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NORTHERN NEWS. 
Mr. Tennyson Macaulay Robinson has discovered that he is ‘almost a 
poet,’ and gives a sample of his ‘blank verse’ in the * Country Sidey It zs 
a—blank—verse. 
In the ‘Irish Naturalist’ for August Mr. J. W. Taylor figures and 
describes the specimen of Vitrina elongata referred to in our ‘ Notes and 
Comments’ column for August. 
In the August ‘Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society,’ Mr. H. H. 
Arnold-Bemrose has a lengthy paper on ‘The Toadstones of Derbyshire: 
Their Field Relations and Petrography.’ 
We regret to record the death of Mr. W. S. Parrish, of Hull, at the age 
of 43. For several years he was Treasurer of the Hull Geological Society, 
and was exceedingly useful to Yorkshire Geologists in taking photographs 
of geological sections. 
Mr. P. G. Ralfe records a common Buzzard from the Calf of Man in June 
last (‘ Zoologist,’ August). This appears to be the second record for the 
Island. The same writer records an increase in the numbers of the Puffins 
and Kittiwakes on the Island in recent years. 
We regret to record the death of Mr. J. R. Boyle, who has done much to 
advance the study of Archzology in Yorkshire and Durham. His ‘ Lost 
Towns of the Humber,’ ‘Guide to Durham,’ and ‘ History of Hedon,’ are 
well-known works. Just before his death he was engaged in preparing a 
History of Hull. 
Mr. A. E. Relph, in a recent number of the ‘ Antiquary,’ suggests that 
some of the neolithic triangular flint ‘spear-heads,’ such as are frequently 
found on the Yorkshire Wolds and elsewhere, were really lateral barbs fitted 
into shafts of harpoons. A restoration is given, showing the way in which 
Mr. Relph thinks they might have been used. 
The Rey. G. A. Crawshay has a paper on ‘ The Life History of Zetropium 
gabrieli’ in the ‘Transactions of the Entomological Society of London’ (1907, 
Part II.). By an ingenious method of placing the wood, upon which the 
larve feed, between two pieces of glass, or in glass tubes, the author has 
been able to make many useful observations in connection with this species. 
Several excellent illustrations accompany his notes. 
Amongst the grants made by the British Association are ‘ Fossiliferous 
Drift Deposits, 411 12s. 9d.; Fauna and Flora of British Trias, 410; 
Faunal Succession in the Carboniferous Limestone, £10; Erratic Blocks, 
417 16s. 6d.; Exact Significance of Local Terms, 410; Index Animalium, 
475; Excavations of Roman Sites, etc., 415; Structure of Fossil Plants, 
415; and Succession of Plant Remains, £45.’ 
Mr. J. Carleton Rea, of Worcester, in an address to a Conference of 
the representatives of the Corresponding Societies of the British Association 
held at Leicester, suggested the study of fungi as a suitable subject for the 
local societies to take up. In this respect Yorkshire was shewn to have 
taken the lead. It is the only county posessing a published Fungus Flora of 
its own, and the pages of this journal frequently bear witness to the zeal of 
Yorkshire Mycologists. 
We have received the ‘Report of the Council of the Natural History 
Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-on-Tyne,’ which was 
presented at the Society's meeting on the gth October. This is a 
record of a useful year’s work, and also contains a list of additions to the 
Society's Museum. We notice that an assistant curator has recently been 
appointed, which will enable Mr. Gill to cope with the arrears of work. It 
seems a pity to learn that the heating of the Museum is unsatisfactory, and 
must remain so for the present, because an outlay of £50 will be necessary 
to put it in order. 
1907 November 1. 
