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THE NATUBALIST. 



tlie eggs of such birds, even under the most favourable circumstances, can 

 Mr. Sharpe maintain their genuineness when purchased, as he admits, simply 

 on the word of a dealer ? — Did I not know from experience the rascality that 

 goes on in this trade I might have more faith than I now have in the 

 genuineness of any one of these quasi l^orfolk rarities. 



Norwich, July llth, 1866. 



NATUEALISTS' CALEI^-DAE FOE 1866, KEPT AT PLYMOUTH. 



By T. E. Archer Briggs, 



{Continued from page 29.) 



June 1st, Ruhus ccesius, in flower. 



,, 2nd, (Enanthe crocata and Ileracleum Spliondylium, in flower. 



„ 5 th, Hypericum Jiumifusum and Galium trieorne^ in flower. 



„ 9th, Cream-spot Tiger Moth, Arctia villica, appears. JEjnlohium 

 lanceolatum, (S. & M.), flowers. 



,, 12 th, Cornus sanguinea, Rosa canina, Convolvulus arvensis, Scrophu- 

 laria aquatica, and Bartsia Odontites, flower. 



,, 14th, Meadow Brown Butterfly, Eipparchia Janira, and the Large 

 Skipper,^ Pamphila Sylvanus, appear. Rosa tomentosa, 

 Woods, Rosa arvensis, Epilodium ohscurum, Schreb, Epilo- 

 Mum montanum, and Vicia cracca, flower. 



,, 15th, Cinnabar Moth, Callimorpha Jacohma, appears. 



„ 16th, Carduus nutans, Verhascum virgatum, and Thymus Serpyllum, 

 flower. 



19th, Hypericum. Androsoemum, Hypericum pulchrum and Valeriana 

 Samhucifolia, Mik., flower. 

 ., 21st, Orohanche amethystea, ThuiL, at WhitsandBay, for the most 

 part passed out of flower at this date, Galium Mollugo and 

 Linaria Elatine, flower. Hyoscyamus niger, in flower. A 

 specimen of the Humming Bu^d Hawk Moth, Macroglossa 

 stellatarum, seen. 



„ 23rd, A specimen of the Eed Admiral Butterfly, Vanessa Atalanta, 

 seen. Rosa micrantha, Sm., flowers. 



