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constantly in the habit of weaving extraneous matter into its nest, such 

 as newspapers, etc., but I think it proves an act of extreme boldness in the 

 bird, to take the collars from the lines on which many other things were 

 hanging, which in a common way would rather tend to banish than attract 

 it. The length, too, of the articles must have been no small difficulty 

 during their journey through the air. — K. P. Alington, Rectory, Swinhope, 

 November 27th., 1857. 



Mildness of the Season. — Mr. Pennock Newton, tailor and draper, of 



Fryup, had a boiling of new potatoes to dinner on Sunday last, grown in 



the open air at the Buscoe Beck Farm. — Yorkshire Gazette, January 2nd., 

 1858. 



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Thirsk Natural History Society. — Botanical Exchange Club. — The monthly 

 meeting of this society was held on the evening of Wednesday, December 

 2nd. Mr. J. G. Baker reported proceedings in the matter of the Botanical 

 Exchange Club, and read letters relative to it from Messrs. Babington, 

 Watson, and others. The following botanists were duly enrolled as members, 

 namely, Rev. F. Addison, Cleator, Whitehaven; Rev. W. R. Crotch, 

 Uphill House, Weston-super-Mare; Miss Gifford, Minehead, Somerset; 

 John Hardy, 43, Radnor Street, Hulme; G. E. Hunt, Manchester; 

 David Moore, A.L.S., Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin; Henry J. Payne, 

 Barnsley; John Tatham, Settle; H. C. Watson, F.L.S., Thames Ditton, 

 Surrey; John Windsor, M.D., F.L.S., Piccadilly, Manchester; E. G. 

 Varenne, Kelvedon, Essex. He exhibited specimens from Mr. Watson, of a 

 monstrosity of Primula vulgaris with metamorphosed calyx, collected near 

 Clay gate, Surrey, in 1857, and laid before the meeting the following list 

 of species, one hundred and eighteen in number, collected or noticed by 

 himself at an elevation of at least eight hundred yards above the sea-level, 

 about the summit of Micklefell, North-west Yorkshire, the highest hill in 

 the county, in an excursion made during the summer of 1856: — 



Anemone nemorosa, Ranunculus acris, Cochlearia officinalis, (alpina,) 

 Draba incana, D. verna, Cardamine pratensis, Viola sylvatica, V. lutea, 

 Arenaria verna, Cerastium triviale, Oxalis acetosella, Trifolium repens, 

 Potentilla tormentilla, Rubus chamaemorus, Alchemilla vulgaris, Saxifraga 

 hypnoides, Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, Galium saxatile, Hieracium pilo- 

 sella, Taraxacum officinale, Bellis perennis, Achillaea millefolium, Campanula 

 rotundifolia, Calluna vulgaris, Vaccinium myrtillus, V. vitis-idsea, Gentiana 

 verna, Veronica serpyllifolia, V. officinalis, V. chamaedrys, Thymus serpyllum, 

 Prunella vulgaris, Rumex acetosa, R. acetosella, Empetrum nigrum, Juncus 



