NOTES AND NEWS. 
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newspaper which latter, by-the-bye, is one of the most useful 
articles to the Coleopterist. This is one of the best months for 
the water-beetles ( Hydradephaga ) and the collector should 
examine the contents of every pond, stream, and ditch with the 
aid of a water net, and no pool, no matter how small, should be 
passed over, as I have taken rare beetles from a pool less than a 
foot in diameter !— a. f. 
NOTES AND NEWS. 
A Canary’s Nest at Highgate. —Mr. B. R. Harrison 
informs us that a canary’s nest, containing three young birds, was 
found recently in Highgate Woods ; the young birds being taken 
by the discoverer, to whom the find proved to be rather a profit¬ 
able one. Have any other of our readers ever known an instance 
of canaries breeding wild in this country ? 
The Protection of Bird’s Eggs. —In the September number 
of “ Nature Notes ” Dr. Vachell gives the results of the efforts of 
the committee of the British Association appointed in 1891 “ to 
consider proposals for the legislative protection of wild birds’ 
eggs,” and he also appeals to Natural History Societies throughout 
the kingdom to use their influence with their parliamentary 
representatives to secure the acceptance of the Bill now before 
Parliament. This Bill, which embodies the objects of the Com¬ 
mittee, provides for the reservation of certain areas in which no 
eggs of wild birds may be taken, and we think that such a plan 
could be carried out without reasonable opposition from any 
quarter. It certainly is far more just than the law now in force 
in Nova Scotia, for instance, where it is illegal to take any kind 
of wild bird or its eggs throughout the entire province during the 
breeding season—a majority rule which absolutely ignores the 
claims of a considerable number of persons who are virtually de¬ 
prived of the right of enjoying a healthful and instructive recreation. 
It is true that scientific men are in some way excepted, but this 
exception does not extend to the more humble, and numerous, 
class of students. The above-mentioned Bill, however, disclaims 
any such unjust intentions and we therefore cordially extend to it 
our support. 
“Found Crawling to a Fleet-St. Office. —A remarkable 
beetle (says a correspondent) has been found crawling on the 
staircase of a Fleet-stn et office. Its back is covered by wing-cases 
of a dull slaty-grev color, with minute black spots. Its head in 
front is not unlike that of a cow, the eyes, nose, and horns being 
well developed, though there are no ears. Behind this is a 
