Bibliographical Notices. 297 



I can only repeat the suggestion I made wlien the rules were under 

 the consideration of the Committee of the Natural History Section 

 of Manciiester, viz. that the rules be not adopted until they have 

 been compared with Linuseus's ' Philosophia Botanica,' Fabricius's 

 • Philosophia Entomologica,' lUiger's ' Prodromus,' and DeCandoUe's 

 ' Thcorie Elt'mentaire,' and that when they are not in conformity 

 with the laws jjroposed by these authors, which have been accepted 

 by all recognized systematic naturalists, the reasons for the proposed 

 alterations should be given in detail. After some discussion, my 

 suggestion was adopted, and the report was remitted to the Com- 

 mittee to carry it out. 



The rules were inserted in the printed Report, througli the personal 

 influence of Mr. Strickland, who was then a member of the Council, 

 but they never received the sanction of the British Association. 



In the 'American Journal of Science and Art ' for March 1864 

 [reprinted in the ' Annals ' for June, 1861.] there are some admirable 

 observations by Dr. Asa Gray on some of these rules, which entirely 

 accord with my own views, and which I recommend to the considera- 

 tion of the Committee. 



In conclusion, I would request you kindly to bear in mind that I 

 have simply thrown these observations together in the hope of 

 eliciting the opinions of my colleagues in the Section. 



My only desire is that we may all heartily concur in doing all that 

 is in our power to render this and other institutions conducive to the 

 increase of the knowledge, the happiness, and the comforts of the 

 people. 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 



Transactions of the Tynesidc Ntituralisti Field-Club. Vol. VI. 

 Part II. 8vo. 1861. Newcastle-on-Tyne. 



Thovoh the Naturalists' Field-Club of Tynesidc cannot rank as 

 the first established among the many kindred clubs that now exist 

 in Great Britain, it would yet appear to be winning, if it has not 

 already won, the premier place, when estimated by the value of its 

 published Transactions. Other tield-clubs may possess a larger 

 number of members, more funds, and even greater popularity ; but 

 we know of none that is so carefully carrying out the objects for 

 which it was founded, or whose Transactions contribute more to the 

 progress of natural history than this society of naturalists on the 

 banks of the Tyne. 



The work which its founders, some eighteen years ago, carved out 

 for it to accomplish was, first, to promote and foster a general taste 

 for natural-history pursuits, and, secondly, to investigate the natural 

 history of Tynesidc and the neighbouring district, the results of 

 which were to be published in the Transactions. How far they have, 

 in the latter case, worked out their plan may be judged of by the 

 fact that the Mammalia, Mollusca, Colcoptera, Lepidoptcra, Zoo- 

 phyta, Marine Algtc, and Permian fossils have all been carefully 



