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the rich profusion of Trollius, Menyanthes, Primula farinosa, 

 Saxifraga granulata and Viola lutea. A note of warning respect- 

 ing the diminution of two or three species is perhaps needed 

 to preserve the old records, viz. : — Polygonatum officinale^ 

 Actcsa spicata. and Potentilla alpestris are considerably reduced 

 in quantity compared with two years ago, from no conceivable 

 reason but over-collecting. The following out of a list of over 

 one hundred and thirty species, were in flower : — Trollius 

 europcEus, Actaa spicata, Thlaspi alpestre var. occitanum, 

 Hippocrepis comosa, Antennaria dioica, Polemonium ccBruleum, 

 Bartsia alpina, and Saxifraga hypnoides. — T.S. 



The Eighty-seventh Report of the Whitby Literary and Philosophical 

 Society (26 pp , 1910), has been received, and is distinctly encouraging. In 

 addition to the annual report there are notes on the decay of the East 

 Cliff at Wnitby, ' drawn up at the leqin'St of the Council, by E H Chapman 

 and H. Power, Esqrs.', and a valuable Rough Guide to the Records (mainly 

 local) stored at the Whitby IMuseum. The collection of ammonites in the 

 museum is becoming more than usually valuable, in view of Mr. ,S. S. 

 Buckman's researches, and an illustration of a fine specimen of Harpoceras 

 mulgravium appears as frontispiece. The report contains a number of 

 printers' errors, such as ' Stocholm ' ; ' relable,' for ' re-label,' etc. 



The Annual Report of the Scarborough Philosophical and Archaeological 

 Society for 1909, is also to hand, and includes the reports of the Scar- 

 borough Field Naturalists' Society. The two Societies seem to work well 

 together for the common good. In addition to the reports, there is the 

 usual useful summary of Natural History work in the district, in the form 

 of Recorders' reports. Mr. \V. J. Clarke writes on the birds and fishes ; 

 Mr. H. Witty and Mr. Tetley on Lepidoptera ; Mr. J. A. Ilargreaves on 

 Conchology, recording that a variety of ' Hel. aspersa ' has been found, 

 which he believes has not previously been noticed in Britain. ' It is 

 described by Taylor as var. lutescens.' Other species are mentioned, 

 thgugh what the ' Hel lavnellata ' is, we are not quite sure. If it is a 

 Helix, it would be better to say so, or else put in the point after the abbre- 

 viation. Mr. E. A. Wallis writes on Isopods ; Dr. Irving on Marine 

 Zoology ; Mi. E. R. Cross on Botany ; Miss Hibbert Ware on Fungi and 

 Galls ; and Messrs. Lotherington and Bevan on Geology, ^^'e notice there 

 is a record of Epiaster gibbiis, ' an urchin new to Yorkshire,' respecting 

 which we should like further information. According to the Philosophical 

 Society's balance sheet, the Rev. W. C. Hey's collection of insects was 

 purchased by the Society for ;^i2. We understood his collection was 

 bequeathed to the York museum : this being so, it would be interesting to 

 know what it is that has been secured for Scarijorough. Of course, Mr. 

 Hey had a miscellaneous collection of duplicates, etc., but it would hardly 

 be worth the amount mentioned. The Field Naturalists' Society's balance 

 is not so easy t ) understand, as the details of t'ne expenditure are not 

 given. Though >\'e know it cannot be so, the only conclusion we can arrive 

 at is that the funds of the Society are distributed amongst the more 

 prominent members ! 



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