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NORTHERN NEWS. 



Dr. P. G. H. Boswell has been appointed to occupy the Herdman 

 Chair of Geology at Liverpool. 



The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries has issued two leaflets dealing 

 with the storage of potatoes, and breaking up grass-land. 



The Herbarium at Kew has acquired the Mycological collection of 

 the late J. W. Ellis, which consists of nearly 1,600 specimens. 



The 68th Report of the Ipswich Museum, etc., gives particulars of the 

 work accomplished during the year, and there is an illustration of a 

 specially designed case for postage stamps. 



The P'ood Production Department of the Board of Agriculture and 

 Fisheries has issued a ' Report on the Breaking-up of Grass Land in England 

 and Wales in the Harvest Year, 19 16-7.' This includes reports on the work 

 accomplished in the Northern counties. 



Prof. W. G. Fearnsides has been awarded the Greenwell Silver Medal of 

 the North of England Mining and Mechanical Engineers for his paper on 

 ' Some Effects of Earth Movements on the Coal-Measures of the Sheffield 

 District (South Yorkshire), and the neighbouring parts of West York- 

 shire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.' 



Heard at the Zoo (in front of the Ostrich's cage) : — 

 1st Youthful Naturalist : " 'Sneagle." 

 2nd Do. : " 'Snotaneagle, 'Snork." 

 1st Do. : " 'Snotanork, 'Snowl." 

 2nd. Do. : " 'Sneither, 'Snostrich." — London Opinion. 



Punch gives 'From a cigarette-card: — Reed Warbler, Acrocephalus 

 streperus. This bird is found in nearly every part of the British Islands. 

 It builds a nest about a foot off the ground in the reed beds, and is formed 

 of grass, horse hair and sometimes feathers.' Of course, if Punch will 

 go to ' gasper-cards ' for his natural history we can't help it. Besides, 

 no doubt, the warbler figured was a stuffed specimen, which would account 

 for the grass and horsehair. 



The 56/A Quarterly Record of Additions (Hull Museums Publication : 

 No. in) has just been issued (34 pages, with illustrations, id.). Among the 

 contents we notice : — ' Spout of Roman Terra Cotta jug ' ; Early Burial 

 Customs ' ; ' Concerning Pins ' ; ' A Whaling Token ' ; ' Old Wine Bottles, 

 ' War Relics ' ; ' An interesting Find on the Humberside ' ; ' Jutland 

 Battle Medals ' ; 'A Sedan Chair ' ; ' Mr. C. S. Middlemiss's Collection ' ; 

 ' Rare Yorkshire Tokens,' and ' Interesting Slavery Relics.' 



Volume LI. of the Transactiotis of the North Staffordshire Field Club 

 includes the following items : — ■' Presidential Address : Progress in 

 Geology,' by J. T. Stobbs ; ' Erratics in Coal Seams,' by J. H. Lister and 

 J. T. Stobbs ; ' The Course of the River Sow,' by A. Huntbach ; ' Local 

 Distribution of Glacial Boulders,' by P. W. Taylor ; ' Scandinavian 

 Place Names in North Staffordshire, ' by H. V. Thompson ; ' Neolithic 

 Flints on Cannock Chase,' by T. C. Cantrill. There are also reports of 

 the six sections ; and of Excursions and Evening Meetings. 



Volume XXI. of the Transactions of the Institution of Water Engineers 

 contains a number of interesting papers, among which we notice : — 

 ' The Alignment Diagram applied to the Flow of Water in Uniform and 

 Compound Mains,' by D. Halton Thomson ; ' Plans and Records of Water 

 Distribution Systems,' by Wm. P. Walker ; ' The Cross Hill Covered 

 Service Reservoir for the Birkenhead Waterworks,' by W. J. E. Binnie ; 

 ' The Rating of Waterworks,' by Charles Clifton. The volume is well 

 illustrated by diagrams and illustrations from photographs, etc., and also 

 contains an index to the 21 volumes so far published. 



Naturalist, 



