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we may not see our way to emulate hi:> eerie feats of cliff-climbing, any of us 
with an entomological bent will be glad of his suggestions as to a new method 
of study. 
Shag .Stretching Herself. 
Board of Agi-iatlture Leaflets, Nos. 50—53. These recent additions to 
the leaflets issued gratuitously by the Board of .Vgriculture deal with Water 
Wagtails, or “ Dishwashers,” the White or Barn Owl, Gooseberry Blight 
(Mierospharia grossularia) and the Pear Midge (Diplosis pyrivora). Each leaflet 
is illustrated. 
We are glad to learn from The Animal World for December — a good number 
— that Mr. Long has made an order including all the suggestions of the 
R.S.P.C.A. for the prevention of cruelty to decrepit horses exported. 
As our valued Transatlantic contemporary. Our Animal Friettds, notices the 
comments on the Crystal Palace Bird Show in our November number, we trust 
it will also notice our apology in the December issue, and our hopes of a practical 
result. 
Received. — From the Botanical Society of America, The Origin of Gymno- 
spernis and the seed habit, the Presidental Address of Prof. J. M. Coulter ; from 
the Humanitarian League, Humanity for December ; The Cost of a Seal-skin 
Cloak, by Joseph Collinson ; from the London Anti-vivisection Society, Lord 
Lister and Experi??ientation ; A Bird s-eye viesu of a great question, by S. G. 
Trist (Sixth edition) ; Who are the ultimate victims? ; Knowledge, Science Gossip, 
The Naturalist, The Irish Naturalist, and The Animals' Friend for December. 
NATURAL HISTORY NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Liglltiiing. — In reference to Mr. Daubeny’s letter in this month’s Nature 
Notes, it may be of interest to record that on the evening of August 10, 1895, a 
deodar of about forty feet in height, standing in Kew Gardens, was struck by 
lightning very much in picture style. The top of the tree for about fifteen feet 
was torn off diagonally, and lay, itself uninjured, at an angle of about 45° on the 
