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Field Notes. 



FISHES. 



Large Eel Migrating. — On Saturday, 17th October 1903, 

 at Wisping-ton, near Horncastle, an Eel was found killed by 

 cattle treading upon it, on a rising- ground some distance from 

 a large pond, which it had evidently left during the night. It 

 measured 3 ft. i in. in length, 6)4 in. in girth, and weighed 

 3 lb. I oz. It was apparently migrating. An old man, named 

 Oldfield, formerly residing in my parish, has stated that he has 

 seen Eels travelling over the fields in the dew of the morning 

 'in droves.' In the instance here given the nearest river, the 

 Witham, is between five and six miles distant. — J. Conway 

 Walter, Langton Rectory, Horncastle. 



Arion ater var. albolateralis Roeb. in North Lanes. — 



On 30th August last an Arion was broug'ht to me which 

 Mr. Roebuck pronounced to be his variety albolateralis. It was 

 found on the roadside between Arrad Foot Post Office and 

 Greenodd. Mr. Roebuck told me the variety had been twice 

 previously found in V.C. 69, and it seems each was in the 

 Lancashire portion : one near Hawkshead and one at Coniston ; 

 so that mine from the coast area fills a gap for Low Furness. — 

 S. L. Petty, Ulverston, 12th December 1903. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 

 Melanargia galatea on the Yorkshire Wolds. — I record 

 the re-occurrence of Melanargia galatea this year in the York- 

 shire Wolds. It is well established in the same spot as last 

 year, and has been so no doubt for ages. — Regixald H. Barker, 

 Grosvenor Bank, Scarborough, November 1903. 



Asplenium adiantum-nigrum in East Yorkshire. — In ' The 



Flora of East Yorkshire ' Mr. Robinson gives only one locality 

 (Easington) for the Black Spleenwort. I am glad to be able to 

 add another in a very different district. Many years ago I found 

 it growing rather luxuriantly in a lane near the village of 

 Bempton. It is only too probable that it has since been exter- 

 minated. It still lingers in Forge Valley. I was gazing at a 

 specimen yesterday. This of course is in the North Riding. — 

 W\i. C. Hey, West Ayton. 



MOLLUSCS. 



FERNS. 



Naturalist, 



9 JAN. 1304 



