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Phycis adelphella, bred from larvae found near Colchester ; and Cramhus 

 ericellus, taken at Invergarry.— G. T. Porritt. 



Coleophora currucipennella at Doncaster. — In a box of insects caught 

 at Green Farm Wood, near Doncaster, kindly named for me by Mr. W. 

 Warren, of Cambridge, is a specimen of Coleophora curruci'pennella. — 

 Geo. Tindall, Doncaster. 



Natural History Notes for the Barnsley and South Yorkshire 

 District. — -We have had a few rare bird-occurrences in Barnsley and 

 South Yorkshire District. — Oct. 13th, I examined at Wakej&eld, a hand- 

 some short-eared owl, obtained at Ardsley ; also the arctic tern, killed Oct. 

 1st, and the Sclavonian grebe, obtained between Wakefield and Barnsley 

 in May ; also a nightjar, obtained Oct. 10th, a late occurrrence. Mr. 

 Hailstone wrote me an account of a peregrine falcon at Walton, Oct. 9th, 

 which stooped on a pigeon and bore it away. The keeper had informed 

 me of one capturing a pigeon a few months ago — these, together with the 

 osprey, recorded some time back at Walton, add to the list of our raptorial 

 birds of recent occurrences ; in addition to which are a pair of ospreys, 

 obtained at Strines reservoir, Sept. 22th and 26th, and a marsh-harrier 

 obtained near Barnsley at the close of October. The summer migrants, 

 especially of the swallow family, have seldom stayed so long with us. 

 The swift, always the first to depart, was noted as late as Sep. 28th. The 

 sand-martin was seen at Ingbirchworth reservoir, 853 feet above the sea, 

 on Oct. 15 ; same date, some were seen chasing insects in the streets of 

 Barnsley ; of the house-martin, a pair occurred at Hanningley, near 

 Barnsley, Oct. 25th. The swallow in the town, Oct. 26th. These are 

 the latest dates we remember, except a late brood of house-martins, 

 Nov. 11th, a few years ago, at Pindar Oaks, near Barnsley. The chifi" 

 chaff was heard as late as Oct. 11th. Land-rails, killed by partridge 

 shooters, up to the middle of Oct. Flocks of gulls have passed over the 

 town, in Sept. and Oct. — I had opportunities of seeing many during the 

 British Association's Meeting, at Southport, chiefly the common herring, 

 the black-headed and kittiwake gulls, and immense flocks of ring- 

 dotterels close to the promenade. — T. Lister, Nov. 19th, 1883. 



White Poppy. — An albino, or pure white poppy was found here a few 

 days ago, in an out-of-way place ; stem smooth. There was no violet 

 patch on the petals. Their whiteness resembled that of the white form 

 of Malva moschata — texture very thin, glossy and silky. — John Eimmet, 

 Boston Spa, Nov. 21st, 1883. 



NOTICES OF BOOKS, &c.— " Transactions of the Barnsley Natu- 

 ralists' Society," Vol. iii., Pt. iii — This part is fairly up to the average, 

 and contains, among other papers, the continuation of Mr. Lister's " List 

 of the Birds of the Barnsley District," which ought to prove very useful 

 to the ornithologists of the district. The title, however, is certainly a 

 misnomer, as it includes the birds of Leeds, Halifax, Huddersfield, 

 Sheffield, Doncaster, and other places, which have scarcely yet con- 



