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and a case of Galls. Alien Yorkshire MoUusca whicli had 

 been collected at Wakefield were shown by Mr. J. A. Hargreaves 

 and Mr. J. D. Firth ; specimens collected at Elland by Mr. 

 J. E. Crowther ; and specimens collected at Selb}' by Mr. 

 J. F. Musham. A particularly striking exhibit was a series of 

 microscopic sections of the Barnsley Bed Seam, from the Hickle- 

 ton Main Colliery, Barnsley, together with coloured photographs 

 of the same, which had been presented to the Leeds l^niversitv 

 by Sir Wm. Garforth, LL.D. 



Mr. C. A. Cheetham contributed a series of his coloured 

 slides illustrating the Flora of the Carboniferous Rocks ; Mr. 

 George Parkin, a series of hand-coloured slides, the work of 

 Miss Parkin, illustrating members of the Order Roseaceae ; 

 also his unique series of frost slides and snow scenes. The 

 whole of these slides were admirably displayed upon the screen 

 by Mr. Harold Parkin, and thanks were accorded to the 

 contributors for their entertaining value. 



W.E.L.W. 



In The Geological Magazine Xo. 640, ilr. A. E. Trucman lias ' Obser- 

 vations on Pol3-morp]iites.' 



The Journal of the Board of Agriculture for November contaiiis a paper 

 on Insects Pests of Basket Willows. 



An excellent portrait of the late Prof. Edward Hull appears in the 

 Geological Magazine for December. 



The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Leaflet No. 299, deals with the 

 " Storage of Potatoes and Other ^'egetables for V/inter Use.' 



For the first time a lady (Miss JM. JMasterman, M.Sc.) has been elected 

 Presideiit of the Leeds Naturalists' Club and Scientific Association. 



The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, No. 287, contains three 

 papers dealing with the Geology of Perak, Orange Free State, and Moz- 

 ambique. 



The Editor of British Birds, Mr. H. F. \N'ithcrby, has accepted a 

 commission in the R.N.V.R., and the Ma.y;azine will be continued durin" 

 his absence. 



The death is announced of the Kev. H. A. Povvys, the \'icar of Mean- 

 wood. He was for many years a member of the Yorkshire Naturalists' 

 Union and some years ago frequently attended the lield excursions. 



The Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, Vol. XXVIII., Part 

 3, are almost entirely occupied by a paper on ' The Post-PHocene Non- 

 Marine Mollusca of Ireland,' by A. S. Kennard and 15. B. Woodward. 



Prof. P. G. H. Boswell's inaugural address in connection with the 

 Herdman Chair of Geology at the University of Liverpool was given on 

 November i6th, on ' Sands : considered Geologically and Industrially 

 under War Conditions.' 



The Tenth Annual Report of the National Museum of Wales contains 

 an admirable reproduction of a ' Relief Portrait of the Late Dr. C. T. 

 Vachell by Sir \\'. Goscombe John, R.A., to be erected in the New Building. 

 Presented by the Cardiff Naturalists' Society.' There are other illus- 

 trations and descriptions of interesting additions made during the j^ear, 

 the list being a formidable one. Considerable progress is reported iii 

 the Natural History Department. 



1918 Jan. I. 



