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THE NATURALIST. 



Allen, Esq. A fine immature Spot- 

 ted Eagle was exhibited by Mr. Riley. 

 Mr. William Briggs exhibited a good 

 series of Hawks, amongst which 

 were fine specimens of the Goshawk 

 and Marsh Harrier. The latter 

 bird and an Ortolan Bunting 

 [Emberiza liortulana) were exhibited 

 by the Eev. J. Johnson. Among 

 other noteworthy birds were Strix 

 bubo, exhibited by John Dyson, S. 

 sco]3s, by Fred Moorhouse, S. nyct(Ea, 

 Alauda alpestris, and Nucifmga cary- 

 ocatactes, by John Burgess, and Gal- 

 linulajjorzana, by Joseph Sedgewick. 

 Among Foreign Birds Mr. William 

 Ward and Mr. John Dyson exhibited 

 some good specimens, the former 

 including a Flamingo and Crested 

 Crane, and the latter some fine 

 American Owls. Four cases of 

 Nests of British Birds and a collec- 

 tion of British Birds Eggs, occupying 

 twenty cases, exhibited by Mr. Geo. 

 Liversedge, were well worthy of 

 notice, as were also some cases of 

 skeletons of Birds and Reptiles ex- 

 hibited by Mr. W. H. Charlesworth. 



A neatly arranged collection of 

 British Shells was exhibited by Mr. 

 John Varley, and some fine Exotic 

 Specimens by Mr. S Teal. 



The collections of Insects were 

 very numerous, and bore witness to 

 the ardour and zeal of the workers 

 in this department of Natural His- 

 tory. Mr. W. H. Charlesworth and 

 Mr. B. Bradley exhibited cases of 



beautifully mounted British Coleop- 

 tera, and the collections of Macro- 

 Lepidoptera exhibited by Mr. Jas. 

 Varley, and Micro-Lepidoptera by 

 the President, were very full and 

 complete. Among the former were 

 some of the remarkable varieties of 

 Abraxas grossidariata, figured in " The 

 Naturalist." (No. 9), and A. caja. 



A series of Exotic Ferns exhibited 

 by Mr, T. W. B. Ingle, and a col- 

 lection of British Phanerogamia by 

 Mr. J. Godward, formed the princi- 

 pal portion of the Botanical depart- 

 ment of the Exhibition, if we except 

 the living plants by which the room 

 was profusely decorated ; vases of 

 choice flowers were also placed 

 wherever a position was afforded 

 them on the well filled tables. 



The Geological specimens were 

 not numerous, but some good Fos- 

 sils were exhibited, including a col- 

 leetion from the White and Red 

 Chalk of Speeton, exhibited by Mr. 

 Ed. Tindall, and miscellaneous col- 

 lections by Mr. John Nowell and 

 Mr. John Armitage. 



The Exhibition was open for 

 eight days, and the number of visi- 

 tors averaged nearly 1000 each day, 

 an amount of success scarcely ex- 

 pected by the most energetic of its 

 promoters ; every evening a short 

 practical address on some depart- 

 ment of Natural History was deli- 

 vered from the Platform, the Society 

 endeavouring by this means, not 



