302 News from the Magazines. 



The following were abtindant : — Song Thrush, Blackbird, 

 Starling, House Martin and Willow Warbler ; comparatively 

 common — Robin, Dipper, Blue Tit, Grey and Yellow Wag- 

 tails, Meadow Pipit, Spotted Flycatcher, Swallow, House- 

 Sparrow, Chaffinch, Swift, Cuckoo, Red Grouse, Pheasant, 

 Lapwing, Snipe, Common Sandpiper and Curlew ; fairly com- 

 mon — Mistle-Thrush, Ring-Ouzel, Whitethroat, Great Tit, 

 Wren, Goldcrest, Garden Warbler, Wood Warbler (rather 

 local), Pied Wagtail, Sand Martin, Lesser Redpoll, Skylark, 

 Kingfisher, Sparrow-Hawk, Heron, Ring-Dove, Partridge, 

 Water-Hen, Golden Plover, Redshank, and Lesser Black- 

 backed Gull (seen on several occasions). The Greenfinch and 

 Tree-Pipit were not so common as might have been expected ; 

 and the following species were only seen or heard on one occa- 

 sion — Redstart, Hedge-Sparrow, Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat 

 (in Knowlmere Park), Twite (on Newton Fell), Rook,* Carrion 

 Crow, Nightjar (in Whitendale), Woodcock and Corncrake. 



It was rather a surprise that the following species were not 

 met with at all, as the district appeared to be very suitable for 

 them — W^heatear, Whinchat, Jackdaw, Magpie, Yellow-hammer, 

 not any of the Buntings, nor any species of duck. No Owls were 

 seen nor heard, but there was ample proof of the presence of 

 the Tawny and Long-eared Owls by their numerous rejected 

 pellets. The Slow-worm (on top of crag, Dunnow \\'ood), 

 was the only reptile ; and the Frog the only amphibian noted. 

 Trout were plentiful in the Hodder, and we saw a large Salmon, 

 quite thirty-six inches long. It was very sluggish, and only 

 moved slowly away when touched.' 



Dr. Dwerryhouse presided at the general meeting at which 

 the reports of the various sections were presented. 



T. S. 

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Mr. W. Eagle Clarke writes on the ' Chicks of the Sanderling,' and Mr. 

 A. D. Sapsworth on the ' Peregrine Falcon on the Yorkshire Cliffs,' in the 

 July British Birds. 



In the JMineralogical Magazine for July is a paper ' On a New Method 

 of Studying the Optical Properties of Crystals,' by the late Dr. H. Clifton 

 Sorby. 



In the July Bradford Scientific Journal are the following papers : — 

 ' Local Dart or Hover Flies,' by J. H. Ashworth ; ' Fertilisation of the 

 Sweet Pea,' by P. Clapham ; ' Where the Honey comes from,' by ' Etain ' ; 

 ' Living Things and Things Inanimate,' by J. H. Rowe ; and ' Annelid 

 Hunting Around Bradford,' by Rev. H. Friend. 



* The nearest rookeries appear to be at Dale Head (about 3! miles), 

 Bromley Wood, (Clitheroe), and Chatburn. We were informed that 

 formerly there was a rookery at Newton. 



Naturaiist, 



