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Field Notes. 



Primida farinosa in fruit, Scirpus compressits, MoUinia varia^ 

 and on the moors Drosera rotundifolia. The cove-hke pasture 

 under Moughton Scars was visited, from wliich Polygonum 

 viviparHm is recorded, but no specimens were seen, probably 

 due to the lateness of the season. Here, however, were found 

 Selaginella selagiiioidcs, Veronica anagallis-aqiiatica, etc. 

 On the roadside near Austwick occurred Rosa villosa, and in a 

 rough pasture on the edge of the moss Gentiana amarella was 

 found. On Austwick moss the following were noted : — 

 Oxy coccus qnadripetala, Vaccinimi Myrtilliis in late flower and 

 fruit, Salix repens and S. pentandra in fruit, Myrica Gale, 

 Utricularia minor from a peaty pool, Andromeda polifolia,. 

 Empetnim nigrum and Scirpus ccespitosus. 



On Lawkland Moss were seen Utricularia vulgaris, U. major, 

 Serratula tinctoria, Epilobium palustre, Rammcidus hederaceus,. 

 Viola paliistris, Veronica scutellata, Erica tetralix, and one field 

 was noted particularly covered with Scabiosa succisa. In 

 addition to the above Mr. Winter recorded Paris quadrifolia,. 

 Hypericum hiimifiisum, and Ophioglossum vulgatnm. 







MAMMALS. 



Albino Brown Rat in Yorkshire. — A specimen (female) 

 of the above was caught at Thicket Priory, West Cottingwith 

 on October 9th. Another female example came to hand from 

 the same locality on November 12th ; weight 8 ozs., length of 

 body 7 J'", length with tail included 13 ; both specimens have 

 beautifully white fur and characteristic pink eyes. They are 

 undoubtedly wild rats, and have been watched until full grown 

 by the head keeper on the estate (Mr. Thos. S. Wright). I am 

 retaining one for my private collection ; the other is to be 

 placed in the York Museum. — Sydney H. Smith, Y^ork. 



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 COLEOPTERA. 



Trichopteryx bovina Mots, in Yorkshire. — ^The minute 

 beetles of the genus Trichopteryx are difficult to identify on 

 account of their size, and it frequently happens that specimens 

 remain in our collections for some time, awaiting an opportunity 

 of being satisfactorily determined. In September 1902, I 

 took a Trichopteryx on the moor at Brimham Rocks, neai 

 Dacre, when the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union visited that 

 locality, which seemed to be T. bovina Mots, according to des- 

 criptions. In this opinion I have now been confirmed by Mr. 

 H. Britten, of Penrith, who has met with, and knows the- 

 species. He very kindly made a careful examination of the 

 insect, which enables me to record another addition to the 

 hst of Yorkshire Coleoptera. — M. Lawson Thompson, Saltburn.. 



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