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hering to the stones by their circular mouth; and are easily caught by school. boys and others, 
who wade into the water and seize them with their hands. 
The common wagtails continue to fly about the shallow places of the rivers and ponds). 
Kingfishers are occasionally seen amongst the bushes, and about the banks of the rivers. 
December Jith. Among some sprats which I this day saw, there was a single pilchard; 
but it is the only fish of the species that I have heard of, as having been caught here this 
year. 
The flounders have now their ovaries distended with spawn, aid are in season for the 
table; but on these coasts they are, at best, a tasteless and insipid fish. 
Woodcocks are found in our copses and woods, but they are by no means plentiful. 
December 14th. A-very large individual -of the long. eared bat was brought to me this day. 
Tt appeared to be as full of animation, and was as active in flight as | ever saw a bat in the 
micadle of symmer. 
A few florets of the woodbine are still left, in warm and sheltered places ; sai some. = 
the autumnal garden plants are yet in flower. 
December 20d, I this day saw two or three lambs 5 ine am. informed that several ewes: 
have yeaned some days Ago. I likewise saw a eweret ofa ae brood, which was scarcely 
half grown 
The bersies of the holly and i ivy are ripe. 
December 3ist. The weather is so unusually warm, that some of the house-flies, whitch, 
more than a month ago, had retired inte their hiding- places for the mca a revivedy 
and are buzzing about my room. a 
Hampshire. 
Erratum in the last month’s Report: for rbamnus grangula” ; read <6 bashers frangula” 
P.S. Your correspondent Philo Botanicus will, Ihave no doubt, be perfectly aware how » 
dificult it is for a person who has not sufficient (aidan? to be in the fields for a considerable 
hength of time every day, to ascertain the precise periods at which a great variety of planes 
come into flewer. As far however as my leisure and my knowledge pat I will endeas © 
vour to supply the information which he is.desirous to receive. | 
The following nieces plants were observed near Warrington, in astate of. jitieeeecene 
on the first of January, whichis a striking proof of the unusual mildness of the pee séason. 
y Callatriche aquatica. Lamium purpureum. _ 
Poa annua. as Antirrhinum Cymbalaria, 
Primula vulgaris. <— 4 of; = OW hlaspiarvense: 
B Viola odorata. ist aieesila Iberis amara. 
a tricolor, ~ Cheiranthus fruticulosus, 
Vinca minar. 
——- major. 
Brassica napus. 
Ulex-europzus. 
Arbutusunedo. _. —s—‘—ssSCiéiWSCY.sUUss:«' -...- . Leconte taraxacum... 
Scleranthus annuus. eee Senecio vulgaris. 
————- perennis. _ ments = jacobea. - 
Stellaria media. Fanaa eae *, Bellis perennis. 
@ Lychnis dioica. SAP *""Matricaria chamomilla. 
Euphorbia helioscopia. we "  -Caltendula officinalis. 
Ranunculus acris. Sar a Urtica urens. 
Lamium album. — : es 
I have been led to this observation, from having composed last year a Calendar of Flite ; 
for 1809 ; which will make its appearance in the course of ‘This, month. 
Your's, &e. 
|G. CROSFIELD. 
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MONTHLY: ‘BOTANICAL REPORT.’ ' 
BELONGING to. No. 274 of the Botanical Magazine, reviewed in our last Report, were. | 
ceived, in the following number, the figure of Nymjhza kalmiana, a Canadian species, 
very nearly resembling the Nymphea | lutea of Europe, but,much smaller in allits parts. We 
do not think that the circumstance mentioned by Dr. Sims, of the veins on the underside 
of the leaf being furrowed out, instead of being raised.as in lutea, and. perhaps in every other 
species, if constant, is so expressed by the dvafcsman ; whose figure appears to us to represent 
the veins, rajsed as usual. 
No. 275 of the same work, contains a beautiful figure of Trichonema pudicum, introduced 
by Miss Symonds, sister to the late Lady. Gwillim. ‘4 . 
Eustrephus latifolius; a New Halland genus, the name and chanbeee of which are bor- 
rowed from the unpublished work on the-plants of that country, by Mr. R. Brown. It has 
2 near affinity with Asparagus and Mediola, and has been ‘mistaken for the narrow-leavéd 
species of the latter. . 
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