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THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



few, on hedge banks. X&nthographa, plenti- 

 fuL E, liclienea, a lew, on a dry hedge bank, 

 feeding on JEnantJie crqcata. Imagines: — 



10, Urticj, Egei'ia, Megtera, &c. ; R, crategata, 

 S. illuuaria, A, badiata, Derivata, 0. fcrrugata, \ 

 C. suffumat.1, P. Ptecta, T. Gothica, Rubricom, I 

 Instabilis, Stabilis, Sec.—- Miss Hinchliffe, 

 Workington House, Inston, North Devon. 



Single Parrot's Laying. — A lady friend 

 of mine has a single small green parrot in a 

 cage. Last year it laid three e^gs, and this 

 year, between March and April, 4 eggs ; un- 

 fortunately the}- are all more or less broken 1 

 by falling on the bars. I should like to know 

 if it is a common occurrence, as I have never 

 heard of single parrot's laying in this country 

 before. — W. Percivall. 



Swallows Building in Chimneys.— In 

 the chimney connected with my sitting-room \ 

 in the Inn I was staying at when at Wicken j 

 last June, was a swallow's nest (Y. X.. Vol. 



11, p. 187). I had not been long in the room 

 before my attention was arrested by a peculiar 

 twittering in the chimney, and on looking up 

 through the fireplace (in which there was no fire) i 

 the nest was most conspicuous, placed against 

 the side, some two yards or *o down the 

 chimney. It contained young, and after- 

 wards I often watched the old birds feeding I 

 them with the greatest pleasure, as the pecu- 

 liar hovering way in which they descended to 

 and returned from the nest was most j 

 interesting. I should much have liked to see ; 

 how the young ones got out of the chimney, 

 but did not manage this, although I believe j 

 they all left several days before I came away. 

 — Geo.T. Porritt, Huddersfield, April 27th, 

 1881. 



Our Summer Visitors. — Swallows were 

 seen on April 16th. I heard the Cuckoo first 

 on April 23rd ; it was said to have been heard 

 on the 15th. The Landrail, or Corncrake, I i 

 heard on the 30th. Swifts were about in I 

 numbers on May 3rd. On May 4th I heard 

 the Nightingale singing most beautifully.— 

 A. Davis, Junr., High Street, Great Marlow, 

 Bucks J 



Botanical Diary (Continued from No 

 79). — Blaebel] ( Scilla nutans), in flower, Apri 

 23rd. Elm (Ulmus campreslis), in leaf, Apri 

 23rd. Ash (Fraxinus excelsior), in flower 

 April 23rd. Beech [Fagus sylvatica), in lea 

 April 23rd. Wild Cherry (Primus crasus), in 

 flower, April 23rd. Yellow Clover (Trifoliiun 

 proennibens ), in flower, April 28th, Yellow 

 Nettle (Lam lam Galeobdolon ) , April 28th. 

 Crab Apple (Pyrus mains j, in flower, Apri! 

 30th. Sweet Woodruff (Aspenila oduyata) 

 April 30th. Ox-eye Daisy (Chvysanthenum 

 leucantliemum), in flower, May 2nd. Asper 

 Poplar {Papains tremula), in leaf, May 4 

 White Poplar [Populus alba), in leaf, Ma)- 4, 

 Birch [Betula alba), in leaf, May 4th. Asl 

 (Fraxinus excelsior), in leaf, May 4th. Oal 

 [Quercus robur), in flower, May 4th. Bird 

 [Betula alba, in flower. May 4th. Arim 

 (Arum maculatum), in flower, May 3th. Hert 

 Robert [Geranium R&bertianiwm), in flower 

 May 5th. — A. Davis, Junr, High Street 

 Great Marluw, Bucks. 



Correction. — In 1 Notes, Captures, &c. 

 on page 195, for Dog Rose (Rosa Canina)i h 

 flower April 12th, read in leaf April 12th. — J 

 I >avis, J unr. 



NATURAL HISTORY DIARY 



By J. W. Carter, Bradford. 



April. 



2nd. — Anemone nemerosa in flower. 



3rd.- — Ranunculus fcaria, Mercurialis perennk 

 and Enipetrum nigrum (Black Cro wherry 

 in flower, the latter abundant on Baildoi 

 and Rombalds Moors.— (H. T. S.) 



10th. — Gooseberry Sawfly (Nematis ribem 

 observed flying about in the garden.- 

 (S. L. M.) 



13th. — Willow Warbler arrived, Manning 



ham.— (J. F.) 

 14th. — Willow Warbler, Cuckoo, and Rinj 



Ouzle arrived, the latter common on th 



moors.— (E. P. P. B.j 



