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NEWS FROM THE MAGAZINES. 
The Museums Journal (Vol. X., No. 6), contains a paper by Mr. L. E. 
Hope on ‘ The Natural History Record Bureau at the Carlisle Museum.’ 
The Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing has a paper on the ‘ Opinions rendered by 
the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature’ in Knowledge 
(No. 509). 
Mr. J. Davy Dean records Clausilia cravenensis var. albina noy., and 
C. bidentata var. albina, both from Westmorland, in The Journal of Con- 
chology for January. 
A Squacco Heron was shot on the Humber Bank at Great Cotes on 
September 29th. It is said to be the second record for Lincolnshire,— 
British Birds for eee 
Messrs. W. and G. S. West contribute an admirable paper on ‘ The 
Ecology of the Upper ee Valley in the Dovrefjeld,’ with illustrations, 
to The New Phytologist (Vol. IX., No. 10). 
Mr. G. W. Lamplugh contributes an admirable account of the excursion 
to Spitsbergen, in connection with the Geological Congress in Stockholm, 
to Natuve (No. 2144). We hope Prof. Bonney has read it. 
The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society (No. 264) contains 
a paper on ‘The Evolution of Zaphventis delanouet in Lower Carboni- 
ferous times,’ by Mr. R. G. Carruthers; and ‘ The Carboniferous Lime- 
stone South of the Craven Fault,’ by Dr. A. Wilmore. 
Mr. A. H. Patterson records a whelk with two opercula, ‘the most 
extraordinary mollusc he ever saw.’ (Zoologist, No. 834). In the same 
journal Mr. H. B. Booth describes a local race of light-coloured mice, in 
the Washburn Valley, evidently the descendants of ‘ tame’ white-mice. 
With part 20 of the Havmsworth Natural History is a coloured plate 
of the eggs of the best known British birds. It is not a success, however, 
either as regards the colouring or the shapes or sizes of the eggs. With- 
out the aid of the key, it would be difficult for even an expert to identify 
half of them. 
he Yorkshire Weekly Post for January 21st, contains a sketch of the 
new lecture theatre to be added to the Museum Building at York. The 
lecture theatre is being built by Dr. Tempest Anderson, w cho had a sum of 
money left by his sister, the late Mrs. Percy Sladen, to be devoted to 
scientific purposes. 
In the Lancashire Naturalist (Vol. III., No. 30), Mr. J. W. Jackson 
describes and figures a fish spine ( Ctenac anthus brevis), from the Carboni- 
ferous Limestone of Clitheroe. In No. 31 of the same journal ‘ Non- 
descript ’ writes notes entitled ‘ With the Conchologists at Gisburn.’ In 
No. 32, Mr. J. R. Charnley has “An attempt to enumerate the British 
Chrysophanus dispar. He concludes ‘ The total number of specimens 
recorded is 936, of which 574 are males and 362 females. Of these 937 [sic| 
examples, only 165 have data.’ Mr. J. W. Jackson illustrates a ‘ Double- 
mouthed Clausilia bidentata’ in the same number. 
The Bradford Antiquary, Part 15, contains many papers of interest 
to Bradfordians. Mr. H. Speight speaks of the ancient streets and lanes ; 
Mr. P. Ross, of the old roads; and Mr. J. Sowden of the old ‘ characters ’ of 
Bradford. Dr. F. Villey describes some excavations made in earthworks 
near Keighley, when a number of ‘ finds’ were made, all of which appear 
to have been ‘planted ’ for the benefit of the antiquary! Prof. Skeat 
writes on the origin of ‘ Keighley,’ pronounced Keethley, Domesday 
Chichelai, original Anglo-Saxon Cyhhanleah =‘ Cyhha’s lea,’ and Cyhha 
was probably ‘ a cougher.’ We shouldn’t wonder ; it’s enough to make 
him so! There are also other items of interest, ‘including some quaint 
tales about Dick Delaney and his donkey. 
Naturalist 
