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a few remarks from personal observation upon their habits and peculiarities—co« 
tinued from page 58 ; (E. M. A.) Notes on the Habits of the Ring Ouzel—Merula 
torquata; (George Donaldson) The Swamps of the Missisippi-—concluded from 
page 85; (H. R. Bolton) On the Expansion and Contraction of British Land 
Shells. It would appear from Mr. Bolton’s observations that a specimen of Helix 
aspersa being taken by him in good condition, and the circumference round the 
largest whorl measured, the snail then being placed, for twenty days, in a dry 
situation, that this circumference decreased 3-10ths of an inch. This is an inte¬ 
resting subject, and worth the trouble of following up further. Miscellaneous 
Notices—Occurrence of the Little Auk at Barnsley—Achillea tormentosa. 
No. 52, June :—(J. G. Baker) Two Days in Wensleydale ; (Thomas Edward) 
The Fishes of Banffshire; (J. MTntosh) The Redbreast—Erythaca rubecula; 
(J. H. Davies) A List of Land and Fresh-water Mollusca found in the vicinity of 
Thirsk; (Edward Parfitt) A List of and Notes on the Fungi found in the Neigh¬ 
bourhood of Exeter; (J. MTntosh) Injurious Insects, No. IV., the Common 
Wasp—Yespa vulgaris; (G. R. Twinn) A Memento from the Tare. Miscel¬ 
laneous Notices—On the Instinct and Communicative Powers of the Horse ; Late 
Appearance of the Martin ; Notes on the Swift Arrival of the Hirundines; Egyptian 
Goose; Occurrence of the Iceland Gull; Rare Birds near Winchester, and at 
Redcar; The Wolf-fish. 
No. 53, July:—(O. A. Moore) Some Account of William Dawson, late of 
Leeds, Surgeon ; Mollusca in the Neighbourhood of Nice, names from Draparnaud 
—Mollusques terrestres; (J. S. Walker) The Myrtle Bee. These few lines do 
not help to get rid of the “ mystery,” as we can hardly expect to find New South 
Wales wrens in Britain. (C. H. Dashwood) Short Notes from my Note-book; 
(John Rose, M.D.) Nucleus of a Flora of Gosport and adjacent parts of Hamp¬ 
shire ; (W. Kidd) The Good Time Coming Come at Last, being notes on recent 
rambles amidst clouds and sunshine; (Rev. R. Pye Alington) Ornithological 
Notes. Reviews—Natural History Review; Synopsis of Edible Fishes at the 
Cape of Good Hope; The Entomologists’ Annual; A Classified List of British 
Mosses ; List of British Geodephaga. Miscellaneous—Note on the Rufous Warbler ; 
Ornithological Occurrences in Norfolk ; Papilio machaon ; The Querist; Increase 
in Insects. 
No. 54, August:—(Richard Hobson, M.D.) On the Occurrence of the American 
Mottled Owl (Strix asio) near Leeds. This owl was shot in the spring of 1852, 
near Kirkstall Abbey, about four miles from Leeds; the species is decided by Mr. 
Gresham, of York, and Mr. Denny, the Curator of the Leeds Museum, and a 
figure drawn by the latter individual is attached to this paper. (W.) Stalked-eyed 
Crustacea of Banffshire; (J. E. Daniel) On the Fauna of Wool, near Wareham, 
Dorset. We have, in this paper, no less than thirty species of mammalia enume¬ 
rated as inhabiting part of the forests of Wool. (J. Morley) A Letter to the Editor 
of the “Naturalist,” showing how, in Nottingham, a few operatives have clubbed 
together into an Entomological Society, and are able to boast of a very fair library, 
which is yearly increasing. Would we had more of such societies in these 
countries. (Thomas Edward) An Ornithological Rarity in the North; (J. O. 
Harper) An Afternoon’s Ramble, or a leisure hour. A list of mollusca is ap¬ 
pended to these notes, and after every specific name is appended the word “ male ;” 
thus(Cyclas cornea), male. What can it mean? (George Dixon) New Station for 
LeUcanora rubra, Ach. (Lichen ulmi, Swarts.). Review—Kidd on the Canary. 
Miscellaneous Notices. The Querist. 
No. 55, September:—(Richard Hobson, M.D.) Description of a Hawk shot in 
1851, on the Chevet Part Estate, by William Bevers, Keeper to the late Sir 
Thomas Pilkington; (G. B. Clarke) Effects of the severe weather on the Hirun- 
dinidae at Woburn, Bedfordshire, and the neighbourhood ; Notes on the Leech, by 
J. MTntosh; (J. D.) Land and Fresh-water Shells found in the vicinity of 
Oxford; (S. Stowe) Ornithological and other Notes; (W.) Contributions to the 
Icthyology of Banffshire; (J. J. Briggs) Letter to the Editor of the “ Naturalist;” 
Miscellaneous Notices. 
