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thymalliis, and trout, Salnio fario, Daniel observes^ 
that In the rivers of W^orcestershire, the angler will 
find salmon, trout, grayling, salmon trout, and most 
other river fish. Near Kidderminster the trout in the 
Stour are very fine. In the Sal warp and the brooks 
that run into it, the trout and eels are peculiarly 
excellent." 
The limits necessarily assigned to a survey of the 
principal objects of Natural History afforded by this 
county, will not allow me to enter largely upon the 
multifarious details of Entomology. I have already 
adverted to the pleasures to be derived from the culti- 
vation of this delightful field, and to the astonishing 
sagacity displayed by several of the insect tribes. 
I shall, therefore, only add that, from the variety 
of scenery, both of hill, woodland and valley, which 
Worcestershire presents, the practical collector need 
not doubt of obtaining an abundant harvest as a 
reward for his exertions. The Trench Woods, near 
Droitwich, are considered peculiarly favourable to 
the production of the lepidopterous tribes, and here 
several very rare species have been captured. The 
stag beetle, Lucanus cervus, inhabits Bewdley Forest, 
but its range extends no farther northwards. The 
Scarahoeus nasicornis, or rhinoceros beetle, is abun- 
dant in the neighbourhood of Dudley, where it is 
very destructive to old ash trees ; and the Lucanus 
inermis, or small stag beetle, is also found in that 
vicinity. But I must reserve a more particular cata- 
logue for the appendix. 
I ought, however, to observe that the study of ento- 
