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SPONDYLUS LATUS IN THE CHALK OF 
NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE. 
H. C. DRAKE. 
Hull. 
I HAVE to record a fine specimen of Spondylus latus recently 
obtained from the larger chalk quarry on the Humber side at 
Barton, North Lincolnshire. It is 35 mm. in height, and is of 
the same width, and occurred in the Holaster subglobosus zone. 
This species does not appear to have been previously recorded 
for the chalk of Lincolnshire. One specimen only is on record 
for Yorkshire, and was found by Mr. W. Hill in the railway 
cutting near South Cave station. This specimen, which measured 
23 mm. each way, is now in the Woodwardian Museum at Cam- 
bridge. The Lincolnshire specimen can be seen in the geological 
gallery in the Hull Museum. 
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A male Hoopoe was shot on the Moors near Whitby, and sent to Messrs. 
Rowland Ward & Co. for preservation, in November. 
The recently issued ‘Transactions of the Perthshire Society of Natural 
Science contains two admirably illustrated geological articles by Mr. G. F. 
Bates. 
A puffin was caught alive in Springvale Road, Sheffield, in December. 
It was mistaken for a coot, and placed in a pond in one of the parks, where 
it died. It is being preserved. 
In an article dealing with the Water-Pipit (duthus spipoletta) as a 
visitor to England, in the December Zoologist, Mr. M. J. Nichol refers to a 
record of the species at Tetney, Lincolnshire, in 1895. 
It has been found that the oak beams supporting the picture galleries in 
the Bowes Museum are perishing of dry rot. An outlay of at least £15,000 
will be necessary to replace them by iron girders, and as a consequence the 
Museum will remain closed until April, 1908. 
Parts 4, 5, and 6, of ‘The World's Commercial Products’ have been 
received, and deal with sugar, tea, coffee, andcocoa. (Sir Isaac Pitman & 
Sons, 7d. net. cach). Each is admirably illustrated by process blocks from 
photographs, and the coloured illustration of the Tea Plant in part 6 is really 
excellent. 
Naturalist, 
