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was a good description. By 6.15 or so all was quiet. Towards the end of the 
fortnight they assembled rather earlier. 1 noticed a good number of wagtails 
once or twice, perhaps two or three dozen, and they also went into the willows. 
On September 30, only a very few swallows settled in —about a dozen — and some 
others, perhaps a hundred, alter circling round, flew away. On October i not 
one appeared, nor have I seen one since. We only returned to St. Albans on 
September 16, so I cannot say if the swallows began to assemble before that date. 
Si. Albans. Rose Turle. 
A Carnivorous Mollusc. — So rarely is the Teslatella or shelled slug seen in 
this country that perhaps you may think it sufficiently interesting to record in 
Nature Notes that I saw one in my garden this morning. My attention was 
drawn to it by observing a worm wriggling on a bank in the full sunlight. The 
worm was about five inches in length and the shelled slug a little under two inches, 
a dirty white in colour. The small ear-shaj)ed shell on the hinder end at once 
established its identity, and though over nine hours have elapsed since I placed 
them both in a bottle the Testacella is still voraciously devouring the worm, 
despite its struggles to be free. 
J. F. A. McNair. 
Frogs. — We have made a curious discovery this summer in our garden. 
.Some frogs have taken up their abode for the last month in two deserted black- 
birds’ nests, built in round thick box bushes about two feet from the ground. 
One frog is generally to be seen alone sometimes on or near the edge of the 
nest, sometimes comfortably ensconced in the middle, only his head peeping 
out. In the other nest there are now always two frogs. We should like to know 
if this is a usual occurrence (we have never found frogs there before), and for what 
reason they are supposed to go to these nests. 
Marlborough. E. A. M. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
E. G. W. — Bamia australasice. 
M. C. B. — Mimulus luteus is naturalized in many places in the United 
Kingdom. 
M. A. P.' — Please note that specimens sent for naming should be numbered 
for reference. The fungus from the heaih is Agaricus laccatus ; that under beech 
A. phalloidts ; that under chestnut Cortinarius castaneus ; that from lawn 
Gomphidius glutinosus. 
J. G. B. — The two names are variously applied, and there is no definite rule. 
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