Short Notes and Queries. 



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unbroken line, it is not to be wondered that whatever arrangement 

 we adopfc, some breaks will occur. Perhaps among exotic species, the 

 Ztrmetina, or white ants, would form the nearest allies to the beetles. 



The British species will begin with the family Psocid^, consisting 

 of numerous minute insects found upon plants, and distinguished by 

 the almost obsolete labial palpi, the 2-3-jointed tarsi, and long 

 antennae. They somewhat resemble the PsyllidcB, and are collected 

 along with them, but the moath part is differently constructed, 

 consisting of jaws, and the neuration of the wings is differently 

 arranged. 



(To he continued.) 



Notes on the Flora of Hodder-Dale, — In the Naturalist for Aug., 

 1881, I gave a list of plants observed by me in Hodder-Dale which are 

 not included in the list on pp. 277-8 of West Yorkshire." I have now 

 to add the following, which have been observed by me this year : — 

 Oymnadenia conopsea, Habenaria cMorantha, Paris quadrifolia, Crypto- 

 gramme crispa (on Catlow Fell^, Polypodium Phegopteris, Equisetum 

 sylvaticiim, Barbula tortuosa, Hypnum jiuitans, Kantia Sprengelii, Sca- 

 pajiia undulata, vars. speciosa and isoloba, Nees. I may add that Rubus 

 Chammmorus, recorded as growing on " Bowland Flatts," is also to be seen 

 on the southern side of the dale on Croasdale and Lamb Hill fells, &c. — 

 W. Fowler. 



Eagle Owls (Buteo maximus) breeding in Captivity. — Early in April 

 I was informed that the eagle owls at Roundhay were showing signs of 

 nidification, so I at once proceeded to the Park, where I learnt that one 

 egg had been found on the I7th April, among the rustic work inside the 

 cage. A second egg was laid on the floor on the 19th April, but the bird 

 forsook this egg, and it was afterwards presented to me by Mr. Todd, 

 the owner of the noble birds. On the 20th the female scraped together 

 some hay in the corner of the cage, and began to sit, but owing to the 

 fierceness of the birds it was impossible to ascertain the number of eggs 

 under her until the 22nd, when Mr. Todd saw a third egg. I again 

 visited the j^lace on the 29th April, and found the female still faithfully 

 fulfilling the duties of incubation ; and we began to entertain hopes of 

 seemg a young eagle owl in down. The birds were excedingly fierce and 

 noisy when their nest was approached, their throats swelling to the size of 

 a turkey's egg, and a tremendous hooting commenced, which was con- 

 tinued until the intruder retired. There are three owls in one cage. The 

 two breeding birds were taken from their nest in 1878, and are four years 

 old ; the other is a female, and was captured on Rombald's Moor, near 



