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different cases, all varying in size and shape not even two being 

 alike. These were all removed, and twelve large cases,* each 

 measuring 5 feet by 2 feet, 5 in;hes, were made. The contents 

 of the fifty -seven cases were then divided into twelve groups, 

 each being placed in one of the new large cases. Before the 

 birds were placed in, each was painted and arranged to represent 

 the natural surroundings of the particular group. For example, 

 a snow scene takes the Ptarmigan, Red Grouse and Willow- 

 Grouse in winter plumage; moors accommodate the Black 

 Grouse. Red Grouse, Ptarmigan, etc., in summer plumage ; 

 an estuary takes the Grey Phalaropes, Godwits, Redshanks, 

 etc. ; a sea-shore produces the Ring Dotterel, Avocet, Oyster 

 Catcher, etc. Other cases contain the Sandpipers, etc. ; Pallas 

 Sandgrouse, and Stone Curlew, Crakes and Rails ; Woodcock 

 and Snipe ; and last of all, Partridges and Quails. At the 

 bottom of each case the numbers and names of the birds are 

 given. From every point of view, however, the exhibition is 

 more true to nature, more educational, and therefore more as 

 a museum collection should be. The new arrangement is 

 shown in fig. 2. 



Unfortunately, like many other schemes, this one, owing 

 to the war, had to be postponed. But some day it may 

 extend to the rest of tne collection. 



At the Annual Meeting of the Yorkshire Numismatic Society, held 

 at Leeds on December 16th, the following officers were elected ■ — President, 

 Mr. G. L. Shackles ; Vice-Presidents, Mr. J. Digby Firth and Mr. J. F. 

 Musham ; Hon. Treasurer, Mr. E. Croft ; Hon. Secretary, Mr. J. Digby 

 Firth ; Editor, Mr. T. Shepparcl. 



Part 4 of A Bibliography of British Ornithology (Macmillian &.Co.,. 

 6s. net, pages 385-406). The present instalment contains particulars 

 of the life and work of quite a number of Ornithologists familiar to our 

 readers. Among them may be mentioned Beverley R. Morris, F. O. 

 Morris, S. L. Mosley, T. H. Nelson, Edwara Newman, Robert Newstead, 

 Charles Oldham, C. J. Patten, Sir Ralph Payne- Gallwey, Edward Peacock 

 and W. P. Pycraft. There are of course, numerous other names. 



The Bradford A ntiquary, part 19 of the New Series, edited by Dr. J. H. 

 Rowe, has made its appearance. Some notes on the Boiling family, with 

 a good view of Bradford's new Museum, are followed by a paper on ' The 

 Rectory Term/ by Mr. H. F. Killick, which term is evidently going to be 

 a god-send for future Bradford lawyers ! Mr. Percival Ross writes on 

 the Roman Road from Ribchester to Low Borrow Bridge near Tebay, 

 and also on the first stage of the Roman Road from Ribchester to York ; 

 both are well illustrated. Mr. W. E. Preston writes on ' An Endowment 

 of Thornton Grammar School,' and the part concludes with a further 

 instalment by Mr. T. T. Empsall on ' The Marriage Registers of Bradford.' 

 The Society is to be congratulated on the valuable and local nature of 

 its publication. 



* Of course an ideal arrangement would be for one large case for each 

 species, as in the well-known Booth Museum at Brighton ; but wall space 

 and money are not everywhere so plentiful as at Brighton. 



Naturalist, . 



