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NORTHERN NEWS. 



Mr. C. Crossland g-ives the total number of furig-i collected in the Parish 

 of Halifax as 1,105. 



Mr. J. E. Crowther contributes a list of the ' MoUusca of the Parish of 

 Halifax' to the ' Halifax Naturalist ' for August. 



Mr. J. W. Farrah contributes ' A Real Holiday ' (an account oi' a 

 geological excursion to Horton-in-Ribblesdale) to 'Westward Ho' for 

 J •>!}'. 



The August ' Zoolog'ist' records a Grasshopper- Warbler, Tree Sparrow, 

 Stockdove, and Water-Rail in the Isle of Man, and the Honey-Buzzard in 

 Cheshire. 



A complaint has been made of the destruction of bird-life in Luddenden 

 Dean, near Halifax. We trust the local naturalists will take the matter up 

 and prevent cause for further notice of the matter. 



The Technical Instruction Committee of Leeds will support the ai-)plica- 

 tion of the Yorkshire CoUeg'e for the establishment of a Universil}- ot York- 

 shire, and will also contribute to its funds in the event of a Charter being; 

 granted. 



The University of Birmingham has received a gift of the collection of 

 shells made by the late Dr. F. Archer, of Liverpool, and his son, the late 

 Col. Archer. Mr. J. R. B. Tomlin, of Chester, has secured the J. T. Marshall 

 collection of British shells. 



From the Pendleside series of Hodder Place, Ston\'hurst (Lancashire), 

 a new species of Solotopsis [Sole/iomorfi/ia] lias been found. It is described 

 by Dr. Wheelton Hind in the August ' Quarterly Journal of the Geological 

 Society' as Solcnomorplia major. 



Mr. E. L. Gill has demonstrated the occurrence of Keisley Liuiestone- 

 pebbles in the Red Sandstone-rocks of the Isle of Man (Q.J.G.S., August 

 1903). He also gives a list of fossils oberved in these pebbles, which not 

 onlv all belong to the species found in the Keisley Limestone, but they form 

 a group which would be a characteristic small selection from that horizon. 



' The Marl-Slate and Yellow Sands of Northumberland and Durba is 

 the title of a paper bv Professor G. A. Lebour in the ' Transactions ot the 

 Institution of Mining Engineers ' just issued. The author points out the 

 difference between the Permians of North-east England and those of the 

 Midlands, and still greater differences in the Permians of Westmorland and 

 Cumberland. 



We regret to record the death of Mr. R. G. Clayton, of Middlesbrough, 

 which took place suddenl}- on 27th June. The eldest son of -Mr. John 

 Clayton, now of Stokesley, he was born at Middlesbrough, where he was 

 well known and much respected. He took an active part in the affairs of 

 the town, especially in connection with the Free Library, Museum, and the 

 Literary and Philosophical Society. He was a member of the Yorkshire 

 Naturalists' Union, and has been for many years a most useful and active 

 member of the Cleveland Naturalists' Field Club. He was well known as 

 a keen observer of everything appertaining to mammals and birds, and 

 contributed to 'The Naturalist' and the Proceedings of the Cleveland 

 Naturalists' Club. 



Naturalist, 



