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Olisthopus. 



O. rotundatus, Pk. About balf-a-dozen specimens adjoining Bidston 

 aud Flaybrick Hills, J W E ; Storeton, C S a 

 Stomis. 



S. pumicatus^ Pz. Scarce on the banks of the Alt, June, C S J. 

 I have taken it freely on the roadside between New Ferry and 

 Bromborougb ; also a few specimens at Childwall, J W E ; two at 

 Club Moor, J. R. L. Dixon ; one near Stanley-road, F K. 



Pteeostichus. 



p. cupreus, L. Under stones at tbe mouth of brooks where they join 

 the salt water, C S G ; a very fine specimen on the railway bank 

 between Waterloo and Crosby, F K. 



P. vernalis, L. Common under stones, &c. 



P. vulgaris^ L. {^nielanarius^ Hb.) Abundant. 



P. niger. Schall. Abundant. 



P. authracinus, Hb. Under rejectamenta, on the banks of the Alt near 



Hightown, CSG. 

 P. nigrita, F. Common in damp places. 

 P. minor, Gyll. Common, CSG. 

 P. stremms, Pz. {erythropus, Daw.) Common. 



P. vitreus, D. {primwMs, Steph.) Raby Mere and Sutton, in spring, 

 CSG. 



P. madidus, F. Abundant. 



P. parumpiinctatus, Germ. Around Bidston, C S J. 



P. striola, F. Common under rubbish, &c. Easily recognised by its 



having the thorax as wide at the base as the elytra. 



Amaea. 



A.fulva, De G. Common under stones on the shore. 



A. apricaria, Pk. Very common about the sandhills, often inland. 



(To he continued.) 



Strange Flight of Owls. — The following appears in the Ripon Gazette 

 for 13th Jan. : — "A flight of owls, upwards of 20, may be seen daily in a 

 £eld of Mr. Dighton's, of Kirklington, near Ripon. The field contains a 

 large quantity of thick grass, and here they take up their abode in the 

 daytime." — W. Gregson, Baldersley, Thirsk. 



Snow Buntings at Huddersfield. — T have had three specimens of the 

 snow bunting brought in, just shot out of a flock of about twenty, at 

 Dalton. — James Varley, Huddersfield, 



