi, Tritici, Venosa, Subsequa, (very 

 fair), Turca, Oleracea, &c, Desiderata : — 

 Varieties. — Joseph Anderson, Jr., Aire 

 Villa, Chichester, Sussex. 



I have specimens of the following : — T. 

 Quercus, Edusa Aprilina, 20, Atalanta, 



