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NEWS FROM THE MAGAZINES. 



Mr. W. Mark Webb illustrates ' The British Species of Testacella,' 

 in Knowledge for November. 



In The Zoologist for November, the Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain writes on 

 ' The Status of the Black Redstart in England as a Breeding Species.' and 

 Mr. E. B. Dunlop gives a contribution to the Life History of the Herring- 

 Gull. 



A writer in The Field for November 25th, 1916, p. 804, states that 

 the late lamented George Mitchell added a new chapter to the history of 

 falconry when he accomplished the feat of killing a number of Snipe with 

 Merlins. 



In The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine for December, Mr. H. Britten 

 adds six species and one variety to the list of Cumberland Hemiptera, 

 which appeared in The Naturalist for August, 191 6. An exotic Blattid, 

 Rhvpavobia maderee, is recorded at Halifax. 



' Notes on the Diptera of Derbyshire,' by Eric and Hilda Drabble ; 

 and ' Biological and Systematic Notes on British Thysanoptera, ' by C. B. 

 Williams, appear in The Entomologist for December. In future, the 

 subscription to this journal is to be advanced to 7s. per annum. 



Under the Heading of ' Agriculture and the War,' the Journal of the 

 Board of Agriculture for November contains a ' Report of a Meeting 

 between the President of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries and 

 Members of the Somerset War Agricultural Committee and others at 

 Taunton.' 



On account of the extra cost of production, the price of The Entom- 

 ologist will in future be 7s. per annum. The December issue contains 

 'Notes on Derbyshire Diptera,' by Dr. Eric and Hilda Drabble, and 

 ' Biological and Systematic Notes on British Thysanoptera,' by C. B. 

 Williams. 



The New Phytologist, Vol. XV., No. 8, contains the following items : — 

 'Recent Developments in the Study of Endotrophic Mycorhiza,' by 

 M. Chevelv Rayner ; 'Carbon Assimilation,' by Ingvar Jorgensen and 

 Walter Stiles ; ' The Translocation of Latex and the Multiple Razor,' by 

 James Small ; 'The Natural History of a Siberian Coal,' by M. D. Zalessky. 



Wild Life for November contains an excellent series of photographs 

 illustrating the nesting of Montagu's Harrier. Mr. R. Chislett writes on 

 ' Photographing the Sand Martin ' ; Mr. J. K. Emsley uses many illustra- 

 tions in his ' Description of the European Lynx ' ; Mr. E. Selous con- 

 tinues his observations on 'Sexual Sslection in Birds,' and there are many 

 other shorter notes. 



In The Mineralogical Magazine for November, Dr. G. T. Prior has two 

 papers on Meteorites ; Dr. J. W. Evans has two technical papers bearing 

 upon Petrology and the Microscope ; Mr. A. Holmes describes a series 

 of rocks from Angola ; Dr. T. L. Walker writes on Spencerite, a new zinc 

 phosphate from British Columbia, and Mr. L. J. Spencer illustrates and 

 describes a Butterfly-twin of Gypsum from Italy. 



British Birds for December contains a remarkable record of the progress 

 of its Bird Marking Scheme during 1916, by H. F. Witherby, and Miss 

 M. D. Haviland has some valuable illustrated notes on Temminck's Stint. 

 In the way of new Sussex records, however, the Journal has ' broken out 

 again.' In May last, two male collared Flycatchers were shot near St. 

 Leonards, and those and two others are the only authentic British oc- 

 currences ; also in May a Savi's Warbler was shot near St. Leonards, and 

 except for those recorded in Fair Isle in 1908, this is the only authentic 

 occurrence of the bird in the British Isles, since about 1856. These three 

 Sussex birds were ' examined in the flesh ' by Mr. R. Butterfield, presum- 

 ably about May last, and in view of their apparent extraordinary im- 

 portance, one wonders why they have only been just recorded. 



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