MAY 1909. 



No. 628 



(No. 406 0/ current series). 



A MONTHLY ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF 



NATURAL HISTORY FOR THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. 



EDITED BY 



T. SHEPPARD, F.a.S., F.S.A.Scot., 



The Museum, Hull; 



AND 



T. W. WOODHEAD, Ph.D, .F.L.S., 



Technical College, Huddersfield. 



with the assistance as referees in special departments of 

 J. QILBERT BAKBR, F.R.S. F.L.S., GEO. T. PORRITT, P.L.S., F.E.S.. 



Prof. P. F, KENDALL, M.Sc, F.O.S., JOHN W. TAYLOR, 



T. H. NELSON, M.B.O.U., WILLIAM WEST, F.L.S. 



RILEY FORTUNE, F.Z.S. 



Contents : — 



Notes and Comments : — Speeton and South Africa; African Fungi ; Seeds from Peat 



The Present State of Our Knowledg^e of Carboniferous Geology— Dr. Wheelton Hind, 



F.R.C.S., F.G.S 



Thrush Stones and Helix aemoralls L.—E. Adrian Woodmffe-Peacock, F.L.S., F.G.S. ... 



Proceedings of Provincial Scientific Societies (Illustrated) 



Recently Discovered Fungi in Yorkshire— C. Cross/an;/, F.L.S 



New Botanical Books 



Geological Papers 



The Phytoplankton of the English Lake District (Illustrated;— ll';;i. West, F.L.S. , and 



G. S. West, M. A., D.Sc., F.L.S 



Some British Earthmites (Illustrated)— C. F. George.. 



Remains of a Chim^eroid Fish from the Coral Rag of North Grimston—H.C. Drake, F.G.S. 



Museum News 



News from the Magazines 



The Broad-leaved Wood Garlic or Ramsons (Illustrated)— Jas. E. McDonald 



Field Notes 



Reviews and Book Notices (Illustrated) 162,195,196, 



Northern News 202, 



Illustrations 176,187,192,201, 



Plates IX,, X., XI. 



PAbES 



161-162 



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, 206-207 



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