32 Northern Notes and Neisos. 



The birds in the Blackburn Museum have recently been labelled by 

 Mr. R. J. Howard, who is also preparing; a catalotfue of them. 



We understand that the Nobel Prize of ^3,000 for researches in malaria 

 will be a personal one to Major Ross, of the Liverpool School of Tropical 

 Medicine. 



'An Account of the Work of the Southport Observatory ' is given in the 

 * Fifth Report of the Southport Society of Natural Science,' by F. L. 

 Halliwell. 



At a recent meeting' of the Entomological Society, Mr. R. Louth 

 exhibited four specimens of a large form of Ctipido minima {Lyccena 

 minima) from Cumberland. 



We would draw attention to the advertisement on the cover offering 

 Lees's ' Flora of West Yorkshire ' for ss., or 5s. 6d. post free. This should 

 put this valuable work within the reach of all botanists. 



Mr. J. W. Stather, F.G.S., reprints his paper on 'A Striated Surface at 

 Sandsend ' from the 'Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, 

 1902.' Previously recorded striated rock surfaces on the Yorkshire coast 

 are at Filey and Robin Hood's Bay. 



In support of Nature study, Lord Herries presided over a meeting of 

 about 600 teachers from East Yorkshire, at Beverley, in November. Prof. 

 Miall delivered an address, and a committee was formed to consider the best 

 plan for encouraging Nature study in schools. 



Dr. Tempest Anderson, of York, in conjunction with Dr. J. S. Flett, has 

 issued a ' Preliminary Report on the Recent Eruption of the Soufri^re in 

 St. Vincent, and a Visit to Mont Pelt^e, in Martinique.' (Proc. Royal Soc, 

 Vol. 70, pp. 423-445.) It is illustrated by several fine photographs. 



' The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London for iqo2 ' 

 have been issued to the members, from which we gather that at the 

 Society's meeting on i6th April last Mr. Willoughby Gardner exhibited 

 Ccelioxys mandibularis Nyl. from the Cheshire coast, a species new to 

 Britain. 



In view of Smith's work in East Yorkshire, Yorkshire geologists will be 

 interested in a paper by Dr. Henry Woodward. F. R.S. , on 'William Smith, 

 LL.D., " Father of English Geology," ' printed in the ' Proceedings of the 

 Bath Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club,' V^ol. 10, Part i, 1902. 

 The paper has three illustrations. 



There is a valuable paper on the ' Transportation of Glacial Boulders 

 from the Lake District to the North- West Coast ' in the ' Proceedings 

 of the Birmingham Natural History and Philosophical Society,' Vol. 9, 

 Part 2. This is illustrated by a plan and photographs, and is by Mr. H. G. 

 Mantle, F.G.S. 



The Rev. J. C. Mitchell contributes a paper on the ' Results of Meteoro- 

 logical Observations taken in Chester during 1901,' in the 31st Annual 

 Report of the 'Chester Society of Natural Science,' etc., recently issued. 

 The same report contains some interesting observations on the ' Flood at 

 Glyn,' by Mr. F. E. Rooper. 



'Calcrete' is the term applied by Mr. G. W. Lamplugh [Geological 

 Magazine, Dec. 1902, p. 575) to hard masses in sand and gravel beds which 

 have been cemented sporadically by solution and redisposition of lime 

 through the agency of infiltring waters. To those studying glacial and post- 

 glacial geology the term may prove useful. Mr. Lamplugh also suggests 

 ' silcrete ' for sporadic masses in loose material [e.g., ' grey wethers '), and 

 ' ferricrete ' when the binding substance is an iron oxide. 



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