No. 176. 



MARCH 1890. 



MONTHLY JOURNAL OF 



NATURAL HISTORY FOR THE NORTH OF FNGLANl). 



CONDUCTED liY 



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 Royal Herbarium, Kew : 



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Museum of Science & Art, Edinburgh 



ALFRED MARKER, RLA., F.G.S., 

 St. John's College, Cambridge ; 



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 Dewsbury : 



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Contents : 



Lepidopterous Fauna of Lancashire and Cheshire (Tineina, Micropterygina, 

 Pterophorlna, and Alucitina) — 7o//« //'. £//is, Jl/.B., L.R.C.P., 

 L.R.C.S.E., F.E.S 



Ludvlg Klein on the Genus Volvox—TVlowrtj- ///<X-, ^..-1., Z>..iV. 



The Tree Sparrow in the Lake District— A"^?. //. A. Macpherson. M.A., M.B.O.U. 



The Dotterel in \orV.%\\\re— Rev. H. A. Afac/'/icrsoti, M.A., M.B.O.U 



Note — Hymenoptera 



SIrex juvencus near Alford, Lines. — Jas. Eardley Masoti. 

 Note — Mollusca 



Trent ^)\e\\i— George Roberts. 

 Notes— Birds 



Great Grey Shrike at Middleton, Leeds— .£(<frt>- R. Watte: Red-Throated 

 Diver at Alford, Lines. — Edgar R. U'aite. 

 Note— Mosses 



Grimmia torquata in fruit — Chas. P. Hobkirk, F.L.S. 

 Note— Mammalia 



Natterer's Bat at Bingley— //^. B. Booth. 



65 to 86 

 87 to 91 

 92 to 94 

 95 &96 

 94 



94 



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