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NEWS FROM THE MAGAZINES. 



In The Scottish Naturalist for January Alexander Meek describes 

 ' The Migrations of Chimeeya monstrosa.' 



A paper on ' Bronze and Tin in Cornwall,' by the late Clement Reid, 

 in Man for January, has an important bearing upon the origin of Bronze- 

 age implements. 



The Entomologist's Record for January is a ' Special Index number, 

 with six plates' (2/-). It contains a note on 'The Pairing Habits of 

 Certain Bees,' by Dr. J. W. H. Harrison. 



Prof. S. J. Hickson describes ' The Pennatulacea of the Sibo°a Expedit- 

 ion, with a General Survey of the Order ' (Leyden, 256 pp.), a summary of 

 which appears in Nature for January 17th. 



In The Irish Naturalist for November and December, Mr. R. F. Scharff 

 has an interesting paper on ' The Irish Pig,' some peculiar examples of 

 which are illustrated. He also refers to the Wild Pigs of the island. 



In The Entomologist for January, Dr. J. W. H. Harrison writes on ' Rare 

 Hemiptera-Heteroptera in the North Eastern Counties,' and Dr. Eric 

 Drabble and Hilda Drabble continue their notes on Derbyshire Diptera. 



The Scottish Naturalist for December contains articles on ' Wild Life 

 in a West Highland Deer Forest,' by Dr. William Eagle Clarke, and a 

 general account of the occurrence of the Convolvulus Hawk-moth in 

 Scotland, as well as many shorter notes. 



The Journal of Conchology for January contains Prof. A. E. Boycott's 

 Presidential Address on ' The Habitats of Freshwater Mollusca ' ; Mr. 

 A. W. Stelfox writes ' On the Recent Misapplication of the Names Pisidium 

 nitidum and Pisidium pusillum of Jenyns,' and there are other interesting 

 notes. 



The New Phytologist for December contains a lengthy appeal for the 

 Reconstruction of Elementary Botanical Teaching which should be 

 carefully considered by those interested in the future of Botanical Science. 

 We notice that criticisms are desired, and that ' Contributors are urged 

 to write exactly what they think on any or every aspect of the subject ' 



In The Entomologist' s Record for December, there is a note on ' Butter- 

 flies in North Yorkshire ' by T. A. Lofthouse, which contains the observa- 

 tion that ' there appears to be no doubt that long severe winters are 

 favourable to insect life, especially the butterflies, and a series of these 

 would probably go a long way to re-establishing many species that have 

 become very scarce in recent years.' 



British Birds for January has ' Notes and Observations on the Moor- 

 Hen,' by Frances Pitt ; ' The Moults and Sequence of Plumages of the 

 British Waders,' by Annie Jackson ; ' The Hooded Crow in Warwick- 

 shire,' by A. G. Leigh ; Report of the ' Recovery of Marked Birds,' and 

 shorter notes, including records of the Black- Throated, Red-throated, and 

 Great Northern Divers on Lake Windermere. 



Wild Life for November and December completes Vol. IX. Among 

 the contents we notice ' Abnormal Colour in Mammals,' by Fred D. 

 Welch ; ' Resting Attitudes of Moths and some Notes on their Habits,' 

 by C. W, Colthrup ; ' Economic Ornithology,' by W. Berry ; ' Notes on 

 the Butterflies of the Oxfordshire Chilterns,' by G. Abbey ; ' Some Further 

 Notes on the Cuckoo,' by E. E. Pettitt ; ' Jottings on Polecats and Martens,' 

 by G. Abbey, and ' Sexual Selection in Birds,' by Edmund Selous. 



Among the contents of The Vasculum for December, are the following 

 items, together with shorter notes : — Our Local Seaweeds, by W. H. 

 Young ; Eyeless Migrants, by J. E. Hull ; Notes on the Winter of 1916-17 

 in the Alston District, by George Bolam ; Birtley Fell, by J. W. H. Har- 

 rison ; Grant Allen on Floral Colour, by J. E. H. ; The Convolvulus Hawk- 

 Moth, by George Bolam. The Rev. J. E. Hull's paper contains illustrations 

 and description of a new species. ' Last winter' has certainly seemed a 

 long one to some of us, but we hope that the date ' 1616-1917 ' given in 

 Mr. Bolam's paper is a mis-print. 



Natiiralist, 



