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' Science and Fisheries,' by H. G. Maurice, is the title of an interesting 

 article in Nature, No. 2665. 



' Diptera in South Shropshire,' by H. Bury, appears in The Entomo- 

 logist's Monthly Magazine, No. 678. 



Prof. W. Garstang contributes ' Robin's Water-music ' to Nature, 

 No. 2663 : an innovation ior Nature ! 



Among the interesting contents of The Irish Naturalist, Vol. 29, 

 No. II, is a paper on ' Some Irish Sawfiies,' by W. F. Johnson. 



The Museums Journal, Vol. XX., No. 4, has a paper on the Public 

 Libraries Act of 1919, and its effect on the future policy of Museums, by 

 E. E. Lowe. 



According to Nature, No. 2668, Mr. C. S. Garnett is said to have 

 discovered a new deposit of Fluorspar, a mile in extent and 30 feet thick, 

 near Wirksworth. 



In future a new Journal of the Society of Antiquities is to be published 

 quarterly, by the Oxford University Press, and will take the place of the 

 Proceedings of the Society. 



We learn from the Museums Journal that Mr. Ashdown, formerly 

 taxidermist to the Duke of Portland, has been appointed assistant 

 caretaker at the Wilton Park Museum, Batley. 



The Irish Naturalist for December contains a paper on the Pine Marten 

 in Ireland, by R. F. Ruttledge. He concludes that the species is far 

 more common in that country than is generally supposed. 



Well illustrated articles on ' The Black-headed Gull,' bv A. Brook, 

 ' Bees in the Garden,' by M. K. Bell, and ' A Roe Fawn,"' by D. St. 

 Ledger Gordon, appear in The Animal World for December. 



' The Distribution of Wart Disease,' by H. V. Taylor, and ' The Rook • 

 Its relation to the Farmer, Fruit Grower and Forester,' by W. E. Collinge, 

 appear in The Jomnal of the Ministry of Acriculture for December. 



W. G. Sheldon writes ' Notes on the Variation of Peronea rrisiana. 

 Fab., with descriptions of Six New Forms, and the reasons for sinking 

 the names at present in use of six others,' in The Entomolo£:isi for 

 December. 



Tlie Scottish Naturalist for December has notes on the ' Walrus off 

 the Shetland Isles,' ' The Breeding of the Brambling in Scotland,' 

 ' The Breeding Habits of the Dotterel in Scotland,' and ' Nest of the 

 Hawfinch in Aberdeenshire.' 



The price of The Scottish Naturalist for 1921, and in future, will be 

 doubled, namely 15/- per annum. The Irish Naturalist, also, will be 

 doubled in price, namely a i/- a part, and we certainly think the latter 

 journal has done well to hold on to its pre-war figure so long. 



The Olicanian (the Magazine of the Ilkley Grammar School), Vol. 

 XXII., No. I, contains a report of the work of the Natural History Society, 

 and of its excursion to Malham ; an article on ' Old Island icus ' (the 

 Gyr-Falcon) and the first part of an interesting paper on Bird Migration, 

 all by John L. Illingworth. We are delighted to find that the school 

 possesses so enthusiastic a naturalist. 



British Birds for December includes some notes on the Ruff, by E. L. 

 Turner ; ' The Nesting-Downs of the British Hawks', by H. F. Witherby ; 

 ' An Early Record of the Great Buzzard in Kent,' by N. F. Ticehurst, 

 and ' The Food of the Peregrine,' by J. F. Peters. There are several 

 shorter notes, and we are glad to see that this journal is able to keep up its 

 reputation for interesting short notes. 



No. 58 of The Geographical Teacher is a remarkably fine number, and 

 contains many valuable papers, mostly dealing with foreign geography. 

 In notes on ' Geographie de Luxe,' Mr. O. J. Harding describes a day's 

 outing by motor char-a-banc, the route taken being from Bradford to 

 Leeds, Selby, Market Weighton, Driffield, Garrowby Hill, Stamford 

 Bridge, York, Wetherby, Harewood, and back to Bradford ; not a bad 

 day's outing. 



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