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Hygrochroa syringaria. Delamere. July. 
Ephyra linearia. Saltney. June. 
Ephyra punctaria. Delamere. July. 
Mr, Alfred Newstead (Curator) gave the following records :— 
Two Woodeock shot in Saughall Fields. January, 1919. 
‘Goosander (immature) shot at Rossett. December, 1918. 
Mr. Jossph Thompscn recorded the occurrence of the larve of the 
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-Moth, Hemaris scabiose, Z., in Cheshire on 
August 5th, 1918. 
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The following is extracted from the Wirral Parish Magazine for Septem- 
ber, 1917, by special request of the Committee :— 
‘“‘ BackrorD Birps, 1904—1916.—We give below a list of seventy-eight 
birds seen and identified during 12 years in the Ecclesiastical Parish of Back- 
ford Ly the late Mrs. Agnes E. New. We think that the list will not be 
without interest to some of our readers, and will be placed on permanent 
record by being now published in our Magazine :—1, Blackbird; 2, Blackcap; 
3, Bramling; 4, Bullfinch; 5, Bunting, Reed; 6, Chaffinch; 7, Chiffchaff; 8, 
Coot; 9, Crow; 10, Cuckoo; 11, Dove, Stock; 12, Fieldfare; 13, Fly-catcher; 
14, Goose, Wild; 15, Grebe, Little; 16, Greenfinch; 17, Gull, Black-headed ; 
18, Gull, Common; 9, Gull, Herring; 20, Hawfinch; 21, Heron; 22, Jackdaw; 
23, Jay; 24, Kestrel; 25, Kingfisher; 26, Linnet; 27, Magpie; 28, Martin, 
House; 29, Martin, Sand; 30, Moorhen; 31, Ouzel, Ring; 32, Owl, Barn; 
33, Owl, Long-eared; 34, Owl, Tawny; 35, Partridge; 36, Peewit; 37, 
Pheasant; 38, Pigeon, Wood; 39, Pipit, Tree; 40, Redpoll; 41, Redwing; 42, 
Robin; 43, Rook; 44, Skylark; 45, Snipe; 46, Snipe, Jack; 47, Sparrow, 
Hedge; 48, Sparrow, House; 49, Sparrow, Tree; 50, Starling; 51, Stonechat; 
52, Swallow; 53, Swan; 54, Swift; 55, Thrush; 56, Thrush, Missel; 57, Tit, 
Blue; 58, Tit, Coal; 59, Tit, Great; 60, Tit, Long-tailed; 61, Tit, Marsh; 62, 
Tree-creeper; 63, Wagtail, Pied; 64, Wagtail, Ray’s; 65, Warbler, Garden; 
66, Warbler, Grasshopper; 67, Warbler, Sedge; 68, Water-rail; 69, Wheatear; 
70, Whinchat; 71, White-throat; 72, White-throat, Lesser; 73, Woodpecker, 
Great Spotted; 74, Woodpecker, Lesser Spotted; 75, Wren; 76, Wren, Golden- 
crested; 77, Wren, Willow; 78, Yellow Hammer.” 
GEOLOGICAL SECTION. 
Two Sectional Meetings of a most successful and interesting character were 
held during last Session. The Chairman of the Section, Mr. A. W. Lucas, 
F.G.S., on October 24th, gave a Lecture on “ Cheshire and North Wales Coast : 
Its Erosion, Elevation, and Depression in Historical Times’; and on January 
30th of this year the Rey. W. M. D. La Touche (Rector of Wistanstow, 
Craven Arms), Lectured on ‘‘ Geological Rambles.’’ Both lectures were illus- 
trated by a series of excellent lantern slides, and the attendance was very 
gratifying. 
Members of the Society interested in Geology are cordially invited to 
_ ©o-operate in the rambles arranged for the summer months. 
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY SECTION. 
The first Lecture was delivered by Mr. J. Bairstow, J.P., F.C.S., Chair- 
man of the Section, on ‘“ What Coal Tar Products have done for the War.’’ 
_ The Lecturer made clear what Coal Tar is and what Wood Tar is. Coal from 
_ the time it was vegetation has chemically undergone very great changes. 
Having touchéd on the processes of extracting coal tar at Gasworks and’ Coke 
_ Ovens, the Lecturer said Coal Tar in combination with a great number of 
