The Katuealis*. 



ragwort, &c., from August to early in May following ; fuscalis on tlie 

 seeds of yellow rattle, also in August ; terrealis on stunted (and 

 apparently tiot on well-grown healthy plants) of golden rod from July 

 to September; asinalis on the madder {Rubia peregriria) from July to 

 May following. My friends tell me that the caterpillar of this local 

 species is often so abundant in the neighbourhood of Bristol, that the 

 consjDicuous marks made in the madder plant by the larvae, form quite 

 a feature in the locality, Urticalis feeds on the common stinging 

 nettle in September. The perfect insects of the genus fly at dusk, 

 and all are on the wing sometime from the beginning of May to the 



end of July. , ., 



(To he continued.) ■ , . 



THE BIRDS OF WAKEFIELD: 



PFUh 'parbicularB of the occasiofial visits of Rare Species., and of those 

 that have been observed to breed in the neighbourhood, 



From 1845 to the present time. 

 BY WILLIAM 2ALB0T. 



M^kTlDM.— {Continued). 



Bedbreasted Merganser {Mergus serrator) — 



Is an occasional visitor in winter and spring. I have seen four 

 which have been shot in the neighbourhood since 1860. 



Goosander [Mergus Menjamer) — 



One was shot at Stanley Ferry in January, 1860, a second was 

 killed at Newmillerdam in February, 1865, and a third was shot 

 at Kirkthorp in March of the same year. 



COLYMBID^. 



Great Crested Grebe [Fodiceps cristatus) — 



Mr. H. Arnold shot one near the Low Mills, on the river Calder, 

 in January, 1858. It occasionally visits Cold Hiendley and 

 Nostell in spring. 



Bednecked Grebe [Podtceps ruhricollis) — 



One was shot at Newmillerdam in February, 1858, and one on 

 the half moon fish pond, at Kirkthorp, in the same month, 1860. 



Sclavonian Grebe (Podiceps cornutus) — 



For several years it has regularly visited Cold Hiendley and 

 Nostell, in the months of February, March, and early part of 



