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Keighley to Skipton, made by their members; also a series 
of the rarer local plants occurring in their district, and the 
nest of the hive bee in the bole of a holly tree; Mr. Blackburn 
Holding, a good collection of photographs of Yorkshire 
Boulders ; and by Mr. Thomas Hebden, a series of finely 
executed coloured drawings of local fungi, and a splendid 
display of lichens. Lecturettes were delivered by Mr. C. A. 
Cheetham and Mr. Jonas Bradley. Refreshments were kindly 
provided by the Mayor and Mayoress. Hearty thanks were 
accorded to them for their hospitality, and also to the Parks 
and Museum Committee of the Keighley Corporation for use 
of the rooms, to the three inviting Societies, Mr. R. Butterfield 
for making the local arrangements, and to the guides of the 
excursion. 
The response of the Mayor and Mr. Bradley brought to a 
close a meeting which was in every way a most pronounced 
success. Thanks are also due to the Boy Scouts who acted 
as guides through the Park at night.—W. E. L. W. 
fake 
We regret to notice the death on November roth, of Thomas Prichard 
Newman, proprietor of The Zoologist, whose father, Edward Newman, 
founded that journal. 
The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries has recently issued the follow- 
ing leaflets: ‘War Food Societies,’ ‘Calf Rearing,’ ‘ Diseases of Peas,’ 
‘The Breeding of Useful Pigeons,’ ‘Rabbit Breeding for Small-Holders,’ 
Housing and General Management,’ and ‘Silver Leaf in Fruit Trees.’ 
Professor P. F. Kendall, the Professor of Geology in the Leeds Uni- 
versity, has been elected as an honorary fellow of the Edinburgh Geological 
Society. Among the geological organisations of the kingdom the Edin- 
burgh Society ranks second only to that of London. The honour con- 
ferred on Professor Kendall is shared by Dr. Teall, the director of the 
Geological Survey ; Dr. Henry Woodwaxd, editor of The Geological Maga- 
zine; and Dr. A. Smith Woodward, keeper of the Geological Department 
of the British Museum. 
The Report for 1914 of The Botanical Exchange Club (Vol. IV., part 
2, pp. 109-177, 3S. 6d.), has been issued, and contains the usual particulars 
of the Club’s work. We notice some of the roses originally found by Mr. 
S. Margerison have been distributed. These were described by Major 
Woolley-Dod under the name of ‘ Rosa spinosissima (agg.) x dumetorum 
(agg.) or (coritfolia ? agg.) f. Margerisonii f. nov.’ We are inclined to agree 
with C. E. Britton, who says ‘ How much more satisfactory would it have 
been had Woolley-Dod simply described this as x Rosa Margerisoni.’ 
The Vasculum for October (32 pages, Is.), contains a number of papers 
of general interest dealing with collecting, etc. Among those of definite 
local value we notice notes on ‘ Some Birds in Teesdale,’ by George Bolam ; - 
‘Local Pseudoscorpions,’ by J. E. Hull, and a number of notes and records 
in various sections of natural history. From Mr. Bolam’s paper it is 
evident there is an abundance of bird life at Rokeby. The Nuthatch, 
Long-tailed Tit, etc., are fairly common. There is an abundance of 
Greater and Marsh Tits, and a suggested recent immigration of the British 
Willow Tits. We would like to suggest to our friends the editors of The 
Vasculum that the value of their publication would be materially increased 
if the contents were confined to the area covered by the journal. 


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