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Egg of the Cirl Bunting, (Emberiza cirlus.) — I have now in my col- 

 lection a very small egg of the Cirl Bunting, found near this town; 

 measuring five lines and a half long, by four lines and a half wide, or 

 smaller than the Egg of the Golden-crested Wren. — J. T. G. Hawke, 

 Liskeard, Cornwall, July 30th., 1858. 



^rnmMitgs nf Inrtrths. 



, Thirsh Natural History Society. — Botanical Exchange Club. — The monthly 

 meeting of the Thirsk Natural History Society, was held on the evening 

 of Wednesday the 7th. instant. Mr. Peter Davidson, of Thirsk, was 

 admitted a resident, and the Rev. W. M. Hind, of Bayswater, and Mr. H. 

 Ibbotson, of Dundee, corresponding members of the society. 



Mr. J. G. Baker, gave an account of an excursion to Halnaby Carr, in 

 search of Eriophorum gracile. The locality is a boggy piece of ground, 

 and thickly covered with trees and brushwood, perhaps a couple of acres 

 in extent, that lies about a mile from Croft, on the left hand side of the 

 road to Richmond. He had noticed both the common species of Cotton- 

 grass, but was not able to find that for which he principally went in 

 search. Ranunculus lingua, JPyrola rotundifolia, Carex teretiuscula and 

 stricta, were met with, and also Hypnum nitens, and a large quantity of 

 H. Blandovii, some of it in fruit. He exhibited specimens of these, and 

 also of a Papaver with sub-rotund capsule, which he considered to be 

 probably a variety of dubium 



Mr. J. H. Davies exhibited specimens of Tortula papillosa, recently 

 gathered by himself at Fuller's-court Garden, near Ballitore, County Kildare, 

 and communicated the remaining portion of a paper by Dr. Carrington, on the 

 British Orthotrichece. Mr. W. Foggitt exhibited specimens of plants from 

 Newsham Carr, near Kirby Wiske, North Yorkshire, including examples 

 of Cicuta virosa, Ranuncidus lingua, Bumex hydrolapathum, Carex teretius- 

 cula and stricta. Lemna polyrhiza was also noticed at the same locality; 

 and he laid upon the table Jasione montana, from Howe Carr, near Sand 

 Hutton. 



Yorlcshire Naturalists' Club. — 'This Society, instituted for the purpose of 

 extending an interest in the various departments of Natural History through- 

 out the county of Yorkshire, has, during the past nine years, enjoyed 

 uninterrupted prosperity. At present it numbers nearly two hundred mem- 

 bers in various parts of the county, many of whom are eminent for their 

 attainments in various branches of Natural History. 



The Society holds its meetings in York, on the first Wednesday in each 

 month, when specimens are exhibited and communications read on subjects 



