FEB. 1917. 



No. 721 



(No. 487 of current nri*i) 



A MONTHLY ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF 



NATURAL HISTORY FOR THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. 



EDITED BV i 



T. SMEPPARD, M.Sc, F.G.S., F.R.O.S., F.S.A.Scot., 



The Museums, Hull ; 



AND 



T. W. WOODHEAD, Ph.D., M.Sc, F.L. 



Technical College, Huddersfield. 

 with the assistance as referees in special department 

 J. GILBERT BAKER, P.R.S. P.L.S., GEO. T. PORRITT, 



Prof. P. F. KBNDALL, M.Sc, P.O.S.. JOHN W. TAYLOR, 

 RILEY FORTUNE, F.Z.S. 





Contents : — 



PAoa 



Notes and Comment* :— Exit 'The Zoologist' ; British Birds ; Towns of Roman Britain ; 

 The ' County ' Mania in Ireland; Spoons; Sales from the National Gallerv ; Carbonifer- 

 ous Corals ; Diagnoses ; Discussion ; Facetted Pebbles from Lancashire ; Differentiation ; 

 The Belemnite ; Lias Specimens ; Tentacles of Belemnites 49-55 



Norwegian Boulder in the Millstone Grit of Yorkshire (illustrated)— A. Gilligan, 



B.Sc, F.G.S 56-57 



Icthyoiogical Notes from the Scarborough District, 1915-16— W.J. Clarke, F.Z.S. 58-60 



On Arranging Museum Cases for Birds (illustrated)— T. Skeppanl, M.Sc, F.G.S. ... 61-68 



On the Occurrence of Manganese in Land and Fresh Water Mollasca— Prof. A. E. 



Boycott, M.D.,F.R.S., etc 69-73 



Yorkshire Coleoptera in 1916— W. J. Fvrdham, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., F.E.S 74-7G 



Yorkshire Entomology In 1 9 1 6— B. Morley 77-79 



Field Notes:— Turnstones in Upper Wharfedale ; Wild Geese in Upper Wharfedale ... 79 



News from the Magazines 55, 57, 79 



Reviews and Book Notices (illustrated) 60, 80 



Northern News 68, 80 



Illustrations 56, 57, 60, 64, 05, 80 



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