_Gonepteryx Rhamni_ Brimstone _Pieris Brassicæ_ Large White _ " Rapæ_ Small White _ " Napi_ Green-veined White _Anthocaris Cardamines_ Orange Tip _Hipparchia Janira_ Meadow Brown _ " Jithonus_ Large Heath _ " Hyperanthus_ Wood Ringlet _Coenonympha Pamphilus_ Small Heath _Cynthia Cardui_ Painted Lady _Vanessa Atalanta_ Red Admiral _ " Io_ Peacock _ " Urticæ_ Small Tortoise-shell _Melitoea Artemis_ Greasy Fritillary _Chrysophanus Phloeas_ Small Copper _Polyommatus Alexis_ Common Blue _Thanaos Tages_ Dingy Skipper _Pamphila Sylvanus_ Large Skipper _Procris Statices_ Green Forester _Anthrocera Trifolii_ Five-spot Burnet _ " Filipendulæ_ Six-spot Burnet _Sesia Bombyliformis_ Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk _Heliodes Arbuti_ Small Yellow Underwing _Euclidia Mi_ Mother Shipton _ " Glyphica_ Burnet The past twenty-five years, it is to be feared, have told as heavily upon the Lepidoptera as upon the primroses and the cowslips, the latter also now far between. The birds, likewise, have greatly diminished in numbers, partly in consequence of the extreme severity of the trio of hard winters which commenced with that of 1878-9. We have also to lament the death of Mr. Edleston. [Illustration] [Illustration] CHAPTER III. ROSTHERNE MERE. When the month of May Is come, and I can hear the small birds sing, And the fresh flourès have begun to spring, Good bye, my book! devotion, too, good bye! CHAUCER.