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article in the very same journal that contains the astounding 
after-dinner editorial effusion on the innocent little Bearded 
Tits at Hornsea!—T.S. 
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The Journal of the Northants Natural History Society and Field Club 
for 1910 (parts 121-124) contains a valuable series of records relating to the 
county. Of particular interest is Mr. Beeby Thompson’s illustrated ‘History 
of the Water Supply of Northampton’; Mr. G. Claridge Druce contributes 
‘Northamptonshire Plant Notes,’ and there are useful records of birds, 
insects, shells, antiquities, etc., and extensive meteorological tables. 
The Annual Report of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society for 1910 is 
much more interesting than usual, and includes reprints of Dr. Tempest 
Anderson’s papers on ‘ The Decay of Stone Antiquities’ (Museums Journal), 
and ‘The Volcano of Matavanu in Savaii’ (Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc.). 
Mr. C. Wakefield describes the coins of Edward the Confessor in the 
Society’s collection (with plate) ; Mr. T. May has a further well illustrated 
paper on the ‘ Roman Pottery in the Museum ’ ; and there is an illustrated 
report on the proposed new lecture theatre, which will be a great gain to 
the Society, and for which it will be indebted to Dr. Anderson. 
Lineolnshire Naturalists’ Union Transactions, 1910. | Pub. ro11]. Pp. 159- 
234. This publication contains some important contributions to the natural 
history of Lincolnshire. Mr. G. W. Mason contributes Part IV. of ‘ The 
Lepidoptera of Lincolnshire,’ in which he includes the whole of the records 
of the ‘ Micros.’ The Rev. A. Thornley and Dr. A. Wallace give a ‘ fourth 
paper ’ on Lincolnshire Coleoptera ; there is a report on the ‘ field meetings, ’ 
a portrait and ‘description’ of tne Rev. J. Conway Walter; a record of 
living examples of Pisidium supinum by Mr. J. F. Musham, and a note on 
“The 1909 Irruption of the Crossbill as observed in Lincolnshire,’ by the 
Rev. F. L. Blathwayt; and there is the Presidential Address of Mr. W. 
Denison Roebuck. This first refers to the year’s work, and then is a 
bibliographical summary of the geology, botany, zoology, etc., of the 
county. In this it is refreshing to find to what a large extent The Natura- 
list has contributed to the Natural History of the county, though we are 
afraid the president has not seen the journal recently or he would not have 
stated that ‘ to within a short while ago ’ it contained much Lincolnshire 
information. There are also more workers on the geology of the county 
than the two gentlemen he names, and there are more public museums than 
the one at Lincoln. Tiis part of the proceedings, however, will probably 
be known as the glabvanumber. It seems that during 1910, Limnea glabra 
was found near Scunthorpe, on the occasion of the joint meeting of the 
Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Unions; as was duly recorded in The Naturalist 
at the time. The record, moreover, was not the first for the county. The 
find seems to have made a great impression. It is referred to on pages 
161, 162, 163, 164, 231, and 233. Sometimes it is referred to as Limnea, 
and sometimes as Limnawa. The secretary refers to the occasion as the 
‘ Limnea glabra flash,’ but surely one must have been looking through very 
wide-angle conchological spectacles to opine that the discovery of the 
shell, etc., has ‘ proved one of the most interesting pieces of work done for 
a long time.’ In some respects there is room for improvement in this 
report ; we have previously expressed a doubt as to the right of ‘fungi’ 
and ‘boulders’ to be regarded as ‘ sectional officers,’ as we have also in 
regard to the accuracy of the spelling of ‘phanogamic.’ The figure o 
is still used indiscriminately as the letter O, and vice versa; as many as 
seventeen such errors occurring ina single page. Part of the Presidential 
Address is printed in purple ink, which may or may not be effective, but 
is certainly unusual. There is also again nothing to shew what, part of 
what volume this publication is, 
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