142 Northern News. 



A tooth is there described and figured from the north side 

 of the Castle Hill, Scarborough. This tooth is very small, 

 only 7 mm. in length, totally unlike the teeth I possess. 



The first of the two teeth recently found is almost square, 

 and measures 15 mm. by 12 mm., and very reticulated, espec- 

 ially at the edges. It resembles the flat Asteracanthus teeth 

 from Pottonsands, Bedfordshire, only smaller. 



The second tooth is more oval in form, rounded at one end 

 and trvmcated at the other, measuring g mm. by 5 mm. This 

 tooth is very smooth, as if water worn, but remains of the 

 reticulations can be seen on the edges. 



The tooth described by Platnauer and Blake was said to 

 be the only Asteracanthus tooth found in Yorkshire. 



NORTHERN NEWS. 



In the ' Miiseums Journal' for February Mr. E. Howarth of Sheffield! 

 gi\es notes on ' Some German IN'Iuseums,' with illustrations. 



We are glad to see that the ' Yorkshire Observer ' is publishing a weekly 

 Out of Doors' column, which contains much information of interest to 

 nature students. 



Mr. Rosse Butterfield, of AMlsden, Bradford, has been appointed 

 Curator of the Keighley Museum in succession to !Mr. S. L. Mosley, at a 

 salary of /130 per annum. 



At a recent meeting of the Leeds Geological Association the members 

 presented a valuable surveying aneroid to Dr. A. R. Dwerryhouse in 

 recognition of his services to the Society during the years he spent in 

 Leeds. 



At the recent annual meeting of the Stamford Institution, a resolution' 

 was passed recommending the sale of the specimens in the Stamford 

 Museum, in order that the room might be converted into a smoking lounge 

 and reading room. 



In the 'Country Home' for March are many excellently illustrated articles 

 of interest to the naturalist. Amongst them are ' Nests in the Brent 

 \'alley Birds' Sanctuary,' by Mr. \V. M. Webb, and a description of the 

 Hall-ith-wood Museum at Bolton. There is also an interesting note on 

 ' Old Wind :\Iills.' 



The Transactions and Proceedings of the Perthshire Society of Natural 

 Science, Vol. V., Part i, have been received, and contains many papers 

 of interest to Perthshire naturalists. Amongst them are ' Insects of 

 Methven Moss,' ' Perthshire Mosses," ' The Fresh-water Pearl Mussel,' 

 ' The Dyke Rocks of the Schiehallion District,' ' The Cuckoo,' ' Meteorology' 

 etc. There ai^e several good plates. 



We have received from Messrs. Longmans, Green & Co. a charming 

 series of ten coloured charts, representing the flowers, etc., for different 

 months of the year. These are drawn by a well-known artist, Archibald 

 Thorburn, and are the most effective we have seen for a considerable time. 

 We don't know that anything could be more suitable for wall decoration 

 in schools, etc. For the modest sum of sixpence the same publishers 

 have issued a descriptive handbook to these pictures, which contains 

 suitable notes on the plants, butterflies, etc., shown on the charts. 



Naturalist, 



