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THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



I March 



specimens however, were captured a short time since on Glen Sloggan, 

 Braemar, by Mr. W. H. Tugwell, and are now in the collection of 

 Mr. West (Greenwich). 



C. violaceus, L. — Is frequently brought to me at meetings of City 

 of London Entomological and Natural History Society ; but is not 

 so common as C. catenulatus or C. nemoralis. " It varies very much in 

 " shape, some being much narrower and more graceful looking than 

 "others. Common under stones in fields" (R. Gillo, Bath). " Gen- 

 " erally distributed, under dead leaves in parks, gardens, &c. " (R. 

 Wilding, Liverpool). " Is very plentiful in some years and at other 

 "times quite the reverse in the Chester district. I have hardly seen 

 " a single specimen this year " (W. E. Sharp, Ledsham). " Occurs 

 "commonly, roaming about or under dung, carrion, &c," (C. G. Hall, 

 Dover). 



Var. exasperatus, Duft. — A specimen of this variety was recently 

 found by Mr. Robert Gillo (Bath). I subjoin his account of its cap- 

 ture : — " On my way home one night, not more than two hundred 

 " yards from my house, I saw a black object running on the path near 

 a gaslamp. I immediately felt in my pocket for a box or bottle. 

 " But although I make a practice of always carrying something of the 

 " kind, on this occasion 1 had neither. However, I was not going to 

 " loose the beetle, so I carried it home in my hand. It proved to be 

 " a very typical specimen of the variety exasperatus. Since then, I have 

 " found others in the same locality, in a similar way, which are also 

 " the same variety." 



NOTES ON A FEW INDIAN GAME BIRDS. 



By F. E. PRESCOTT-DECIE. 

 (Continued from p. 18.) 



THE GREAT INDIAN BUSTARD. 



EUPODOTIS EDWARDS I , GRAY. 



This is a very large bird, the dimensions of the male being accord- 

 ing to Dr. Jerdon as follows : — length \\ to 5 feet : extent 8 feet : wing 

 30 inches : tail 13 : bill at front 2 : tarsus 8-| : weight 26 to 28 lbs. 

 A fully grown adult male stands very high, above four feet. The male 

 has the top of the head and crest black : the face and the whole neck 

 as also the under parts and thigh coverts white ; the back, upper 



