MARCH, 1912. 



No. 662 



(N». 440 »f »urrtnt **ri*i). 



A MONTHLY ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF 



NATURAL HISTORY FOR THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. 



EDITED BY 



T. SHEPPARD, F.Q.S., F.R.G.S., F.S.A.Scot., 



The Museums, Hull ; 



AND 



T. W. WOODHEAD, Ph.D., F.L.S., 



Technical College, Huddersfield. 



with the assistance as referees in special departments of 

 J. OILBBRT BAKBR. F.R.S. F.L.S., QEO. T. PORRITF, F.L.S., P.B.S.. 



Prof. P. F. KENDALL, M.Sc, F.O.S., JOHN \V. TAYLOR, 

 T. H. NELSON, M.B.O.U., WILLIAM WEST, F.L.S., 



RILEY FORTUNE, F.Z.S. 



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Notes and Comments : — The Lancashire Naturalist ; New Publications ; Local Publications; 

 New Societies ; A Publication ; A Change of Name ; What should not be in a Journal ; 

 The Contributions ; A Warning ; The Scottish Botanical Review ; The Littie Auk ... 65-68 



Pttrology in Yorkshire— Alfred Marker, M.A., F.R.S. . F.G.S 69-73 



Field Notes:— Early Fox Cubs in Yorkshire; Shag at Hebden Bridge; Bird Notes from Whitby 73 



Some British Earthmites (Illustrated)— C.F. Gcoyg'eJl/.R.C.S 



Olis:octiaets of Great Britain and Ireland— Rev. Hilderic Friend, F.L.S., F.R.M.S, 

 A New British Beetle (Cbaetocaema coaducta) (Illustrated)— £. Chas. Horrcll ... 



Yorkshire Naturalists' Union: Vertebrate Section 



Recently Discovered Fungi in Yorkshire -C. Cioss/rtnrf 



In Memoriam— Samuel James Capper — G.T.P 



Yorkshire Bryologists at Knaresborough 



Correspondence 



News from the Magazines 



Northern News 



Reviews and Book Notices 



Proceedings of Provincial Scientific Societies 



Illustrations 



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