284 More Bronze-Age Relics from Scarborough. 



extends to five-eights of an inch from the top, and three parallel 

 lines extend, at each side of the collar, about half-way down the 

 axe, though in each case the centre line is the longest. The 

 cutting edge is well hammered out and sharpened, and is 2J" 

 in length. The lines on each side where the moulds met are 

 sharp and clear, and the central ridge inside the socket on 

 each side of the axe extends to the apex. The specimen is 

 illustrated on page 283. 



The piece of bronze represents nearly half of a ' cake ' of 

 metal, is flat at the top, convex beneath, and has evidently 

 been formed in a crucible. It is 3^" X 2J" and ij" thick, in 

 the middle, and weighs 24 ozs. troy. This specimen confirms 

 the opinion expressed in the notes already referred to, that the 

 Scarborough find represents a founder's hoard. 



Bronze ' cakes ' of this kind have previously been recorded 

 with hoards of socketed axes, etc., from Cornwall, Somerset, 

 Sussex, Surrey, Hertfordshire, Essex, Kent, Lincolnshire, 

 Yorkshire and Durham.* 



The Numismatic Circular for July-August contains part of a paper 

 on the Fauna and Flora of the Coin-types of ancient Rome. 



Some visitors were gazing at the head of a Canadian Moose in a York" 

 shire museum recently, when one was heard to exclaim, ' Lawks, if that's 

 a moose, what must their rats be like ! ' 



The Geological Magazine, No. 637, contains an excellent portrait of 

 Dr. Alfred Harker, F.R.S., with Memoir. Dr. Harker is a Yorkshireman, 

 and a past-president of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union. 



Part 6, (pp. 625-691) concludes the Bibliography of British Ornithology* 

 by W. H. Mullens and H. Kirke Swann (Macmillan & Co., 6/-). With 

 it is issued a prefatory note, list of publications consulted, etc. In its 

 complete state, this forms a valuable work of reference. 



We have received a copy of the South African Railways and Harbours 

 Magazine for June. It contains many articles of interest, but to 

 naturalists ' The Natal Museum,' by Dr. E. Warren, is of especial value. 

 It is illustrated by numerous reproductions of photographs of the larger 

 African mammals. 



The Journal of the Northants Natural History Society and Field Club 

 for 19 1 6 includes many papers bearing upon the district. Among the 

 more interesting we notice ' The Snail and its name,' by A. Wallis ; ' Early 

 Man in Northamptonshire,' by T. J. George; 'The River System of 

 Northamptonshire,' by Beeby Thompson, and the usual useful meteor- 

 ological reports. 



Writing to the Yorkshire Post in reference to the Caterpillar plague 

 recorded in various parts of the county in June, Mr. G. T. Porritt points 

 but that the caterpillars are those of the Antler Moth. The insect is 

 more or less common every year in most parts of Yorkshire and the North 

 of England generally, especially on the grassy parts of the moorlands, 

 but fortunately rarely appears in sufficiently large numbers to cause 

 noticeable damage. 



* See Sir J. Evans's 'Ancient Bronze Implements, etc., of Great Britain.' 



