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butterfly, which is on the east side, close to a wall, and in a few 

 minutes I boxed about a dozen, and then went away, as it was Sunday 

 afternoon, and a large crowd had soon collected round me. 



After Mr. Howard Birchall met me at Fort William, we proceeded 

 to Spean Bridge, and obtained lodgings at a farm-house named Juch, 

 about three miles up the river Spean ; but I spent a day before he 

 came to me in Glen Nevis, where I found Alexis and Davus in plenty 

 flying over the heather, also fumata, and ChcBrophyllata in the greatest 

 profusion ; and higher up Ben Nevis Mimitata and Salicata (common), 

 also a Carahus nitens, the only specimen it has been my good fortune 

 to see alive. On the 27th we took Alpinalis and Epiphron in plenty 

 on Ben-e-Bhean ; near the river, at sugar, Occnlta, Batis, Contigua, 

 MenyantJiidis, Leporina, Aiigur^ Festiva, Conflua, Exclamationis^ Pleda, 

 Gemina, Pallens, Impura^ Lithargyria, Rumicis, Adusta, Basilinea, 

 Rurea, Polyodon, Pronuha, Duplaris^ C~nigrum, Pisi, Denti?ia, Lucipara, 

 &c. My object in visiting this locality was to ascertain if Mr. 

 Buxton's report in the Entomologist that he had seen pupa skins of 

 ScolicBformis sticking out of birch trees near Roy Bridge was correct ; 

 and on the 28th June I examined the trees on the river bank, where 

 the river Roy joins the Spean, but could find no trace of the moth. I 

 took a singular variety of Camelina here, and at sugar Tincta, Nebulosa^ 

 Brunnea, Bella, Rectilinea, Fe&tucce, PorpJiyrea, Eerruginea, Oleracea, 

 Suffusa, and Bespecta\ on the 4th July, Cubicularis, Unanimis, Trian- 

 gulum, Typica, Meticulosa, TJialassina, and Baja. On the mountain I 

 took Uujicinctata, Munitata, Salicata, Alpinalis, Sylvdlus, &c. ; on the 

 moor Davus was in good condition, but not numerous. Selene was 

 common by the side of the river Cour, and we saw a few Napi very 

 much darker than our English type. 



(To he continued.) 



Picus major at Skircoat. — On the 1st of March, a gentleman at Skir- 

 coat put some suet and birdlime to catch a pair of great-tits, under the 

 impression that they were blackcaps {Sylvia atricapilla). He caught a fine 

 female specimen of the great spotted woodpecker {Picus major), which he 

 kept three days and then set at liberty. — C. C. Hanson. 



The Lark was heard in full song by Mr. Berry, near his house, 

 Broqmfield, Fixby, near Huddersfield, on 7th March, and by ourselves 

 on the 10th, near Storthes Hall. — Eds. Nat. 



Cuckoo. — A correspondent informs us that he heard the cuckoo several 

 times on the morning of the 12th March, at Netherton, near Hudders- 

 field, and called the attention of others of his family to bear him witness. 

 This is earlier by at least a month than its earliest recorded appearance 



