Excerpt from The Zoologist, 1859, Vol. 17: Popular Miscellany of Natural History Rodd, edward hearle Tree sparrow at Penzance, 6329 Little bustard near Padstow, Birds singing at night, 6446; Golden oriole near the Land's End, 6561; Montagu's barrier, 6722 rogers, henry Abundance of Colias Edusa in 1858, 6335; Snow hunting in the Isle of Wight, 6780 Larva of Sphinx Con volvuli, 6788 Ross, Rev. John The mode by which the Pholas bores, 6541 rowley, george dawson Parrot crossbill near Brighton, 6329; Pomarine skua near Brighton Sabine's gull at Brighton, 6331 Black swan on the South coast, 6447 saville, S. P. Hoopoe near Cambridge, 6562 A monster pike, 6564 sealy, A. F. Baillon's crake, and its nesting in Eng land, 6329 slan ey, W. H. Buff-coloured rabbits, 6560; Hoopoe near Shrewsbury, 6561 smith, Rev. Alfred charles, m.a. On hereditary tricks in animals, 6673 smith, frederick On the propriety of including imported species in the list of British insects, 6385; Topsell's History of the Wasp, ' 6465; Note on Xylocopa nigrita, 6468; Observations on two species of fossorial Hyrnenoptera which construct exterior nests, 6471 Observations on the species of the genus Prosopis of Fabricius, be longing to the family Andrenidae, with notes on the economy of P. Dilatatus, 6610 Note on the cuckoo, 6676 smith, W. H. Gastropacha ilicifolia, 6693 smurthwaite, henry Curious situation for a dipper's nest, 6561 Suggestion as to the eggs mentioned by the Rev. J. C. Atkin son (zool. 6638 spencer, J. B. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.