NOTES AND NEWS. 
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NOTES AND NEWS. 
Mr. F. C. Long, of 32, Woodbine Road, Burnley, has 
kindly offered to name specimens of British land, freshwater, 
or marine shells for readers of the Naturalists’ Journal, pro¬ 
vided stamps are sent for return postage. 
The Principal London Agents for the Naturalists’ 
Journal are as follows: W. P. Collins, 157, Great Portland 
Street, W. ; W. Longley, 12, White Hart Street, Catherine 
Street, Strand, W.C. ; E. Sumner, 135, Oxford Street, W, ; 
H. T. Booth, 38A, Upcerne Road, Chelsea, S.W. ; W. J. 
Cole, 226, Great Portland Street, W. ; F. H. Butler, 148, 
Brompton Road, W. 
Notes from Epsom.— On the 31st July last, a Cirl Bunting’s 
nest containing 3 much incubated eggs, was found near 
Epsom; this is rather local as a breeding species in the 
vicinity of London. On the same day the Editor netted a 
specimen of Colias edusa there, and saw several other in¬ 
dividuals, and on the following day caught a number of 
Ringlets (E. hyperanthus ), which were quite abundant at one 
particular spot on the common. 
The Apteryx, Kiwi, or wingless bird of New Zealand 
seems destined to meet the fate of the Dodo and Great Auk 
at no very distant day. One dealer informed us the other 
day that he had received no less than twenty-two skins of this 
already rare bird in one consignment. Several species of this 
genus are known. 
We have received a copy of the Malden Natural History 
Gazette , which useful little periodical is issued monthly by 
the Malden Natural History Society ; copies may be obtained 
from the Secretary, R. Scott, Malden House School, New 
Malden, Surrey. 
Mr. W. Harcourt Bath, 195, Ladywood Road, Birming¬ 
ham, writes to say that he will be pleased to name and 
identify specimens of British dragonflies, earwigs, cock¬ 
roaches, locusts, grasshoppers and crickets, provided stamps 
for the return postage be sent. Mr. W. Harcourt Bath, we may 
remark, has recently been dubbed by Science Gossip “ our chief 
authority” on those interesting insects, the dragonflies. We 
are informed that he possesses very extensive collections of 
both Odonata and Ovthoptera , which are open to inspection by 
the readers of the Naturalists’ Journal at any time. 
We have received Mr. W. P. Collins’ Scientific Book 
Catalogue, No. 27, containing a large series of works relating 
to every branch of Natural History. 
