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Zoologist vol. 11 & 12. - 1853 - 1854

[Remprata] form & stem

p. 3810 case of antler of Ophrys adhering to moth. seen several other cases.

p 3832. case of summer Duck. Dendromessa sponsa Sw. with a few acorns in both speci shot at different times.

p. 3848. At meeting of Dublin Nat. Hist. Soc^y. — Mullet & cod have been recorded as living in F. W. so have soles & bred then in the Arun River. — Nilsson gives cases of salmon remaining permanently in F. W. So true Herrings abound at season in Lake of Killarney.

p. 3894. Proc. Phys. Soc. Edinburgh. Insects from Northern N. America exhibited. Kirby in Richardson Fauna Bor. America gives 49 insect as in common. Mr Murray thought (these?) insects too close to be specifically distinct "but still there is a slight difference which enables a practiced eye to detect which is British & which is American."

N.B. Perhaps genera of Coleoptera are well enough known to unite species & see if these 49 belong to large genera. —

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p. 3946. case of Partridges nest on a stubble rick. Col. Hawker gives case of nest in Pollard & Yarrell, another from Daniel Rural Sport.

p. 3971. "The Ptarmigan" "observes Mr Mudie & he might have added the mountain Hare" "is lichened rock in summer, hoar frost in autumn & snow in winter; red grous are brown heather; black game are peat-bank & shingle & partridges are clods & withered stalks the whole year round." —

p. 3977. List of vars in plumage of Brit. Birds. case of Chaffinch with white, brilliant golden yellow & cream-colour prevalent. —

p. 4113. Mr Bates on the Amazon. The larger & smaller Coleoptera all follow the same rule, i.e. "individuals are not numerous, but species of endless diversity."

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p. 4253. case of Hybrid Grouse

p. 4294 — 15 cases recorded — The last is male, with plumage of both parents. This bird is reverse of Yarrell's cases, for the male is known to be the Black cock. —

Cases of hybrid between gold & common pheasant in woods wild but then there was only a single Hen loose.

p. 4255. case of moor-hen striking, killing & eating young pheasant.

p. 4298. The Nestor productus, the extinct Parrot of Philip Is^d. rarely made use of their wings except when closely pressed — need to climb up trees by use of Beak.

N.B. the wingless Birds analogous to wingless insects, analogous to Ducks. —

p. 4324. Entomolog. Soc. Description of Saccophora, the larvae of which in their sack like coverings & general Habit resemble the Psychidae, but in perfect state they appear to belong to Bombycidae. — Mr Westwood remarked on this case that because larvae resembled each other, perfect insects did not always do so. The female always more normal than the male.