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P. 825. W.C Hewitson describes nest of long tailed comtit with two holes in the dome as Mr Selby has described, one for the tail; also describes nest of golden crested wren in juniper bush only one foot from the ground!!

The eggs were remarkably different from the common ones in shape and colour; case certain; (mena) [illeg] case of black bird

[William Chapman Hewitson (1806-78), Bristol, Dec. 1844.]

P. 828 Mr Couch remarks on early state of tadpole having branchial tufts, which dissappear [sic] & are succeeded by gills for aquatic respiration. Owen has observed similar tufts in some very young sharks, & others in other fish.-

[Richard Quiller Couch (1816-63), Penzance, Dec. 1844.]

P882. Mr Banister describes a poor swampy heath in which vegetation in parts has been wholly changed by some modern colonies of two kinds of gulls [5] by their dung. -

[James Dawson Banister (1797-1875), Pilling, Garstang, Lancashire, 5 Feb. 1845.]

[black-backed gulls and black-headed gulls]

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P. 897. Wollaston. (Lundy Isl/14 miles from Devonshire. 3 1/4 miles long 1/2 broad, & high lofty, is inhabited by 64 coleoptera belonging to 49 genera i.e. 1.30 per genus.

[Thomas Vernon Wollaston (1822-78), B.A., M.C.P.S., Jesus College, Cambridge.]

P. 938. Blackwall, on kook with curved bill not naked at base; but a young bird in confinement did become naked.

[John Blackwall, 1790-1881]

P. 950. Newport address Entomolog. Soc. (1845). Case of African [illeg] 600 miles from land in Atlantic; also of large butterfly 600 miles from Cape De Verdes.

[George Newport (1803-54), Canterbury.]

 

P. 1023. Mr Spicer on blackbirds' nest on base ground, the ground was scooped out

[William Webb Spicer (1820-79), Esher Place, 5 May, 1845.]

P. 1068. Mr Hepburn. on singing of birds; the water-ouzel & robin & some other birds sing all the year; & several others occasionally thro'out the year.

[Archibald Hepburn, Whittingham, 27 June, 1845.]

P. 1073 description of 2 vars or doubtful species of Nucifraga with very different beaks, both have been taken in England.

[M. de Selys Longchamps, Institute of Belgium]

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P.1075. Case of siskins breeding in confinement

[John Smith; Great Yarmouth, 7 June 1845.]

P. 1088. Mr Gaze Valerian, Sweet William, Larkspur & especially Silene Inflata very attractive to moths I don't think I have seen a bee on Silene or Sweet William.

[W. Gaze; Ballingdon, 6 August, 1845.]

 

P. 1097. Mr Hodgkin. On the Dog before Brit. Assoc. A female dingo confined in this country attracted the wild foxes, which sough her company. he makes Spitz and Eskimaux one class, hounds spaniels & terriers another class, grey hound shepherd dog bull dog mastiff another. remarks on affinity of bull dog & grey hound. Shows that Newfoundland is probably a cross of Eskimaux & large French hound.

[Thomas Hodgkin (1798-1866 ), M.D. The paper "One the Dog, as the Companion of Man in his Geographical Distribution"]

P. 1134. Mr Knox, seems to conclude that wear & tear assist in making base of rook's bill naked. Mr xxx had specimen with much distorted bill yet a very small portion at the base of lower mandible above was naked; whist feathers over nostrils were perfect. / [Mena] Audubon.

[Arthur Edward Knox (1808-86); New Grove, Petworth, 30 July, 1845.]

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P. 1146. F. Smith in the female bee of Epeolus the scutellum has two red spots, in the male always black; [Mena] male & female bees often differently coloured.

[Frederick Smith (1805-79), "Descriptions of the British Species of Bees […]"]

P. 1156 Mr Beare on hive-bees in bad years suck out ripe gooseberries.

[William Beare, Bristol, 19 September, 1845.]

P. 1202. Mr H. T. Frere on a pure setter positively said to have been produced from two pointers, & that the pointer bitch every litter produced one setter. Thinks pointer now much crossed with hound, remarks on affinity of grey hound & bull dog;

[Henry Temple Frere ( 1821-90), Aylsham, Norfolk, 6 November, 1845.]

P. 1203 Mr Briggs on 3 vars of English fox. –

[John Joseph Briggs (1819-76), King's Newton, Melbourne, 7 October, 1845.]

P. 1215. Mr Hough clearly describes revival of frozen frog in block of ice, leg snapt off.

[L Hough Cotham Hill Villa, West Clifton.]

P. 1215. Mr Chennell describes toads near Guildford with head devoured by larvae of flies.-

[F A Chennell Stoke (1821-93), near Guildford, 11 November, 1845.]

P. 1219. Mr Wolley of Liverpool states that many spiders occasionally snakes are found in dye wood vessels concealed in cleft of the dye wood.

[George Wolley (1831-84), Cambridge Street, Liverpool, 2 December, 1845.]

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Pag 1225 The Pansy is an especial favourite of the genus Plusia (Moth); the pink is also a favourite of moths.

[R. F. Logan, Hawthornbrae, Duddingston, near Edinburgh.]

P. 1254. M. J. Deby on Birds of Belgium, several hybrids from the common & Muscovy ducks have been shot in several parts of Belgium & of N. France (Mena) Audubon's case.

[Julian Deby (1827-95), Laeken, 6 October, 1845.]

P. 1320 Mr Gurney on birds of Norfolk, Herons throw up pellets with fur of rats & remains of beetles found in Heronines

[John Henry Gurney (1819-90)]

P. 1341. Mr Bond say mistletoe is attractive to moths.

[Frederick Bond (1811-89); Kingsbury, Middlesex. Had corresponded with CD]

P. 1420. Mr G. Wolley of Liverpool case of the spread of Dreissena polymorpha in a small unnavigable stream; in another case up a brook, a mile from a canal.

Like [illeg] going up Brook near Cambridge. – [CD]

[George Wolley, Cambridge Street, Liverpool, 23 February, 1846.

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P. 1460. Locusts covering the sea for miles off the Western Islands, believed to have been blown from Africa.

[Hong Kong Register]

P. 1546 Mr John Macgillivray on the Nidification in Australia of Sula Fusca, Anous Stolidus, & Thalassipora Fuliginosa; these birds were compared by Gould with north American specimens, & no specific difference could be detected. In N. America the brown Booby, according to Audubon, has only one egg, whereas in Torres strait every nest had two eggs – Audubon says the Noddy lays 3 eggs; in Australia never more than one in [illeg] and of nests & likewise so Mr. Gilbert observed same fact on S.W of Australia. The Sooty Tern according to Audubon always lays 3 eggs, & there all uncommonly little variable in size & colouring; in Australia it invariably lays a single egg, & that remarkably variables.

[John MacGillivray (1821-67); Old Aberdeen, 25 September, 1846]

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P. 1548. Mr T. W. Barlow of Holmes Chapel Cheshire says the mountain Finch a few years ago was very common, but has now almost forsaken us: quotes Wilson, that a kind of snipe in North America now begins to lay about 20th of May, which is 2 weeks later than it was 20 years ago.

[Thomas Worthington Barlow (?1823-56), F.L.S.]

[Alexander Wilson (1766-1833), American Ornithology, 1828]

P. 1551. Mr Beverly, R. Morris describes kingfishers at Lyme Regis hunting for fish by hovering over one tidal pool & then over another, which is very different from ordinary habit of perching on branch of tree over stream. –

[Beverly Robinson Morris (1816-83) A.B., M.D.; York 25 September, 1846]