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SPEETON AMMONITES. 
By the kindness of the Yorkshire Geological Society we 
are able to give our readers a reproduction of one of the best 
of the plates (see Plate XXI) illustrating Mr. Danford’s paper 
‘On the Speeton Ammonites,’ which recently appeared in that 
Society’s Proceedings. The originals of the figures are now in 
the Geological Museum, Jermyn Street, London, and are about 
twice the size shown on the plate. The specimens figured, are 
(1 & 1a.), Olcostephanus (Polyptychites) bidichotomus Leym., 
(2 & 2a.), O. polyptychus Keys, and (3 & 3a.), O. keyserlingt 
Neum. and Uhl. It should be added, however, that good 
examples of Ammonites are now-a-days exceedingly difficult 
to obtain at Speeton—at any rate, this is the experience of 
most collectors, Mr. Danford being a possible exception to 
this rule. ' 
ANOTHER NEW MAGAZINE. 
In April, the first part of a new monthly magazine, the 
‘Lancashire Naturalist,’ made its appearance, under the editor- 
ship of Mr. W. H. Western, of Darwen, who is also the printer, 
a fact which probably accounts for this 16 pp. magazine being 
sold at the low price of one penny. The new venture is the 
official organ of the Lancashire Union of Natural History, 
Literary and Philosophical Societies,“and it is to be hoped that 
the affiliated societies will liberally subscribe to this journal and 
thus ensure its success. We doubt, however, the advisability 
of printing the general reports of the various societies’ 
general meetings ; particulars of important local exhibits or 
records might with advantage be extracted, but the space 
these full reports occupy might be put to better service by 
the insertion of original articles—it should surely be an easy 
matter to fill sixteen pages once a month in this way. The 
journal hopes to ‘chronicle all interesting events, and to assist 
in recording the flora, fauna, etc., of our county.’ If this local 
character is maintained, the new magazine may become an 
important and valuable addition to our monthly literature. 
MARINE BIOLOGY. 
The ‘Twentieth Annual Report of the Liverpool Marine 
Biology Committee’* is to hand, and contains a record of a 
year’s useful work accomplished at Port Erin. It is pleasing 
* Liverpool University, 56 pp., and illustrations. 
1907 May I. 
