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with their egfg-s. The Warbler family was scarce, only one 

 individual, the Willow Warbler, being- seen. Perhaps one of 

 the most interesting- sights was on the return journey to 

 Cudworth. Within a space not more than 50 yards were some 

 thousands of Swallows ; evidently they were on the point of 

 migrating. Probably if the w^eather was not too boisterous they 

 would start that night on their long journey southward. These 

 birds were crowding one another on the boughs of a few bold 

 willows and clinging by hundreds to the sheltered side of an old 

 wall. The Red-legged Partridge, from being practically unknown 

 in the immediate neighbourhood ten years ago, has now become 

 quite common, and a great many are shot every season. Last 

 September a Quail was shot at Brierley. The White-tailed 

 Eagle mentioned in the circular, which is now in the possession 

 of Mr. J. Dymond, of Burntwood Hall, was not shot on his 

 property, and he was very sorry the bird was killed. The bird 

 was shot near South Kirkby Quarry, about a mile from Burnt- 

 w^ood Hall. A great number of Rabbits and a male Stoat were 

 also noticed. 



Owing to the unsuitability of the ground traversed the 

 meeting was not a success from a conchological standpoint, 

 and Mr. J. E. Crowther reports that the only two slugs noted 

 during the day were Arion hortensis, in the lane near Grime- 

 thorpe, and A. ^itinimus ]ust after leaving Spring- Wood. The 

 land shells were : — Hyalinia iiitidiis, H. fiilvus, and Helix 

 rotundata, all found together in Spring Wood. The following 

 freshwater species were taken in the canal before the commence- 

 ment of the excursion, viz.: — Limncea pereger, L. stag?ialis, 

 Planorhis albuSy P. carinatus , P. vortex, Bytliinia tentaculata, 

 Vivipara vivipara, Valvata piscinnlis, Unio tiimidus, Anodonta 

 cygncea, Spherium rivicola, S. cornelian, S. pallidum, and 

 Pisidium fontinale. 



Mr. A. Whitaker writes that several slight showers pre- 

 vented the entomologists from doing much 'larva beating,' 

 otherwise some good species would probably have been obtained 

 in this way. Amongst those which were so secured mention 

 may be made of L. camelina, X. droiiicdariiis, A. betnlaria, E. 

 puuctaria^ and H. prasinana, which were not uncommon, also 

 /. Idctearia, E. lariciafa, F. piiiiaria, L. inarginata , and P. 

 heiicephala, of which odd specimens were noted. One. of the 

 larvae of L. camelina was of a uniform pink colour, a form 

 which is very rare. A few fine larvas of B. rnhi and B. quercus 

 var. callunce were noted on the commons. 



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