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PROCEEDINGS OF PROVINCIAL SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 



Early this year wc received a pamphlet — -the Transactions of th' 

 Manchester Geological and Mining Society, Vol. XXXII., parts VIT., VIII., 

 and IX., and dated M.D.C.C.C. C.X.I. As it contains some 40 pages only, 

 and plates, we cannot see the necessity for the cumbersome ' parts VII., 

 VIII. and IX.' ; besides being inaccurate. 



Part I of Vol. XXIII. of the Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 



is occupied by a paper on the geology of the Bergen district, by Dr. C. F. 

 Koldirup and Mr. H. W. RIonckton. Some of the illustrations of modem 

 glacial phenomena are interesting ; that of a section in the moi'aine at 

 Mostrommcn might be e.xactly matched in the Holderness glacial gravels. 



The Annual Report of the Manchester Museum for 19 10- 11 (50 pp., 6d.) 

 contains a reference to the fact that an extension has been commenced 

 for the adequate housing of the Egyptian and Anthropological Collections, 

 which will give much-needed relief to the over-crowded natural history 

 collections. Judging by the Report the staff have been by no means idle 

 during the past year, and much good work has been done. 



We have received Parts III., IV., and V. of Marvels of the Universe? 



which is appearing in fortnightly parts (yd. each : Messrs. Hutchinson & 

 Co.). They contain a remarkably fine set of photographs and photo- 

 micrographs, which are described by such well-known writers as Lord 

 Avebury, R. Lydekker, W. P. Pycraft, Sir Harry Johnston, etc. Amongst 

 the subjects dealt with in the parts before us are sacred beetles, luminous 

 fungi, bower birds, coffer-fishes, flexible sandstone, Pelorus Jack, wasps, 

 moles, moths, snow crystals, Saturn, sea-cucumbers, whales, flies, fossil 

 weather, tortoises, etc. There are some excellent coloured plates in each 

 part. 



Proceedings of the Liverpool Geological Society, 1910-11, Vol. .'^. 

 part 2, pp. 59-152. Edited l)y J. H. Milton, F.G.S. This society and itb 

 editor are to be congratulated upon the fact that its volume contains 

 many valuable papers, and all of distinct local interest. Mr. W. Hewitt 

 makes a good start in giving a list of the papers bearing on the district, 

 published between 1890 and 1909. He then deals with the conditions under 

 which the local Triassic Rocks were formed ; as his Presidential Address 

 to the society. Mr. H. C. Beasley continues his useful work on the Storeton 

 footprints, and Mr. F. T. Maidwell has also a contribution on Keuper 

 footprints. Messrs. C. B. Travis and W. H. Greenwood give elaborate 

 tables, etc., of the mineralogical and chemical constituents of the Triassic 

 Rocks of the Wirral. There is also a list of the geological maps in the 

 society's possession. There can be no doubt that the place to look for 

 papers on the geology of the Liverpool district is in the Liverpool Geological 

 Society's Transactions, which is as it should be. 



Vol. XXV. of The Proceedings and Transactions of the Liverpool Bio- 

 logical Society for the Session 1910-1 1 (304 pp.) is, as usu?l, full ot \-aluable 

 matter. After a brief abstract of Mr. R. Newstead's IVesidcntial Address 

 on The Natural History of the Maltese Islands, is Dr. W. A. Herdman's 

 ever-welcome Report on the work of the Liverpool ]\Iarinc Biological 

 Committee and their Station at Port Erin ; Rlr. A\'. Riddell descril:)es the 

 Polychaeta of the Port Erin District ; Mr. A. O. AN'alker has Notes on 

 Jassa falcata ; and then follows the Report on the Investigations carried 

 on during 19 10 in connection with the Lancashire Sea-fishes Lalioratory 

 at the University of Liverpool, and the Sea-fish Hatchery at Picl, near 

 Barrow. This occupies over 200 pages, and deals with internal parasites 

 and the diseases of fishes, etc. ; the Sporozoan in the Whelk ; Hydrographic 

 Observations ; Plankton ; Plaice Measurements and Plaice Marking Ex- 

 periments. Tills excellent report is prepared by Prof. Herdnian, with the 

 assistance of Messrs. Andrew Scott and James Johnstone. There are 

 several plates and diagrams. 



Naturalist. 



