THE NATURALIST: 



A Monthly Illustrated Journal of Natural History. 



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Contents for January 1906. 



, PAGES. 



Notes and Comments (Illustrated): — Our New Volume, Methods in Micro- 

 scopical Reseaich, Section of Sycamore, the Doncaster Earthquake, 

 Pictures from Nature, The Black-Throated Diver, The Trent Aeger ... 1-5 



New and Rare British Fungi (Illustrated)— Geo. Massee and Charles 



Crossland ... ... ■• 6-10 



The Large Felspars of Shap Granite— Cosmo Johns, F.G.S., M.I.Mech.E. 11-13 



Yorkshire Diatoms in 1905 (Illustrated)— R. H. Philip 14-15 



The Wych Elm (Ulmus montana)—?. Q. Kf.egan, LL.D 18-21 



Nest-Poking— S. L. Mosley 22 



Conference of Delegates of Corresponding Societies of the British Association 23-26 

 Notes on a Solitary Wasp {Odynerus parietum Linn) (Illustrated) — 



C. F. George, M.R.C.S 27-2S 



East Yorkshire Spiders— Wm. Falconer -!9-3° 



Field Notes 5, 10, 13, 21, 26 



ReYiews and Book Notices 17, 22, 30-31 



Northern News (Illustrated) S 1 -^ 2 



Illustrations 4' 7' '4» 2 7< 3- 



Plate I. 



Contents for February 1906. 



Notes and Comments (Illustrated): — Shapes of British Skulls, The Origin 

 of Early Yorkshiremen, Strange Habitats for Fungi, Pot-holing, Lanca- 

 shire Palaeontology ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 33-3° 



Lincolnshire Freshwater Mites (Illustrated) — C. F. George, M.R.C.S. ... 37-38 



Yorkshire Lepidoptera in 1905 39-4' 



The Birds of North- West Lindsey— Max Peacock 42-47 



Notes on Lepidopterous Variation in the Skelmanthorpe District— B. Morlky 48-5 1 



Birds, etc., used for Food in the Sixteenth Century '. 52-56 



Yorkshire Naturalists at Bradford 57-59 



Field Notes 36, 60-61 



Reviews and Book Notices (Illustrated) 47, 56, 61-63 



Northern News 38, 41, 64 



Illustrations 33.36,37,38,61,63 



Contents for March 1906. 



Notes and Comments (Illustrated) : — Natural History Magazines, Still 

 Another New Magazine, British Rhizopoda and Helioza, Rare Diatoms, 

 Permian Footprints in Nottinghamshire, A Yorkshire Cave Relic, 

 Bradford and Natural History ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 65-69 



The Lesser Grey Shrike near Whitby : an Addition to Yorkshire AYi-Fauna— 



Thos. Stephenson .70 



An Addition to the Yorkshire List of Lepidoptera— T. Ashton Loft- 



hoise, F.E.S 70 



On the Necessity for the Amateur Spirit in Scientific Work — 



G. W. Lamplugh, F.R.S., F.G.S 71-F0 



Birds requiring Protection in Yorkshire— Riley Fortune, F.Z.S S1-86 



Sheffield's Trough Fault— Cosmo Johns, M.I.Mech.E., F.G.S 87-89 



Neolithic Remains on the Northumberland Coast— C. T. Trechmann, B.Sc. 90-91 



Erythraea pulchella Fr.— P. Fox Lee 92 



Lincolnshire Freshwater Mites (Illustrated)— C. F. George, M.R.C.S. ... 93-94 



Old English Forests 95-97 



Notes on Some Speeton-Clay Belemnites (Illustrated)— T. Sheppard, F.G.S. 97-99 



Field Notes 94, 100 



Reviews and Book Notices (Illustrated) 69, 80, 86, 91, 101-103 



Northern News 89, 103-104 



Illustrations 66, 68, 9^, 98, 102 



Plates II., III., IY., Y., YL, YIL, YIII. 



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