ho 



NO TE — L EPIDOP TERA . 

 Death's Head and Hummingbird Hawkmoths at Doncaster. — 



I had a pupa of Acherontia atropos broug-kt to me this morning- to identify ; 

 it was found in a garden on the Doncaster Carr. 



I may as well also mention that at Doncaster I have seen the Humming- 

 bird Hawkmoth {JMacroglossa stellatarum). I could at times count two or 

 three poised above the flowers of the Scarlet Geraniums and other flowers, 

 or passing from one truss of bloom to another, while I was staying at 

 10, Avenue Road, in the September race week. — A. PATERSON, 45, Cemetery 

 Road, Doncaster, 5th October 1899. 



NO TE— li VM ENO P TERA . 



Hornet at Beverley. — On 26th September last a specimen ot the 

 Hornet ( Vespa crabro) was taken inside my house by my sister, and I have 

 secured it for my collection. I believe this insect to be of uncommon occur- 

 rence in East Yorkshire. It is a question how a solitary specimen occurred 

 here, where the species has never been known to breed. — J AMES" R. Lovvther, 

 Crane Hill, Beverley, 3rd November 1899. 



[This record is one of great value and interest. The only previous 

 authenticated occurrence for Yorkshire that I am aware of is that at 

 Bishophill, York, some fifty years ago, as recorded in my List of Yorkshire 

 Hymenoptera (Trans. Yorks. Nat. Union, Part 2, for 1878, pp. 49-50). 

 Mr. Lowther has allowed me to see his specimen, which is certainlv Vespa 

 crabro.— W. D. R. ] ^ 



NOTE—ORNITHOLOGY. 

 Rough-legged Buzzard near Knaresborough.— On the 18th January 

 this year I was on the road betwixt Nidd Hall and Knaresborough. Whilst 

 standing under a tree on the roadside I observed a large bird some distance 

 away. I noticed it was coming towards me, and kept close behind the 

 tree. As it got nearer I saw it was a Rough-legged Buzzard {Archibuteo 

 lag-opus). As it was passing a Wood Pigeon {Columba palumbus) suddenly 

 flew out of a tree close by and was instantly swooped down upon by the 

 Buzzard. I should not be more than fifteen yards off when the .Pigeon was 

 struck. It was carried over the next fence, and I quietly followed, getting 

 within ten yards, anxious to watch the plucking and devouring process. 

 I was seen, however, and Mrs. Buzzard (I saw it was a female, for it was 

 larger and darker than the male) flew off, leaving nothing but a few 

 feathers, some of which I carried home in memory of the event. — 

 K. McLean, Harrogate, 24th February 1900. 



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BOOK NOTICES. 



A little cloth-bound Shilling volume emanating from the offlce of our 

 spirited contemporary ' Knowledge ' is one on * The MycetOZOa [ and | 

 some Questions which they suggest | By | the Right Honourable 

 ! Sir Edward Fry, D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., | and | Agnes Fry. 



j — I . . I . . • — I London: | "Knowledge" Office, . . j 1899. 

 The little book runs to 82 pages, and includes numerous illustrations. 



— 



Although dated '1896' we have this month received from the -Leigh- 

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Functions and Limits J including Answers to Nine Questions J submitted 

 from the | Leigh-Browne Trust | By | Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson | 

 M.D., F. R.S. I London | George Bell & Sons ! York Street, Covent Garden 

 ] 1896' (in cloth, 170 pages). In this little work are successively discussed 

 indispensable experiment, the discover}- of Anaesthesia, lines of painless 

 research, the causes and treatment of disease, the natural method of pre- 

 venting disease, erroneous methods of research, instruction by experiment 

 under legal enactment, and a school of preventive medicine. 



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