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this season, and did not appear to be in quite its usual num- 
bers. Only one brood of this interesting little species occurs 
in its British locality, Durdham Down, but Col. Partridge, 
who has experimented largely with the Acidalice^ has 
succeeded in breeding a second brood of moths in August, 
and obtaining from them a second brood of larvae, which 
went into hybernation as the natural single brood is accus- 
tomed to do. A single specimen of the second brood of this 
moth was also bred by the writer in August, 1902. 
GEO. 0. GEIEFITHS. 
On a variety of the Pipistrelle. — On September 17th, 1901 
a bat was noticed flying about in a lane near Winterbourne 
Church, which appeared to have perfectly leliite wings. It 
was shot a few evenings later and proved to be an adult $ 
Vespertilio pipistrelluSy Linn.^ measuring inches in 
expanse of wings ; the wing membranes were quite white, 
like white tissue paper, the ears were also white, the arms 
and digits, legs and tail, pinkish, as were also the nose and 
chin, but the fur of the head and body was brown, and but a 
shade lighter than in a normal specimen. 
Occurrence of Great Grey Shrike . — On November 30th, 
1901, a specimen of Lanius excuhitor^ Linn.^ was shot at 
Oakhill, near Bath ; it was a $ , and the stomach contained 
the remains of a small bird, probably robin or hedge-accentor. 
I have no record of its occurrence in our neighbourhood since 
1888. 
H. J. CHAEBONNIER. 
