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NEWS FROM THE MAGAZINES. 



A portrait of Thomas Bewick, in a hat, appears as frontispiece to 

 British Birds for April. 



' Lincolnshire Gulleries ' is the title of a paper by the Rev. F. L. Blath- 

 wayt, in the April Zoologist. 



It is proposed to form a small Limited Liability Company to take over 

 the Proprietorship of Knowledge. 



The number of species of Woodlice in Ireland is now twenty-three, six 

 species having been added during the year. — Irish Naturalist, April. 



Prof. F. E. Weiss contributes a valuable paper on ' The Dispersal of 

 the Seeds of the Gorse and the Broom by Ants ' to The New Phytologist 

 for March. 



Mr. A. W. Clayden records footprints in the Lower Sandstones of the 

 Exeter district for the first time in that area [Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. 

 November 1908). 



Yorkshire Notes' and Queries has just completed its fifth volume. The 

 editor appeals for a much larger increase in the number of subscribers, or 

 the magazine must cease to exist. 



A charmingly illustrated Report on ' The Eruption of Vesuvius in 

 April 1906,' by Dr. H. J. Johnston-Lavis, has been issued as Vol. IX. 

 (series 2) of the Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society. 



Mr. E. W. Morse has secured examples of Trachyphl(sus aristatus and 

 T. olivieri, on the banks of the River Witham, below Boston, Lines., under 

 cut herbage left in heaps to rot [Entom. Monthly Mag., February, p. 33). 



With the January number, the well-known Nature Notes changes its- 

 title to The Selborne Magazine — practically its former name. The 

 reason for the change appears to be that ' Nature Notes ' was ' too good,' 

 being imitated in various newspapers, and credit was not given for para- 

 graphs borrowed from its pages. 



Knowledge and Scientific News for January is a particularly good 

 ' Special Double Number,' and contains two articles of particular interest 

 to our readers, viz., ' The Colour of some Wild Animals " and ' Studies in 

 Marine Life, Hydroid Zoophtes ' [sic], the latter being particularly well 

 illustrated. This magazine is to be one shilling each month in future. 



' Experiences with Eagles and Vultures in the Carpathians ' is the title 

 of a paper by Mr. R. B. Lodge, in Vol. XV. of Aquila. It is illustrated by 

 a number of photograph? taken by the author whilst hidden in a rocky 

 shelter, outside which he shot a horse as ' bait.' He spent eight days in 

 photograpliing the birds as they came to feed. The article is accompanied 

 by a photograph of ' the observer, our good English friend.' 



The Lancashire Naturalist has been revived, and No. 13, Vol. II. 

 (query No. i, of Vol. II.) for April has reached us. The price is 46.. The 

 editor points out that it rests with Lancashire naturalists to decide as to 

 whether it shall appear regularly or not. We notice, however, that (like 

 another journal we might mention) it is ' for the adjacent districts of 

 Cheshire, Derbyshire, Westmorland, North Wales and the Isle of Man.' 

 Why not have taken in Yorkshire and the Lake District ? The first paper, 

 on Sparth fossils, by Mr. W. A. Parker, though an excellent one, has already 

 appeared elsewhere. The new Lancashire Naturalist is evidently a much 

 more serious journal than its penny predecessor, and if the editor is able 

 to restrict its contents to original papers bearing upon the county, it will 

 serve a useful purpose ; and we shall wish it hon voyage. Natural history 

 of the ' Tit-Bits ' type is not required in provincial journals. It can be 

 obtained ad nauseam in the daily press. 



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