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men of each (though this was clone, towards the end of his hfe, 

 by the late A. D. Bartlett, for many years vSuperintendent of 

 the London Zoo !) 



Whether the Littondale animal was a Marten at all, or 

 an escaped representative of some totally distinct genus from 

 perhaps another quarter of the globe, can only be ascertained 

 by the cross-examination of the taxidermist, the trapper, and 

 any other persons who saw it. Can the skull, or e\en one or 

 more of the long bones be recovered from the taxidermist's 

 back-garden,* or was the specimen removed by the urban 

 council's sanitary cart ? In the latter case, recovery may be 

 allowed to be hopeless. It is not long since a reputed stoat 

 captured in England, was presented to the Zoological Gardens 

 in London, where it was found to be an example of one of the 

 less-commonly imported species of Herpestes, I forget now 

 which, but think H. fidvescens, a native of Ceylon. 



Edible and Poisonous Fungi. 25 Coloured Plates, i/-. Board of 

 Agriculture and Fisheries, Whitehall Place, S.W. 



This excellent fascicle of coloured illustrations of Edible and Poisonous 

 Fungi has been published by the Board ' with a view to enable residents 

 in the country to distinguish accurately between poisonous and edible 

 kinds, and thus to utilise to a greater extent those varieties as food.' 

 Seventeen edible and eight poisonous species are illustrated. The best of 

 the former and the worst of the latter are here so figured as to make it 

 almost impossible for anyone to get wrong if they are armed with this 

 book and a modicum of discrimination. A. short popular description ac- 

 companies each plate and the figure is footed by both technical and 

 common names. The original drawings were prepared by our contributor, 

 Mr. G. Massee, of Kew, assisted by his daughter Miss Ivy Massee. 



The Transactions of the Hull Geological Society, Vol. VI., part 2, for 

 1906-9 (A. Brown & Sons, Hull, pp. 95-170, 2/6), have just been published, 

 and contain a record of the Society's work during the past four years. 

 The contents clearly show that there is much work being carried on in the 

 south-east corner of Yorkshire. Mr. C. Thompson has two remarkable 

 papers on ' The Fossil Cephalopoda of the Holderness Drift ' and ' the 

 Belemnites of the Yorkshire Lias,' respectively, both of which indicate 

 that the author is following profitable lines of research. The Hon. Secre- 

 tary, Mr. J. W. Stather, writes on ' The Bielsbeck Fossiliferous Beds, and 

 the Speeton " Shell-Bed," ' and there are the Reports of the East Riding 

 Boulder Committee, and Notes on the excursions during 1905-9, which are 

 .some indication of the Society's enthusiasm. Mr. Sheppard contributes a 

 lengthy paper, ' Recent Geological Work in the Huniber District,' which is 

 practically a summary of the various geological items that have appeared 

 in ' The Naturalist ' in recent years, and is illustrated. The same writer 

 contributes a ' Bibliography, 1906-9,' in which an enormous number of 

 geological papers relating to East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire are 

 included. There are other shorter items, one of which, dealing with the 

 London Geological Society's Awards, shows that the Hull Society has been 

 especially favoured by the parent Society. 



* Enquiries are being made. — Ed. 

 1910 .\ug I. 



