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NORTHERN NEWS. 



A ' fossilised mushroom ' has been presented to the Beverley Museum. 



We notice the Editor of a paper complains that for several days he 

 could not put his hat on without pain ! 



We notice a recent writer on Yorkshire ornithology states that the 

 Stone Curlew ' ran on all fours,' with its large relative, the Great Bustard. 



The Yorkshire Wild Birds' and Eggs' Protection Committee begs to 

 acknowledge the receipt of two guineas from the Royal Society for the 

 Protection of Birds. 



A list of Lincolnshire heronries appears in ' The Zoologist ' for December. 

 In the same journal is figured a nest of the Short-eared Owl, with eight eggs ; 

 'the first ever recorded for Notts.' 



Mr. W. E. Clarke contributes some notes on the Occurrence of Evers- 

 mann's Warbler at Fair Isle ; an addition to the British Fauna, to the 

 ' Annals of Scottish Natural History ' for January. 



The fine collection of Anglo-Saxon jewellery formed by the late Sir 

 John Evans, and bequeathed to his son, has been presented by 

 Dr. A. J. Evans to the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford. 



A second edition of the well-known ' Borough ' Guide to Hull has been 

 called for (A. Brown & Sons, 2d.). It is prepared by Mr. T. Sheppard, 

 and contains many improvements upon the previous edition of two years 

 ago. 



In describing the furs exposed for sale in a well-known emporium, the 

 ' Western Mail ' says ; — ' a really interesting study in natural history is 

 afforded by the tigers, leopards, zebras, and monkeys, not to mention 

 smaller animals, such as the minx.' 



We regret to announce the decease of William Salkeld, on the 29th 

 October, at Christchurch, N.Z., at the ripe age of seventy-six. He was a 

 native of Cumberland, as his name would seem to indicate ; taxidermist 

 by trade, and a skilled and experienced ornithologist. 



Nature Study is evidently making headway, judging from the following 

 answers selected from some boys' recent examination papers : — ' Africa 

 is a very dark place, nearly covered with trees and animals ' ; ' To kill 

 a butterfly you pinch its borax ' ; ' The bloodvessels are the veins, arteries, 

 and artilleries ' ; ' A ruminating animal is one that chews its cubs ' ; ' The 

 masculine of vixen is vicar.' 



The December ' Entomologists' Record ' has one note that can be 

 appreciated by a non-entomologist. An old gentleman, observing a boy's 

 very crude attempts at catching moths, advised him to go to the library 

 and take out an elementary book on entomology, which would enable him 

 to be more successful. A little while after, on seeing the same boy still 

 persuing his old methods, he enquired why he had not read a book on the 

 subject. ' I did,' was the unexpected reply ; ' but it did not help me at 

 all.'(j!i^The book he had read proved to be ' Advice to young moth-ers ! ' 



Mr. W. E. L. Wattam sends the following Errata in the Index of ' The 

 Naturalist ' for 1908. The Fungi records Coprinus cordisporus Gibbs., 

 n. sp., and Humana globosa-pulvinata, n. sp., C. Crossland, indexed under 

 ' Species and Varieties New to Britain,' should have appeared under 

 ' Species and Varieties New to Science.' All the records of Arachnida, 

 Flowering Plants, Fungi, and Mosses and Hepatics indexed under '|Species 

 and Varieties New to Science,' should have appeared under ' Species and 

 Varieties New to Britain.' All these records are, however, properly indexed 

 under their respective County sub-headings. ' The record Enicmus 

 fungicola near the end of " Fungi, Yorks," should come under " Coleoptera, 

 Yorks.'" 



Naturalist, 



