306 Notes and Comments. 



an Index to the genera mentioned in the whole of the Catalogue. 

 Mr. C.Wakefield gives a ' Description of the Coins of ^Ethelraed 

 II. and Cnut,' in the Society's Collection, in the same report. 

 There is a flattering reference to the recently published 

 Bibliography of Yorkshire Geology, which is stated to be 

 ' perhaps the greatest aid to the study of the natural features 

 of the county since the publication of Prof. Phillips' . great 

 Classics on the " Geology of Yorkshire." There is no other 

 county which can boast of such a work.' 



A LINK WITH THE PAST. 



The report also contains the following note : — ' An interesting 

 link with the past history of our Society was severed by the 

 death of Miss Baines on the 22nd May, 1916. She was born 

 in the Museum basement where her parents resided, and almost 

 the whole of her long life of over 80 years was spent in the 

 service of the Society. She well remembered Professor 

 Phillips, the Rev. C. Wellbeloved and the Rev. J. Kendrick. 

 Her father, Henry Baines, was Sub-Curator of the Museum 

 from 1829 to 1878, and Miss Baines delighted to recount how 

 in the early days of our Society a small menagerie was kept in 

 the gardens, including a bear, a golden eagle, and several 

 monkeys. The bear got loose and chased Professor Phillips 

 and the Rev. Vernon Harcourt into an outhouse, and was 

 afterwards sent by stage coach to the London Zoological 

 Gardens in the charge of Henry Baines.' 



THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. 



We have received The Journal of the Marine Biological 

 Association* It includes the following papers : — ' The Micro- 

 plankton of Plymouth Sound from the Region beyond the 

 Breakwater,' and ' The Peridiniales of Plymouth Sound from 

 the Region beyond the Breakwater,' and ' Some Parasites of 

 Sagitta bipunctata,' all by Marie V. Lebour ; ' Post-Larval 

 Teleosteans collected near Plymouth during the Summer of 

 1914,' by E. J. Allen ; ' On the Amount of Phosphoric Acid 

 in the Sea-water off Plymouth Sound,' by D. J. Matthews ; 

 ' The Development of Alcyonium digitatum, with some Notes 

 on the early colony formation,' by Annie Matthews, as well as 

 the Council's report, etc. The part is well edited, and there 

 are several illustrations. 



RUGBY SCHOOL NATURALISTS. 



We have received the 50th Report of the Rugby School Natural 

 History Society, which is a well-illustrated, well-printed, and 

 well-edited publication of 128 pages. It includes the following 



* New Series, Vol. XI., No. 2. Pages]i33 to 272, 3/- net. 



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