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had- not been there twenty minutes before something reddish 
caught my eye. Excitedly I struck at it, and lo ! fluttering in 
the net was a splendid specimen of euphrosrne. I caught 
several others (and, while in pursuit of one, also Coremia 
uniientarid) all in the same place and pink of condition. Their 
food plant, the dog-violet, was abundant. I think my capture 
must be the earliest on record. 
Lincoln . E. Porter. 
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NOTES AND NEWS. 
Natural History in Board Schools. —Referring to the 
letter on this subject which is printed elsewhere in our columns, 
we feel sure that Mr. Lyschinska’s complaint is a just one, and 
one which should appeal strongly to every naturalist. If any 
of our advertisers would undertake to supply the kind of 
specimens referred to we shall be very pleased to record the 
fact in these ipages ; or perhaps some of our numerous and 
obliging readers would prepare a few specimens—the cost would 
be little if anything and the cause is surely worthy of it ! 
Mr. H. Mackay, of Dumfries, sends us a sketch of a four- 
legged chicken , which was sent to him recently from Kirkpatrick, 
Durham, and which lived only eight days. The sketch shows 
the fore-part of the chicken of the normal form, while there 
are two additional well formed legs and feet behind. 
The Badger in Leicestershire.— A badger has been caught 
at Staunton Harold Park, Leicestershire, this being the fourth 
locality in the county in which it has occurred during the last 
twelve months. It is a pity that the remnant of this already 
rare animal cannot be allowed to remain unmolested 
A Kite in Cornwall.— A correspondent of the “ Feathered 
World ” records the capture of a kite in the parish of Camborne, 
Cornwall. 
Monday, June 26th, was eventful as the one hundredth 
anniversary of the death of Gilbert White, the father of modern 
British naturalists. He and his work are far too well known to 
need a lengthy eulogy here, for who has not read the “ Natural 
History of Selborne,” that famous English classic. Naturally 
the Selborne Society have celebrated the event by arranging an 
excursion to Selborne. 
At the annual meeting of the Lambeth Field Club, held on 
June 5th, special mention of the Naturalists’ Journal, was 
made and the Society passed a vote of thanks on us for the 
manner in which we have reported their meetings, &c., during 
the past year. 
The Birds of London. —Copies of this work, bound in cloth, 
may now be had from the office of this journal, price 2/1^, post 
free. 
