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and insects as the whole animal kingdom is involved, and will have 

 ultimately to be included in the study, owing to their inter-relations. 



Fi'om the discussion it was evident that many facts were known and 

 only await a system of tabulation ; the best methods to adopt require 

 further consideration, and suggestions will be welcomed by the Committee. 



Chris. A. Cheetham. 



The Olicanian, Vol. XXII., No. 2, contains the concluding part of 

 a paper by J. L. Illingworth, on the ' Migration of Birds.' 



The Animal World for March includes papers ' Concerning Squids,' 

 by W. S. Berridge, and on ' The Buzzard,' by R. Clapham, both being 

 well illustrated. 



Nature, No. 2678, contains an article on Human tails, in which an 

 example bequeathed to the Royal Anthropological Institute by the late 

 J. C. McLachan of Halifax, is described by Prof. Keith. 



The Journal of Cotichology for January contains the Rev. A. H. 

 Cooke's Presidential Address on ' Evolution in the Molluscan Radula,' 

 a ' Scheme for the Division of the British Marine Area into Census Areas,' 

 by R. Winckworth, and ' Pisidium parvulum Clessin in the Great Ouse 

 and the Severn,' by C. Oldham. 



E. Chance gives ' A Third Season's Observations on a Cuckoo,' in 

 British Birds for March. He considers that under ' exceptionally 

 favourable conditions a Cuckoo can and will lay up to twenty -one eggs 

 in one season, and will deposit nearly all of them at intervals ap- 

 proximating to forty-eight hours.' 



The January Entornologist's Record announces another addition to 

 the editorial staff. There are now twelve editors, and the number 

 referred to contains six items, thus averaging two editors per contri- 

 bution ! From the same journal we learn that the new meeting room of 

 the Entomological Society has ' ample cloakroom and lavatory accom- 

 modation.' So that's that ! 



The Journal of Ecology, Vol. VIII., No. 3, besides Mr. Pearsall's 

 paper referred to elsewhere, contains ' The Significance of the Calci- 

 colous Habit,' by E. J. Salisbury ; ' Habits and Ecological Characters of 

 three sub-varieties of Festuca rubra L.,' by W. O. Howarth ; ' Changes 

 in the Salt Marsh and Sand Dunes of Holme-next-the-Sea, ' by S. M. 

 Wadham. 



What is described as the largest single block of gi'anite ever quarried 

 in the British Isles has been erected as a War Memorial at Leighton 

 Buzzard. The monolith, which is illustrated in The Quarry for January, 

 is of Shap Granite, 25 ft. 3 ins. long, 3 ft. 2 ins. square, and weighs 

 over 22 tons. The same journal contains a paper on ' Slate and its 

 Modern Uses,' by Prof. O. T. Jones. 



The Entomologist' s Monthly Magazine for April contains, among its 

 numerous notes, ' Variation in British Psithyrus and remarks on Bombus 

 pomorum,' by R. C. L. Perkins ; ' Coleoptera in Hertfordshire and Berk- 

 shire,' by N. H. Joy ; ' Obsasvations on the Life-History of the W^heat- 

 bulb Fly,' by F. R. Petherbridge, and ' The British Species of the 

 Anthomyod genus Limnophora Desv. (Diptera),' by J. E. Collins. 



The Essex Naturalist, Vol. XIX., Part 4, is a welcome publication, 

 and among its valuable contents we notice " British Oysters : Past and 

 Present,' by A. Bell ; ' On another Annotated Copy of Warner's Plantae 

 Woodfordienses ,' by P. Thompson ; ' The Nesting of the Little and 

 Common Terns in Essex,' by W. E. Glegg ; ' More about Moorlog : A 

 Peaty Deposit from the Dogger Bank,' by H. Whitehead (referred to on 

 another page) ; ' Reports of Meetings, 1920 ' ; ' The Birds of West 

 Thurrock Marsh,' by P. W. Horn, and ' ^neas Maclntyre : A forgotten 

 Essex Botanist,' by Miller Chri«ty. 



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