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THE YOUNG NATUEALIST. 



eagle" had been trapped in Berrington 

 Park by a gamekeeper, and that it measured 

 rather more than a yard from tip to tip of 

 the wings. I considered that the rooks 

 attacked the eagle in such large numbers to 

 drive it, if possible, away from their home 

 and to punish it for depredation comm.itted 

 on themselves. — (Miss) E. Hutchinson, 

 Grantsfield, Leominster. 



The Grey Phalarope at Carnforth. — 

 A friend of mine brought to me a female of 

 the above-named bird which he had shot 

 here on the coast. This is the first I have 

 known to be taken here. It may interest 

 some of your readers. Can anyone tell me 

 of any more being taken during this rough 

 weather. — H. Murray, Carnforth, Novem- 

 ber i6th, 1882. 



Gray Phalarope at Harwich. — A beau- 

 tiful specimen of the Gray Phalarope was 

 shot on the 3rd November whilst swimming 

 in Harwich Harbour. — F. Kerry, Harwich. 



The Sclavonian Grebe at Hartlepool. 

 A fine specimen of the Scalvonian Grebe 

 (Podiceps cornutusj was shot in the slake at 

 Hartlepool on Saturday, 4th November, by 

 Mr. T. Hunter. It is in very fine plumage, 

 but has only faint traces of the ruddy garb 

 of summer. Mr. Hancock says it is " A not 

 uncommon winter visitant. A specimen in 

 my collection, in full summer dress, was 

 shot off Cullercoats, 26th April, 1830. This 

 is the only individual I have met with in the 

 district in full summer dress." — Birds of 

 Northumberland and Durham, p. 161. — 

 John E. Robson, Hartlepool. 



COLEOPTERA. 



Capture of Anthicus Vimaculatus 

 NEAR Liverpool. — While collecting on the 

 Crosby Sandhills with Mr. Mosley on April 

 29th last, I had the good fortune to take a 

 single specimen of this very rare beetle. It 

 was crawling on the bare sand, in a hollow 

 sheltered from the wind. In order to verify 

 the species, I sent the specimen to the Rev. 



W. W. Fowler, who returned it as above. — 

 John W. Ellis, ioi, Everton Road, Liver- 

 pool, November gth, 1882, 



LEPIDOPTERA. 



Colias Edusa. — On the 7th October saw 

 a female C. edusa flying on the cliff at Dover, 

 court. I have not seen one here for two 

 years. — F. Kerry, Harwich. 



Food of H. Paniscus. — Mr. W. Jagger, 

 president of the Bradford Naturalist Society, 

 furnishes me with the following note regard- 

 ing the food-plant of this species : — " Paniscus 

 feeds, not on plantain, but upon cock's-foot 

 grass, or, at all events, upon grass. John 

 Bright, of Thurning, and I watched the 

 female deposit the eggs," — J. W. Carter, 

 Bradford. 



Pamphila Action, The Ludworth Skip- 

 per. — Having had some little experience in 

 rearing the above butterfly, I venture to 

 supplement the short account given at page 

 397 of the " Young Naturalist," (Vol. III). 

 In 1879-80-61 I had larvae sent me by a kind 

 friend at the end of May, they then varied 

 in size from a l to i an inch. Without 

 exception they all arrived and continued to 

 live throughout, in a tube formed by a grass 

 leaf, drawn together by white silk, only 

 coming out to feed. They dwelt in their tube 

 during the day, and fed at night on the tender 

 parts of young grass. Here in Herefordshire 

 I was unable to supply them with their 

 natural food, and I lost nearly all the first 

 batch of larvae before finding out that they 

 would eat Brachypodium Sylvaticum, subse- 

 quently I had no trouble with them. They 

 went into pupae in the tube, or by spinning 

 two or three blades of grass together. I 

 cannot say they do not hybernate as larvae, 

 but my impression is they remain in the egg 

 state during the winter. The bred imagines ' 

 appeared in July and August. — (Mrs.) E. S. 

 Hutchinson, Grantsfield. 



Acherontia Atropos. — A fine specimen i 

 of this moth was brought to me the other : 

 day by a gentleman. It was caught by him I 



