128 New Record of Glacial Drift near Wakefield. 
into the Triassic plain which was then probably also a glacial 
lake,.”* ; 
Mr. Carter, however, further contends that the existence 
of this lake would explain the deltaic sands and gravels which 
occur on the Aire-Calder watershed at Rothwell and Oulton. 
These, however occur much farther east than Horbury, and 
moreover at an altitude varying from 175 to 275 feet O.D., 
so that it seems more probable they would be produced during 
a later stage, when the ice had retreated down the Calder 
valley. That they were produced by the washing and sorting 
of the lateral moraine of the Airedale glacier, as Mr. Carter 
suggested, seems highly probable from more recent obser- 
vations} made there, and it seems highly suggestive they were ' 
probably produced when glacial lake Calderdale had much 
contracted, and was probably overflowing by a lower ‘ col’ on 
the Calder-Dearne or possibly on the Calder-Went watersheds. 
5 O's 
Among the additions to the Spalding Museum in the Report recently | 
printed, we notice that Mr. Reeks has given a ‘ Phlegm.” We now know 
why certain objectionable notices are posted up in some museums. 
The Warrington Museum and Library has issued its ‘ Recent Additions 
to Books and Specimens,’ dated December, 1914, 12 pages, which is sold 
at one half-penny. In the list we notice ‘Ichneumon-Flies, British, 328 
species,’ which seems a good haul. 
The seventh report of the Public Library, Art Gallery, and Museum, 
Beverley, contains a list of additions for the year. We notice that the © 
Water Vole and Pole Cat are classified under ‘ Birds, etc.’ whereas Hedge- 
hogs come under ‘ Miscellaneous.’ In eggs we have the following entries : 
‘Guillemot, Ostrich, Swan’s eggs, Turkey eggs.’ 
From the National Museum of Scienceand Art, Dublin, we have received 
six parts of the Museum Bulletin. It is a well illustrated and well written ‘ 
magazine, and contains particulars of some of the important acquisitions, 
etc., during the year. It deals with with a variety of subjects, such as 
snails, lace, old glass, Roman portraits, porcelain, medals, plants, furniture, 
statuary, etc. The publication is one of the best that we know issued by a 
museum, 
In the last report of the Public Museum, Sheffield, the ‘list of additions in © 
the previous two years shows continued liberal donations from the public, 
and steady development of the collections by purchase.’ Nearly 1,000 
specimens have been added, viz.: ‘ Zoology 265; Geology and Mineralogy 
235; Coins, Archaeology 72; Pottery, Art, Medals 290; Cutlery, Metal 
Work 97. The publications received from the British Museum are par- 
ticularly useful in connection with the scientific work of the museum.’ 
The Hull Museum has recently issued its Quarterly Record of Additions 
No. 49; illustrated ; (publication No. 102). It contains reproductions 
of old views of east Yorkshire, New Yorkshire tokens, and a Saxon bronze 
pendant, old Yorkshire lead work, a mortar, etc. Publication No. 105 
has also appeared and contains a well illustrated account of East York- © 
shire Antiquities, and Excavations at Scarborough, by the Curator. Both 
these papers are reprinted from the Transactions of the East Riding Anti- 
quarian Society. 
* Ibid. p. 435. 
+ E. Hawkesworth, Proc. Yorks. Geol. Socy., vol. XV., 1905, pp. 
456-462 ; and Trans. Leeds Geol. Assoc., part XVI., pp. 24-26 and 31, 191T. | 
Naturalist, ~ 
