Welsh Journals

writing would have made most interesting reading. A glance inside the cover of The Taming of Genghis shows that he has achieved his ambition. The story begins in Iceland with the capture of the falcon. The main part of the book describes, with digressions that happily enhance the story, the long and engrossing period during which the bird becomes a member of the falconer's team (the word training, I think, gives a wrong impression of the process). The last two chapters bring an unexpected turn to events, and I confess I looked at the ending before I had finished the book. This is an absorbing story of a fascinating art by a writer who is not only a fanatical falconer, but a very acute observer of all that goes on around him. A.L.J. Number of recorded individuals in each Year from 1950 for regular British Immigrant Lepidoptera Maximum Year Species record 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 D. plexippus 40 in 1933 5 2 1 1 2 A. lathonia 50 in 1872 1 — — — — — V. atalanta 24,000 in 1945 4950 1147 2500 957 1238 7000 V. cardui 30,000 in 1948 920 395 6700 198 117 950 N. antiopa 436 in 1872 2 4 3 4 8 L. boeticus 32 in 1945 3 3 1 1 P. daplidice 650 in 1945 7 C. hyale 2,203 in 1900 69 44 46 18 C. crocea 36,000 in 1947 1260 316 529 171 187 2060 A. atropos 101 in 1933 29 16 11 15 12 12 H. convolvuli 681 in 1901 457 33 53 55 7 36 C. euphorbiae 2 in 1949 — — — — — — C. galii 71 in 1870 — — 2 1 2 51 G.l. livornica 543 in 1943 8 1 15 4 1 4 H. celerio 41 in 1885 1 1 1 1 D. nerii 13 in 1953 4 1 13 2 M. stellatarum 5,179 in 1947 719 132 411 90 44 1200 U. pulchella 49 in 1892 — — — 2 — — L. unipuncta 146 in 1928 2 1 6 3 2 L. vitellina 96 in 1938 28 7 1 34 16 10 L. albipuncta 167 in 1950 167 53 21 31 22 7 L. exigua 300 in 1938 9 47 145 14 2 7 H. peltigera 104 in 1945 7 8 15 16 1 18 H. armigera 28 in 1859 25 7 2 2 P. gamma 300,000 in 1946 81000 15000 5100 17000 13000 26000 R. sacraria 1,250 in 1947 8 6 2 37 N. obstipata 243 in 1947 116 26 13 15 7 48 N. noctuella 13,500 in 1949 87 413 3500 181 134 1750 H. ferrugalis 2,000 in 1947 71 41 17 19 18 R. A. French, Department of Entomology, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts. 1/6/56.