Bat insect life, Bird remains in crop of Buto lineatus 221 many green things untouched by the frost, under the shelter of the evergreen grows. On the cedar ridge especially in the warm nooks were little clumps of bushes and vines as green and fresh as in Sept. and some of them little spots were very closely shaded the effect reminding one of the sensation experienced upon outwring a greenhorn in mid- winter, the grass in the fields is however still green everywhere. As the sun reached the zenith and the mercury rose to about 70° I was surprised to observe the abundance of insect life crawling about in sheltered places. Diptera were most numerously represented but I also heard the faint notes of a few grasshoppers, and saw two or three of the common yellow field butterflies flying about—but most curious sight of all over the surface of a pool which was entirely encased in ice was hovering a pair of red winged Melanoptera joined together in sexual communion. A very fine adult Buto lineatus was shot on the hill behind French's yesterday by A. Hagan, I dissected the bird and found in its crop and stomach remains of a δ Ostys Virgin, a very small skink (Soup) and a singular looking mole which being headless I could not make out. This is the first time I ever found bird remains in Buto.