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2," &c. The question naturally following is, whether this is not always 

 a characteristic of the female ? My opinion, too, was based as much on 

 the antennae as the wings. There is not very much difference in the 

 sexes in this respect ; but those of the male are a little thicker, and in 

 this example the right one seems to me distinctly thicker than the left. 

 The best proof would be in the anal appendages ; but the specimen was 

 very dry when sent to me, and would require thoroughly relaxing before 

 a proper examination could be made. I still think the specimen a perfect 

 hermaphrodite. — Geo. T. Poreitt. 



Badger at Bramham Park. — A very large badger, wide across 

 the back, and very heavy, was shot at Bramham Park, a week or two 

 since by the keeper of G. L. Fox, Esq. It was at the foot of a tree. I 

 have heard of badgers before in the same neighboiu-hood. — John Emmet, 

 Boston Spa. 



Note on the Common Bat. — Mr. Alfred Roberts, the well known 

 Scarborough naturalist, has recently communicated to the Leeds 

 Naturalists' Club the following note : — He was collecting moths under an 

 apple tree one lovely evening in July many years ago : at the same time 

 there were also a number of bats flying round the tree, chiefly the 

 common or pipistrelle bat, one of which he netted. While he was taking 

 it out of the net it was very fierce, biting and squeaking at everything. 

 On reaching home it was placed in a small box. Next morning he was 

 examining the specimen and to his astonishment found it had a young 

 one attached to its breast fixed with its tiny hooks. So Mr. Roberts 

 concluded that the female feeds her young whilst flying. He let it 

 remain in the box till evening, when on lifting the lid it instantly flew 

 away with its young. 



Magpies. — It is not at all uncommon for magpies to congregrate in 

 considerable numbers. In the district around Halifax these birds are 

 abundant, and it is not unusual to see a dozen or more together, and 

 upwards of thirty have been seen at once. — F. G. S. Pawson. 



ARRmuL OF Chifechaff.— On Sunday, March 21st, I saw, and heard, 

 three chiffchaffs at Spurn. — Wm. Eagle Clarke, 5, East View, Hyde 

 Park, Leeds. 



Snake and Egg. — Mr. Alfred Roberts, of Scarborough, recently 

 communicated a note to the Leeds Naturalists' Club, as under : — In the 

 summer of 1868 a young gentleman from Oliver's Mount School brought 

 an egg to him to be named. He told Mr. Roberts that he had taken it 

 from an adder on the South Cliff whilst it was carrying it to a hole. The 

 egg, which was slightly crushed when brought to Mr. Roberts, was pro- 

 nounced by him to be that of a starling. Most likely a starling would be 

 nesting in the cliff near. 



Chrysomela fulgido., L. — On p. 10 of Vol. IV. of the Naturalist, KMgMsty 

 1878, Mr. E. B. Wrigglesworth inquires if this species has ever been 



