NATURAL HISTORY NOTES AND QUERIES. 59 
ing the dog. At first Jack seemed frightened, but after a while he began to 
advance instead of retreating as he did at first, and there seemed a danger that 
the dove might come to grief, as its head used to disappear in Jack’s mouth, but 
he never hurt the bird. A kitten, too, took part in these gambols, which were 
carried on till the dove died a natural death. 
Sheffield. Helen Wake. 
Blackbirds and Crumbs (p. 39). — The blackbirds which frequent my 
garden during severe weather are by no means partial to crumbs, but devour 
greedily the rotten apples I throw out for them. During the spell of sharp frosts 
which occurred at the beginning of January, a fieldfare made its appearance in 
the garden, and, like its congener the blackbird, evinced a most decided partiality 
for the apples. 
Fyfield, Abinodou. W. H. Warner. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
J. A. — The special articles we had in view were those entitled “The Re- 
searches of Herr Hardhardt,” to which the footnote of the writer — “ a libel on 
scientific men ” seems to us entirely applicable. 
C. N. (Dunbar). — Please read our first rule. 
W. F. — Stereum hirsutum. 
H. E. L. — A series of articles on foreign cage birds was published by Mr. 
Arthur G. Butler some two or three years since in The Feathered World ; these 
will shortly be re-issued in book form at a low price. 
M. J. B. — The sermon is No. 6o of the Tract Series, published by the 
Wesleyan Conference ; it may be had at 66, Paternoster Row. It is called 
“ The Great Deliverance.” 
E. S. — Yes, certainly. 
H. G. — Mr. W. F. Kirby says : “ It is the female of the Brimstone butterfly, 
the male being of a brimstone colour, and the female of the paler tint described. 
It is a common butterfly in the South, and may be found during almost every 
season of the year.” 
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