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hatch out into larvae, which, as they mature, vary from green to 
velvet black. When fully fed they change into a brown pupa and 
remain so till spring, in confinement very frequently making their 
imago appearance as early as February. This moth only flies at 
night, being discovered during the daytime in hedges, etc. 
Such then are a few of the enemies the poor cabbage suffers 
attacks from.* The wonder is that with so extensively voracious 
a set of feeders, there is any left at all for the consumption of 
man. 
In the case of the larger caterpillars, hand-picking is far and 
away the best and surest remedy, but, in that of the smaller 
beetles, Aphides, etc., sprinkling the cabbage with road dust and 
watering the ground with a decoction of wormwood is very effi¬ 
cacious. The better plan, however is to dip the plant in worm¬ 
wood up to its collum before planting. This is by far the best 
plan, as the leaves are rendered so bitter, scarcely any insect will 
touch them. 
(To be continued.) 
RAR/E AVES 
THAT HAVE PASSED THROUGH THE HANDS OF 
T. WHITE & SON. 
{Continued from page 46.) 
Having finished with the eagle tribe ( Falconidce ) I will now 
commence with the owls. 
The eagle owl we have had in the flesh, but not killed wild. 
We have had several snowy owls ; two killed in Scotland about 
thirty years ago, one of which is now in our possession and the 
other in the possession of Mr. Maisey, Bleak House, Chelten¬ 
ham, they were both male birds; also a female killed in York¬ 
shire by Dr. Metcalf, and a fourth killed near Birmingham 
which reached us after it was skinned, this was a male bird. 
The long-eared owl, brown owl, and barn owl are very com¬ 
mon here. The short-eared owl is much rarerthan the other three; we 
only get a few each season. Of the scops-earedowlwe have had but 
few; two killed at Coulesborn Park by Mr. Garner, the head 
keeper ; one at Higham by Mr. Spring on the Estate of T. G. 
Parry, Esq. ; one at Badgeworth by Mr. Hughs, the keeper, and 
* They are by no means all. A supplementary list would contain among 
others the following :—Melanippe fluctuata (larva), Tipula oleracea (larva), 
plant lice (Aphis), Pieris rapi (larva), various species of Pentatoma in larval 
and perfect states, Mamestra oleracea (larva), Mamestraforficalis (larva), etc., 
etc. These are exclusive of the slugs, snails, etc., as mentioned previously. 
