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NOTES — LEPIDOPTERA, MAMMALIA AND FISHES 



Eleocharis palustris. 

 Scirpus lacustris. 



Scirpus tabernaemontani Gmel. Not common. 



Carex disticha, C. vulpina, C. ovalis, C. acuta, with var. 

 prolixa Fr. ; C. Goodenowii Gay, C. glauca, C. pal- 

 lescens, C. panicea, C. flava, C. paludosa, C. riparia. 



Carex Pseudo-cyperus. Foss Dyke, near Lincoln. About 

 Bourn and Spalding. Deeping St. James. 



Calamagrostis epigeios. 



Deschampsia caespitosa. 



Phragmites communis. 



Gatabrosa aquatica. 



Glyceria fluitans, G. aquatica. 



Glyceria plicata. Ditch near Blyton. 



Equisetum maximum, E. palustre, E. limosum. 



If the above list be not as full as might have been expected for 



a county like that of Lincoln, it must be remembered that it is a 



county in a high state of cultivation, and that the clearing-out of 



drains periodically, and the mowing of their banks, do not conduce 



to the maintenance, but to the destruction, of its water-loving flora. 



NO TE—LEPID OPTERA. 



Moths attracted by the Illuminations of Lincoln Cathedral. — On June 21st 

 and 22nd in last year, one of the principal Jubilee illuminations in the Eastern 

 counties was produced by the lighting of the great central tower of Lincoln 

 Cathedral by about forty arc incandescent electric lights ; this illumination was 

 visible at a distance of fifty-five miles. On the second night I went up the tower 

 about eleven o'clock, and noticed that several moths were flying about ; I only 

 had a few minutes on the tower, but picked up two, which turned out to be 

 Leiocavipa dictcxa and Acronycta ahti ; other moths were flying up to the light, 

 and the men in charge told me that they had been very numerous on both nights. 

 I have no doubt that a large and interesting number of species might have been 

 taken. Any person who is acquainted with the height of the great tower of 

 Lincoln above the fens cannot help being struck by the perpendicular distance 

 which these moths must have flown from the surrounding county. — W. W. 

 .Fowler, Lincoln, Feb. 27th, 1888. 



NOTE— MAMMALIA AND FISHES. 

 Whale at Flamborough. — Lent is going out with a vengeance ; no matter 

 what quarter the wind blows from we have nothing but violent gales, and the sea 

 terribly rough, sending in tremendous breakers. Several more Congers {Conger 

 vulgaris) have been picked up by the fishermen. Yesterday morning, to his very 

 great surprise, one of our sturdy young fishermen came upon the Bottle-nosed 

 Whale washed ashore alive at Danes Dyke, near to the residence of Mrs. Cattrell 

 Dormer. The whale is a most splendid specimen, with two pectoral fins, one 

 dorsal fin, no ventral fin ; belly, silvery white, with several pencil-like lines 

 extending from lower jaw behind the pectoral fins ; back, cloudy-dark or black, 

 with two blow-holes right on top of the head ; mouth, when open, extends a little 

 over 2 ft., with a beautiful kind of fringe round the jaws ; measurement, length 

 over all, 16 ft. ; round shoulders, 9 ft. — Matthew Bailey, Flamboroug h, March 

 14th, 1888. Naturalist, 



