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cliffs above to and fro, until the nodule or the softer rock 

 in which it is embedded is worn away as an ever narrowing- 

 pedestal. In some cases masses of sandstone that have long- 

 since fallen from the cliff and rested in some fissure or depression 

 on the shore, are now supported upon a column of shale some 

 feet above the present shore level. 



FIELD NOTES. 



BIRDS. 



Qolden-eye Ducks at Horncastle.— A small flock of these, 

 five or six in number, have been frequenting- the river Bain, 

 about two miles northwards of Horncastle duiing- the latter part 

 of December 1904 and January 1905. This bird is rarely seen in 

 these parts. — J. Conway Walter, Langton Rectory, Horncastle, 

 ist February 1905. 



Correction, Page 60, ante. — It is inexplicable how so many 

 mistakes should have crept into this paragraph. As has been 

 pointed out by Mr. Booth (Bradford), Hen Harrier should be 

 Montagu's Harrier, Baildon Moor should be Bardon Moor, 

 and obviously East Yorkshire should be West Yorkshire. — 

 S. L. Mosley. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 

 Micro-Lepidoptera added to the Cleveland List in 1904. 



• — Scoparia murana, Mimceseoptiltis plagiodactyliis, and Crambtis 

 7nargaritellus, Great Ay ton ; Cra?nbus perlelhis, Anerastia lotella, 

 and Sciaphilci virgaureana, Redcar ; Sciaphila pascuana, Eston 

 Hills ; Clepsis rusticana, Glaisdale ; Ephippiphora cirsiana, 

 Kilton Woods ; Blabophanes riisticella, Great Ayton and Eston ; 

 Gelechia longicornis , Eston Hills ; Lita jnaculea, Glaisdale ; Lita 

 mdnnorea, Redcar ; Glyphipteryx fusco'viridella, Great Ayton. — 

 T, A. Lofthouse, Middlesbrough. 







COLEOPTERA. 

 Wintering Habits of the 7-spot Lady-bird. — For the last 

 three months I have observed numerous 7-spot Lady-birds 

 [Coccinella y-ptuictata L.) on the branches of some Gorse bushes 

 on the north slope of a hill-side. They seem to be in a dormant 

 state (leg-s tucked in), and drop to the ground if touched but 

 slig-htly. They are to be found sing-ly, or in small clusters of 



1905 March i. 



