8C6 Letters, Extracts, and Notes. 



lot of tlie beautiful Anthornis melanwa witliin vw lionr of 

 Auckland City, hut they are all on an island. I do not 

 helieve there is one of this species on tlie mainland 

 throughout the Auckland provincial district/' 



Honour for a M.B.O.U. — At the University of Leeds, 

 on Degree Day, July 3rd, the Duke of Devonshire, as 

 Chancellor, conferred the degree of Master of (Science, 

 honoris causa, upon Mr. Thos. H. Nelson, M.B.O.U., 

 J.P. of Sealield, liedcar, in recognition of his labours in 

 connection with Yorkshire natural history, and especially 

 his work on the ' Birds of Yorkshire.' 



