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NEWS FROM THE MAGAZINES. 



Belfast Museum Publication No. 68 deals with ' The Seed and the 

 Young Plant,' and is sold at id. 



'Notes on the British Species of Sphceriestes Steph,' by K. G. Blair, 

 appear in The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine for April. 



A Short History of the Study of Mycetozoa in Britain, by Miss G. 

 Lister, appears in The Essex Naturalist, Vol. XVIII., parts x.-xi. 



The New Phytologist issued on May 6th contains an illustrated paper 

 on ' The Origin and Development of the Compositae,' by James Small. 



The Journal of Conchology for May contains ' Researches into the 

 Hereditary Characters of some of our British MoUusca,' by A. W. Stelfox. 



The A nimal World for April contains notes on ' The Mysteries of 

 Migration ' by Donald Payler, with an illustration of Bird Rests on Light- 

 houses. 



Records and descriptions of some British Campodeidce, including 

 many northern examples, by R. S. Bagnall, appear in The Entomologist' s 

 Monthly Magazine for May. 



The Irish Naturalist for May contains ' Irish Fossil Mollusks,' by R. 

 Lloyd Praeger, and ' Linincea glabra in Ireland ? ' by J. Wilfred Jackson, 

 with a note by R. A. Phillips. 



Mr. J. de W. Hinch, in his Presidential Address to the Dublin Natura- 

 lists' Field Club, dealt with the ' Development and Decay of the Irish 

 Sea Glacier,' and his paper appears in The Irish Naturalist for April. 



In The Scottish Naturalist for May, Dr. W. E. Collinge writes ' On the 

 Value of the Different methods of estimating the Stomach Contents of 

 Wild Birds,' and Mr. W. Denison Roebuck on ' Limncs a glabra as a Scottish 

 Mollusc' 



The Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society issued in April 

 contains Prof. G. Elliot Smith's addresses on ' Ancient Mariners,' and Mr. 

 Harry Sowerbutts's report on the Conference of Corresponding Societies, 

 British Association, held in London last year. 



Mr. C. W. Colthrup concludes his ' Observations on Birds' Songs and 

 Calls ' in Wild Life for March ; Mr. E. E. Pettitt, the Editor, continues 

 his notes on ' Birds of North-west Surrey ' ; Mr. C. R. Brown gives ' An 

 Episode in the Life of a Green Woodpecker,' and there are short notes on 

 various Cats by Dr. F. D. Welch. 



Country Life recently has had some papers by Mr. Riley Fortune, 

 illustrated by his inimitable photographs, some of which have a distinct 

 bearing upon Yorkshire. The issue for February 2nd contained his notes 

 on ' St. Cuthbert's Duck ' ; February i6th, ' The Roseate Tern ' ; March 

 gth. The Guillemot on the North East Coast ; and April 6th, the ' Otter.' 

 The Badminton Magazine for February also contained an illustrated 

 article of his on ' The Avocet in Holland.' 



British Birds for May contains a paper on ' The Effect of the Winter 

 of 1916-1917 on our Resident Birds,' by F. C. R. Jourdain and H. F. 

 Witherby ; a report on the ' British Birds Marking Scheme ' ; ' Some 

 Manx Notes,' by P. G. Ralfe ; also records of Yellow-browed and Barred 

 Warblers in Lincolnshire in 19 15 and 191 6, and large numbers of Red- 

 throated Divers in North Lancashire. 



The Journal of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society 

 for February (Longmans, Green & Co., 5/4) contains a coloured plate of 

 Francolinus nahani, and a number of short notes, as well as the following 

 papers of more general interest, the first of which is well illustrated and 

 exceptionally interesting : Some Notes on the Early Hominidae, by Dr. 

 E. Wynstone- Waters ; The Migration of Birds, by Dr. V. G. L. van 

 Someren ; The Game Fish of Mombasa, by E. K. Boileau ; Geological 

 Exploration, North frontier district, by the editor, C. W. Hobley ; On a 

 Collection of Birds from Lamu and District, made by Mr. H. J. Allen- 

 Turner, Dr. van Someren ; Kikuyu Ithathi, by H. R. Tate ; Another 

 Rare Forest Francolin, by Dr. van Someren. 



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