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NORTHERN NEWS, etc. 



* We have been expecting it for some time, and now The Animal World 

 for September has got it — a paper on Nature's Camouflage. 



The late G. C. Crich's notes on a Deformed Ammonite from the 

 Chalk (Kent) appear in The Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, Vol. 

 XXIX., part 2. 



We regret to record the death of Mrs. Emily Miall, wife of Professor 

 L. C. Miall. Formerly Mrs. Miall took a keen interest in the University 

 of Leeds and its work. 



The 'Report on Scottish Ornithology in 1917, including Migration,' 

 by E. V. Baxter and L. J. Rintoul, entirely occupies a double number of 

 The Scottish Naturalist recently issued. 



Mrs. Nelson, widow of the late Mr. Thomas H. Nelson, M.Sc, of Redcar, 

 author of ' The Birds of Yorkshire,! has presented the whole of Mr. Nelson's 

 collection of birds and eggs, and also his ornithological books to the 

 Dorman Memorial Museum at Middlesbrough. 



Professor F. W. Oliver, of the University College, Gower Street, 

 London, is appealing for helpers to collect Carrageen (the seaweeds 

 Chondrus crispus and Gigarfina niamillosa) to provide jellies for the Red 

 Cross Hospitals. Judging from Dr. Irving's notes in our last issue, York- 

 shire is already helping. 



We learn from The Museums Journal that the Zoological Department of 

 the British Museum ' is doing its best to make the home public utilise 

 cetacean flesh ; members of the staff enjoyed steaks cut from a dolphin 

 stranded at Battersea some time ago, and the Lord Mayor, to whom a cut 

 was sent, audibly smacked his lips over it in the presence of reporters.' 



Vol. IL, part 2, of the Transactions of the Yorkshire Numismatic 

 Society (A. Brown & Sons, Hull, 3/-) contains papers on ' Discovery of a 

 Small Hoard of Lincolnshire Seventeenth Century Tokens,' ' The 

 Evolution of Shipping as illustrated on Coins and Tokens ' and ' York- 

 shire and Lincolnshire Seventeenth Century Tokens,' by T. Sheppard ; 

 ' The Alford Treasure Trove,' by W. Martin, LL.D. ; Detailed Reports 

 on the Society's work during 1916 and 1917, by J. Digby Firth ; Numis- 

 matic Notes, by the Editor, who also adds a reprint of his paper given t" 

 the British Association for the Advancement of Science, on ' Money Scales 

 and Weights.' There are several illustrations. 



We learn from The Yorkshire Post, of August 27th, that ' During a 

 thunderstorm which took place at Sunderland last week-end, a " rain " 

 of fish occurred in the Hendon district. The area covered included parts 

 of several streets, within a radius of about 100 yards. The fish lay from 

 20 to 30 to the square yard, and were of a kind known locallj^ as " sile," 

 being in shape like a small eel, and varying in length from two to three 

 inches. They appeared to be all dead when they fell. It is supposed 

 they had been drawn up from the sea in a waterspout. The incident 

 caused considerable comment in the neighbourhood. The spot where 

 they fell is a few hundred yards from the sea shore.' 



We have received the following post-card : — ' From the Curator, 

 Public Museum and Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield. — Sorry to see what 

 a pitiable state you were in. Hope you have recovered from your con- 

 vulsions and painful incoherent gaspings. How very hard hit you seem 

 to have been, and those concerned never had a thought of you in their 

 minds — which they like to keep clean. Try to bear up. Do the initials 

 stand for the Muddy Shepherd I read about.' Our friend at Sheffield 

 has some reputation as a writer of post-cards, but in this case we are a 

 little in the dark, unless reference is made to the account of a Sheffield 

 Conference which appeared in our journal for August. Anyway, we have 

 had nothing which would make us write a card like that for months and 

 months : we can't afford it at 9/- a bottle ! 



Naturalist, 



