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A hearty vote of thanks was moved to the President and 
club members by Prof. Drude, Mrs. Cowles, and Mr. A. G. 
Tansley, to which the president (Mr. J. Sykes) eloquently 
replied, bearing his testimony to the excellence of Dr. Wood- 
head’s scientific work in their midst. The health of Mr. 
Ramsden (the Secretary of the club) was proposed by Mr. 
Claridge Druce of Oxford, and the time being advanced 
the party left for Manchester on their northern journey. 
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PROCEEDINGS OF PROVINCIAL SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 
The Sixty-second Annual Report of the Museum and Library of Ipswich 
is further evidence of Mr. Woolnough’s enthusiasm, there being several 
additions in all the departments. We notice the offer of a series of 
mammalian remains has been deferred on account of no cases being 
available. 
From The Hastings and St. Leonards Natural History Society we have 
received ‘ Occasional Publication No. 5,’ which deals with Thomas Muffett, 
Naturalist, and a ‘ Docter in Physick,’ in the seventeenth century. The 
pamphlet is by Mr. W. A. Mullens, and contains many quaint ornitho- 
logical items. 
The Annual Report of the Birmingham Natural History and Philosophical 
Society for 1910 contains particulars of the various exhibits at the Society’s 
meetings; lists of lectures, etc. The society evidently makes the ex- 
hibition and description of natural history specimens a strong feature at 
its meetings. We agree that is very desirable. 
In the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society (No. 265), Mr. R. L. 
Sherlock has a paper on ‘ The Relationship of the Permian to the Trias 
in Nottinghamshire,’ in which he makes comparison with the series in 
Yorkshire, Durham, etc. Mr. E. Bolton describes several new species of 
insects from the South Wales Coalfield. 
The Seventy-seventh Annual Report of the Bootham School (York) 
Natural History, etc., Society is to hand, and shews that there are’still many 
enthusiastic nature students in this school. One scholar opines that ‘a 
bird in the bush is worth two in the hand.’ We learn that ‘ A. W. Graveson 
is the botanist of the year, and his collection has now reached the marvellous 
total of 1012 species, as against 800 last year.’ 
The Journal of the Torquay Natural History Society (Vol. I., No. 3, pp. 
87-146, 1/-) contains abstracts of the various lectures delivered before the 
society, and also some notes of local value. Amongst these are ‘ Devon- 
shire Tokens’; ‘ The Seaweeds of Torbay’; ‘ New Light on the Bovey 
Beds,’ by Mr. A. J. Jukes-Browne ; and the ‘ Lepidoptera of the District,’ 
by H. Lupton. There is an Obituary Notice (with photo) of the late 
Alexander Somervail. 
Part LXXXII. of the Yorkshire Archeological Journal contains an 
illustrated report on ‘ The Roman Forts at Elslack,’ by Mr. T. May; and 
an account of ‘Opening of Two Barrows in the East Riding,’ by J. R. 
Mortimer. These barrows were close to Sledmere, and illustrations, of 
the vases, etc. found, are given. There is a note on ‘ Roman Remains at 
Whorlton,’ in which we learn that some broken pottery found in the 
churchyard proved to be Roman. ‘This find,’ says the vicar, ‘ proves 
occupation, so I have now the satisfaction of having proved Whorlton 
(whatever Roman name it had) to have been a Roman settlement.’ Per- 
sonally we don’t think the enthusiastic vicar has proved his case. 
IgtI Sept. 1. 
