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THE NATURALIST. 



Scarcity of Swallows. — During a recent 

 visit to Cobham in Surrey, I observed a 

 remarkable scarcity of swallows, although 

 not quite so apparent as it seems to be in 

 the Eev. F. 0. Morris's neighbourhood. 

 There were also but few sand martins about 

 Weybridge station, a famous locality for 

 these birds, — W. E. Tate, 4, Grove Place, 

 Denmark Hill, London, May 23rd, 1865. 



Agrias Hewitsonii. — Know him well, 

 saw one of the two when Mark was setting 

 it ; and never one since. Came from Muso 

 — But Fallon and wife are both dead, and 

 nobody now to collect that wonderful dis- 

 trict. Too far to go, and very bad climate, 

 no hope for you at present ; will fraternise 

 with the new fellows who have taken the 

 mines, when they come and establish an 

 entomology agency if possible. — Henry 

 BiRCHALL, Bogota, January 14, 1865, 



^Spontaneous appearance of Glaucium 

 phoenicum. — I was equally surprised and 



delighted to find this morning that a self- 

 sown plant in my kitchen garden proves to 

 be Glaucium phcenicum. (Crantz,) I had 

 supposed it to be the more common G, 

 luteum ; but as it has opened its flowers to- 

 day, it has put in a claim to be considered 

 of more importance than I at first supposed. 

 I am quite at a loss to account for its ap- 

 pearance here — I have no example in my 

 herbarium from which a stray seed could 

 have found its way to my garden, Nor 

 have I ever seen a specimen of the plant 

 before, either living or dried. — It is at the 

 corner of a bed in which some rhubarb 

 seeds were sown last year ; and to which 

 nothing has been done since save an occa- 

 sional forking over. Two flowers have 

 already opened ; and there is promise of 

 several more soon displaying their beauti- 

 ful spotted petals ; so that I hope to be 

 able to save seed for future propogation and 

 distribution. — W. M. HiND, The Parson- 

 age, Pinner, Watford. 



MATEEIALS FOR A FLOEA OF WAKEFIELD AN"D ITS 



NEIGHBOURHOOD. 



By T. W. Gissing. 



( Continued from page 34. J 



Order— LI^TACE^. 

 LiNUM. Linn, Flax. 

 L. usitatissimumy L. Common Flax. A. July. Woolley Edge. An escape. 

 L. catharticum, L. Purging Flax. A. June — September. Common. 



Order— MALVACE^. 

 Malva. Linn. Mallow. 

 M. moscliata, L. Musk Mallow. P. July — September. Cbevet, Woolley, 

 Garforth. 



M, sylvestris, L. Common Mallow. P. June — October. Common. 

 M. TotundifoUa, L. Dwarf Mallow. P. June — October. Heath, Pontefract, 

 Hiendley, Havercroft, &c. 



