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appear at the end, the error is not quite so bad, but in the 
first, the system of introducing paged advertisements in the 
text is vile. For example, in the middle of the Presidential 
Address, page 32 concludes with half a sentence, pages 33 
and 34 are devoted to advertisements, and then page 35 
continues with the second half of the sentence of the Address. 
The same sort of thing occurs in other places in the Volume, 
which means that when the advertisements are torn out for 
binding, or inserted at the end, several pages will apparently 
be missing. 
SIR ARCHIBALD GEIKIE. 
Sit Archibald Geikie, OVM., K-C:B., DiC:L:, FR .S5 etc, 
in accepting the invitation of the Yorkshire Naturalists’ 
Union to occupy its Presidential Chair, has paid the Union the 
greatest compliment it has ever received. Previously the 
Union has been honoured by having among its Presidents such 
well-known geologists as Sorby, Williamson, and Huddleston ; 
and the valuable nature the work of the Union is doing is 
now demonstrated by the fact that Sir Archibald, who may 
be justly looked upon as the foremost geologist in the world, 
has accepted the Presidency. His receipt in 1914 of the 
Order of Merit was some recognition of his high standing in 
the Scientific World. He probably holds more honorary 
degrees, and is honorary member of more Scientific Societies 
at home and abroad, than any other geologist. His extra- 
ordinary work in connection with his geological maps and the 
preparation of geological memoirs, culminated in his appoint- 
ment as Director-General of the Geological Survey. During 
his office, most of the valuable survey work in Yorkshire was 
accomplished. In addition, he is the author of an enormous 
number of popular geological works, in connection with 
which his charming literary style, coupled with bis sound 
geological knowledge, has resulted in Sir Archibald Geikie 
being in the fore-front of popular scientific writers. Every 
Yorkshire Naturalist is grateful to Sir Archibald for his 
recent kindness to the Union, and will look forward with un- 
usual anticipation to his presidential address next year, 
when he will doubtless have much to say of interest to all 
Yorkshiremen. 

7O; 

An interesting Variety of the Robin.—At the present 
time there is a conspicuous variety of the Robin frequenting 
the central part of Harrogate. It is of normal colour, with 
the exception of the head and back of the neck, which is thickly 
spotted with white, making it a very conspicuous and in- 
teresting object.—R. FORTUNE. 

1916 Dec. 1. 
