MAR. 1921 



No. 770 



No. 544 of current Series 



A MONTHLY ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF 



NATURAL HISTORY FOR THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. 



EDITED BY 



T. SHEPPARD, M.Sc, F.G.S., F.R.G.S. 



The Museums, Hull ; 

 AND 



T. W. WOODHEAD, Ph.D., M.Sc, FJ 



Technical College, Huddersfield, 

 WITH THE ASSISTANCE AS REFEREES IN SPECIAL DEPARTM 



G. T. PORRITT, F.L.S., F.E.S. 

 JOHN W. TAYLOR, M.Sc. RILEY FORTUNE, F.Z.S. 



Contents s— 



Notes and Comments (illustrated) : — Mr. H. B. Booth, F.Z.S. , 

 M.B.O.U. ; Retirement of Prof. Kendall ; Prof. Kendall as Teacher ; 

 Pure ' Blue-John ' ; Bureau of Bio-Technology ; A New Antiquarian 

 Journal ; The Selbome Magazine ; Westphalian Measures of York- 

 shire ; Liverpool Biologists ; Sheffield Antiquaries ; Cleveland 

 Naturalists ; Newspaper Natural History ; Yorkshire Archaeologists ; 

 The Dinosaur 



Geological Notes and News .. . 



Two East Yorkshire Bronze Axes (illus.). — T. Sheppard, M.Sc, F.G.S. 



Insect Associations . — H . H. Wallis, M .A . 



Migratory Movements of Birds near Hull. — E. W . Wade, M.B.O.U. 



In Memoriam : J. W. Carter. — R.B. 



Field Notes : — Starlings with young, in January, at Harrogate ; Wax- 

 wings in Yorkshire ; Little Auk near Silsden, Yorkshire ; Grouse 

 near Harrogate ; Feeding Habit of the Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 

 Corncrake near W^orkington ; Breeding of the Short-eared Owl near 

 Wilsden ; Eagle in West Yorkshire ; Arrival of Migrants in the 

 York District, 1920 ; South-West Yorkshire Entomologists ; Lan- 

 cashire and Cheshire Entomology ; Leeds Natural History Records ; 

 Early MoUusca at Middlesbrough ; Reported Occurrence of a Marten 

 in the Levisham Valley ; Potamogeton panormitanus Ber.Biv. in South 

 Lincolnshire 95, 103, 106, 



Reviews and Book Notices ... 



Correspondence : — Northern Birds Notes from The Field, etc. ; Is the 

 Ring Ouzel a British Resident? ... 



Peat Investigation. — Chris. A. Cheetham 



Proceedings of Provincial Scientific Societies ... 



News from the Magazines ... 



Northern News ... ... ... ... ... ... 96, 101, 



Illustrations 92, 93, 94, 



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