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The Naturalist. 



A. nana, Bowdon ; Hazelgroye. 



A. xanthura, do. do. 

 Dasypoda hirtipes, Cliesiiire coast. 



APID^ 



Nomada rnficornis, Common. 

 N. lateralis, Mancliester. 

 N. ochrostoEQa, Hazelgrove. 

 N. borealis, Eiyington. 

 N. Lathbnriana, Manchester. 

 N. Fabriciana, Common. 

 N. alternata, do. 

 N. succincta, do. 



Cs&liosys simplex, Sontbport; Cheshire coast. 



Megachile centuncularis, Common. 



M. versicolor. Bowdon. 



M. circumcincta, South port. 



M. maritima^ Cheshire coast. 



Osmia rufa, do. 



0. oenea. do. 



Anthophora retusa, Hazelgrove. 



Apathns yestalis, Southport. 



Bombus muscorum. Common. 



B. senilis, Warrington. 



B. lapponicns might perhaps be included, but it is more properly a 

 Yorkshire bee. I have captured it on the high moors near 

 Marsden. A friend, whom I can trust, says it occurs on the 

 hills near Staljbridge. 



B. lapidarins, Common. 



B. terrestris, do. 



B. lucorum. Abundant. 



B. hortorum, Common. 



B. subterraneus. 



Apis mellifica. 

 Southport, Oct., 1879, 



NOTES ON SOME VAKIETIES OF BIRDS. 



By Alfred Beaumont, 



At the request of the editors, I have much pleasure in laying before 

 the readers of the Naturalist a few stray notes and remarks on some 

 of the varieties of birds, of which specimens are in my own collection. 



