NORTHERN NEWS. 



A batch of useful ' Notes from the Manchester Museum ' has been for- 

 warded to us by the Director, Mr. W. E. Hoyle, M.A. , D.Sc. This consists of 

 reprints of papers dealing- with specimens in the Museum, etc., by Professor 

 W. Boyd Dawkins, Mr. J. Ray Hardy, and the Director. Two of the 

 publications, dealing- with Manx Geologfy (reprints of papers in the Quarterly 

 Journal of the Geolog-ical Society), are of particular interest to our readers. 



North Lincolnshire has recently lost its oldest naturalist in Charles 

 Scoffin Holg-ate, J. P., farmer, of Low Risby, Roxby. He was born in i8ig, 

 and was a keen and observant naturalist, as well as sportsman, throughout 

 his life. He was a gentleman decoyman, being- a master of the art of 

 securing- wild fowl by strategy. He had a fine collection of North Lines. 

 Lepidoptera, but unfortunately the specimens are not dated and localised. 



Mr. T. Aveline, F. G.S., one of the earliest field g-eolog-ists attached to 

 the staff of the Geologfical Survey, died in May last. His principal 

 g-eolog-ical work was jiccomplished in the Lake District. 



Mr. C. T. Clough has a paper in the June ' Geological Mag-azine ' entitled 

 'The Disappearance of Limestones in Hig-li Teesdale." 



The annual report of the Nottingham University Colleg-e Free PubHc 

 Libraries and National History Museum Committee for 1902-3 records the 

 recent gift of an extensive series of skins, skeletons, skulls, and horns of 

 South African mammals, presented by Lieut. -Col. Birkin, D.S.O. 



The occurrence of the Pintail inland in Cheshire, and of the Dotterel 

 at Sealand, in the same county, is recorded in the June ' Zoologist.' 



Mr. J. W. H. Harrison records Vespa austriaca for Durham in the July 

 * Entomologists' Record.' 



Entomologists will be pleased to notice the advertisement on the cover 

 relating: to the issue of a second edition of Porritt's Yorkshire Lepidoptera. 

 Since the first edition in 1883 much additional information has been 

 accumulated by the author which will be included in the new edition. 

 Intending subscribers should send in their names at once. The price will 

 be 6s. 6d. 



We would also draw attention to the opportunity of purchasing the 

 Transactions of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union at g-reatly reduced cost 

 as set forth on the cover. These transactions include most important 

 papers and memoirs relating- to Yorkshire. Full particulars of the contents 

 of each part can be obtained from the Secretary of the Union, Hull. 



A revised sjdlabus of lectures for the winter, in connection with the 

 Y.N.U. lecture scheme, is in preparation, and will shortly be obtainable 

 from the Secretary. 



A full-grown male Belug-a {Delphinaptenis leucas) was captured at the 

 mouth of the Tyne on June loth. 



The third field-day of the Durham County Naturalists' Union was held 

 at Stanhope and Wearhead on Saturday, nth July. Sixty -eig-ht members 

 attended in spite of most unfavourable weather. Attention was devoted 

 chiefly to gfeology, under the leadership of Messrs. "Watson, Peart, and 

 Thonipson, and visits were paid to Burtree-ford, Copthill Quarry, and the 

 Sedling Mine. Later in the day, under the guidance of Mr. Hull, the party 

 proceeded to Rogferley Quarries and Frosterley, where numerous specimens 

 were found of Corals, Crinoids, Brachiopods, and Cephalopods. After tea 

 the Secretary (Rev. \V. J. Wing-ate) read, for Mr. W. M. Egglestone, an 

 interesting- paper on the rocks of the district, with special reference to the 

 Whin Sill. 



Li the July 'Zoologist' the White Wagtail is recorded in the Isle of 

 ]Man, and the Rough-leg-ged Buzzard and Montagu's Harrier in Derbyshire. 



Naturalist. 



