JANUARY 1910. 



No. 636 



(No, 414 of ourrtnt series). 



A MONTHLY ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF 



NATURAL HISTORY FOR THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. 



EDITED BY 



T. SMEPPARD, F.Q.S., F.S.A.Scot., 



The Museums, Hull ; 



T. W. WOODHEAD, Ph.D., F.L.S., 



Technical College, Huddersfield. 



with the assistance as referees in special departments op 

 J. aiLBERT BAKBR, F.R.S. F.L.S., QEO. T. PORRITT, F.L.S,. F.E.S. 



F. KENDALL, M.Sc, F.O.S., 



Prof. P. 



T. H. NELSON. M.B.O.U., 



JOHN W. TAYLOR, 

 WILLIAM WEST, F.L.S., 



RILEY FORTUNE, F.Z.S. 



Contents : — 



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Notes and Comments: — The Manchester Museum; and a 'Keeper'; Importance of the 

 Manchester Museum ; ' Moorlog ' ; Age of the North Sea : The Boothani School Natural 

 History Club; Leisure Time; Yorkshire Type Ammonites; Our Geological Record; 

 Collections of Birds ; Professor Seward, M. A., F.R.S 1-5 



Nemertine within Test of Sea-Urchin— /o/ui Irving, M.D 6 



Estuarine Shells in the Alluvial Hollow of Sand-le-Mere, near Withernsea, 



Ho\derness— G.W. Lampiugh, F.R.S., F.G.S 7-11 



Sea Anemones in Captivity— fi'.//. S/. ()«!(!/»«, /.P., F.Z.S 12 



Some Aculeate Hymenoptera of Halifax— O. E. Silverlock 13-14 



Oolitic Plant Remains in Yorkshire— Rev. George F. Lane, F.G.S., and T. Saundcis, M.E. 15-16 



The Vegetation of ' Swiddens * in North = East Yorkshire— Fra«/f £/gft: 17-20 



Notes on Arachnida on the N.E. Coast of Yorkshire— II>». Frt/fO>u) 21-22 



Notes on Yorkshire Coleoptera—U'. /. Fon/Anm 23 



The Suspension Habit in Young Caterplllar8—I./eHe/;jnZ,/ojrf 24 



Yorkshire Naturalists at Scarborough— r. S/it7>/'nn( 25-27 



Field Notes 28-29 



Poem, 'The Naturalist '—Gco(a;« F. 7"""in' 32 



Yorkshire Naturalists* Union Report for 1909 y. ;!3-72 



Northern News /-tv^ 31 



Proceedings of Provincial Scientific Societies 



Reviews and Book Notices 



Museum News 



News from the Magazines 



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