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Mactra solida is found at low-water mark (of spring tides only), opposite New 
Brighton, inclining westward; M. stultorum in the same locality, where also 
occur Natica glaucina , Donax trunculus , Solen ensis , and occasionally Venus 
gallina and Mactra subtruncata. This last' is plentiful about the lighthouse 
southward. Amphidesma compressum is very common about Formby. Cyclas 
cornea is in almost all the ponds. Pholas candidus is found in the clay at 
extreme low-water mark, near the lighthouse, westward; also in the peat opposite 
Leasowes, near the lighthouse, westward, inside the muscle bank, and difficult to 
get at without a boat, the ground being dangerous to wade upon. I found it once 
only, and my subsequent attempts all failed; but if the place can be hit upon 
it is plentiful enough, and may be considered a rare shell; it appeared exactly 
opposite New Brighton. Pholas candidus is very abundant there, and it is 
surprising how seldom a live shell is seen in any cabinet. I never met with one 
that I have not supplied from your neighbourhood.”— Thomas Glover, Man¬ 
chester. 
I have ascertained two of the Echini found with us to be E. spatagos and E. 
esculentus. We have about twenty species of Sertularia , and a few Turbulariee 
and Flustrce with us, a list of which I will forward when I get my specimens 
named by some competent person. At the same time I hope to be able to send 
some remarks on the Molluscous animals of the neighbourhood of Liverpool. 
In conclusion, I may mention that Thomas Glover, Esq., has liberally sup¬ 
plied the museum of the Royal Institution with most of the shells which he found 
in this neighbourhood, as well as some from other localities.—T. B. Hall, 
Woodside , Liverpool , April 9, 1838. 
Turtle Dove Shot near Scarborough.—A young Turtle Dove was shot 
near this town in October, 1834, and is now in my possession.— Patrick Hawk- 
ridge, Scarborough , Aug. 7, 1837. 
JEshna versus JEschna. —-Mr. Stephens states, in his Catalogue , p. 303, that 
Mr. Curtis was in error in employing JEschna for JEshna ; but, in Nom ., 2nd 
edition, he (Mr. Stephens) adopts it also !—J. C. Dale, Glanvilles Wootton , 
Dorsetshire , July 9, 1837. 
Sparrow’s Nest in January. —We have had brought to our office a Sparrow’s 
nest containing four eggs, and found in the roof of a cottage in Portlandfold.— 
Sheffield Mercury , Jan. 13, 1838. [We presume it was the frigid character of 
the weather during the second week in January which induced the Sparrow in 
question to build a nest at so unseasonable a period ; or perhaps the frost acted in 
some way unknown to us, upon the brain of one of the penny-a-line writers for 
the Sheffield Mercury. If we might be allowed to speculate upon the matter, 
we would suggest, either that the cold had rendered the said reporter liable to 
