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race to become phrenologists ; but that it is desirable to possess a general know¬ 
ledge of the laws which govern both mind and body—though at present not 
generally acknowledged—is, on reflection, too obvious to require enforcement. 
We have not yet been favoured^with the rules of the Warrington Phrenological 
Society; but we may observe that Mr. Hewett Cottrell Watson, Editor of 
the Phrenological Journal , Mr. Neville Wood, and other gentlemen known to 
be warm advocates of Phrenology, have been elected Honorary Corresponding- 
Members. We trust, ere long, to be able to report the proceedings of the Insti¬ 
tution. —Ed. 
Cramhus aridellus. —In the Linnsean Cabinet is a specimen named C. rosella 
(var. of C. lutulus ?), which is, I think, the same as Mr. Bentley’s. Mr. Stone 
took it on the ceiling of a house at Darenth Wood, Kent, July 6, many years 
since.—J. C. Dale, Glanville’s Wootton , Dorsetshire , July 9, 1837- 
Nidification of the Martin Swallow ( Hirundo urbica , Linn.) —During 
the past summer I observed at Thetford rather a singular deviation from the 
general economy of the Martin. A pair of these birds, instead of building their 
usual nest of mud, which Shakspeare has so characteristically described in Mac¬ 
beth , occupied a hole in the cornice that ran under the eaves of a house. At no 
great distance a pair of Swifts occupied a similar situation. The Martin is there 
by no means numerous, and but very few nests are to be seen in that town. Its 
congener the Sand Martin, on the contrary, is very abundant; several hundreds 
of pairs may be seen occupying the different chalk-pits, piercing the low sandy 
portions of the strata with their numerous perforations.—J. D. Salmon, Godai¬ 
ming , Surrey , Dec . 23, 1837. 
Scarcity of the Merlin Falcon ( Falco cesalon) near Scarborough.— 
This bird is here equally scarce with the Hobby Falcon. The Scarborough Mu¬ 
seum contains one specimen; and another was shot near Belle-vue on the 19th 
of last May.— Patrick Hawkridge, Scarborough , Aug. 7, 1837. 
Pontia callidice .—When I was at Cambridge, at the meeting of the British 
Association, Mr. Power, of Clare Hall, showed me a specimen of Pontia calli¬ 
dice (<£ ?), a variety of the one I had from Dr. Abbott, which was ticketed P. 
glacialis , 1844. Mr. Power said his specimen was given to him by his uncle, 
and that is all he knows about it. —J. C. Dale, Glanmlles Wootton , Dorsetshire , 
July 9, 1837- 
A Species of Calosoma taken in Devonshire. —I had a Calosoma from the 
late Dr. Tucker, which was in his cabinet as C. inquisitor , but it is quite dis¬ 
tinct, although unnoticed by the late Dr. Leach, who frequently saw Dr. 
Tucker’s collection. It was probably taken at Tavistock or Ashburton, Devon¬ 
shire.— Id. 
The Dalmatian Kinglet ( Regidus modestus , Gould).— Mr. Gould ob- 
