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from a copy of the sale catalogue (in Prof. Newton’s possession), 
it was bought by Lord Temple for <£3 3s. What has now become 
of it I cannot say, but it is entered in the catalogue as “ killed in 
Norfolk,” (fifth day, lot 90,) and being the first British specimen, 
I think these particulars, as an assistance in authenticating it, may 
be interesting. — J. Id. Gurney, Jun. 
The Grey-capped Wagtail ( Motacilla cinereicapilla. Savi.) a 
Norfolk Bird. — I have the pleasure to announce a new variety of 
wagtail in Norfolk, — for by many it is not considered a species, 
— the grey-capped wagtail (Motacilla cinereicapilla. Savi.,). 
A specimen was shot at or near Sherringham in the spring of 
1842, and was recorded by Messrs. Gurney and Fisher as a blue- 
headed wagtail (M. flava J . It remained in my father’s possession, 
as appears from a note made by him prior to 1854, and no doubt 
was expressed about it. I recently noticed its very dark ear- 
covets, dark crown, and narrow white streak above the ear only, as 
compared with the larger streak and far lighter head of British- 
killed examples of the true M. flava , and I then identified it as an 
undoubted specimen of M. cinereicapilla, which has so lately been 
figured for the first time in the capacity of a British bird by 
Mr. Gould. At this distance of time my father cannot remember 
from whom he bought it. There is a point on which some ex- 
planation is necessary. Messrs. Lubbock and Stevenson in their 
respective works state, that the Sherringham wagtail of 1842 — 
the bird now under discussion — is in the Norwich Museum. 
But this is an error, though it is impossible now to see what lead 
Mr. Lubbock into the mistake. There is indeed a specimen of 
the M. flava in the Museum (No. 92), which may or may not be 
Norfolk-killed. — J. H. Gurney, Jun. 
Insects. 
Bees Collecting Pollen from Flowers of One Species only. 
— It has been frequently stated by various authors, that bees in 
their peregrinations after pollen, collect it from the flowers of one 
species only during each journey, thus by a wise dispensation 
of divine Providence preventing in a great degree, hybridization of 
plants. I am sorry to say this interesting statement is not founded 
on facts. One day this month I caught a small Bumble Bee, and 
an Andrcna nhjro-oenea, the legs of both of which were loaded 
