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BOOKS RECEIVED. 



Abel Chapman — Bird-Life of the Borders, 8vo, cloth, 1889, pp. 286. 



[Gurney & Jackson, Publishers. 

 Alex. Somerville — Dredging off Portincross, Ayrshire, 8vo reprint, pp. 5, Jan. 1889. 



[Author. 

 T. Mellard Reade — Physical Theories of the Earth in Relation to Mountain 



Formation, 8vo reprint, pp. 6, Feb. 1S89. [Author. 



Yorkshire Geol. and Polytechnic Soc. — Proc. vol. 11, part 1, 1889. [The Society. 

 Nat. Hist. Trans, of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 



Vol. 10, part 1, 1888. [Society. 



The Selborne Mag., Vol. 2, Nos. 13, Jan., and 14, Feb. 1889. [Elliot Stock, Pub. 

 West American Scientist, Vol. 5, No. 3, Nov. 1888. [T. D. A. Cockerell. 



J. W. Ellis — The Coleopterous Fauna of the Liverpool District — 8vo reprint, 1889. 

 Philadelphia Academy of Nat. Sci. — Proc. 1888, part 2, Mch.-Sep. [The Academy. 

 Nat. Hist. Joum., No. 108, Feb. 15, 1889. [J. E. Clark & others, Editors, York. 

 Manchester Geological Society — Trans., vol 20, parts 2 & 3, 1888-9. [The Society. 

 Revue Bryologique, i6 e Annee, 1889, No. I. [M. T. Husnot, redacteur, Cahan. 

 New York Microsc. Soc. — Joum., vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1889. [Society. 



Journal of Conchology, vol. 6, No. 1, Jan. 1889. [Conchological Society. 



Science Gossip, No. 290, for Feb. 1889. [Messrs. Chatto & Windus, Publishers. 

 The Midland Naturalist, No. 134, for Feb. 1889. [Birmingham Nat. Hist. Soc. 

 Research, monthly Must. joum. of science, vol. 1, No. 8, Feb. 1889. [A. N.Tate, Ed. 

 The Wesley Naturalist, No. 24, for Feb. 1889. [The Wesley Scientific Society. 

 The Young Naturalist, Part no for Feb. 1889. [Mr. John E. Robson, Editor. 

 The Zoologist, 3rd Series, Vol. 13, No. 146, Feb. 1889.* [J. E. Harting, Editor. 

 Psyche: journ. of entom., vol. 5, No. 153, Jan. 1889. [Camb. Ent. CI., U.S.A. 



EXCHANGE. 



Notices of Exchange inserted free of charge to Subscribers. 



Wanted. — Living examples of Li max larvis and L. tenellus. British Land 

 and Freshwater Shells in exchange. — W. A. Gain, Tuxford, Newark. 



Books for Sale or Exchange. — Mrs. Merrifield's Natural History of 

 Brighton and Vicinity, i860, 228 pages, 8vo, cloth, 3/-, post free; Gloyne on 

 Geographical Distribution of Land Shells, 1877, 8vo, sewed, 40 pages, 2/-; 

 Pidgeon on the Marine Conchology of Torbay, 1875, 8vo, sewed, 22 pages, 1/-. 

 Foreign or British conchological works desired in exchange. Address— X.Y.Z., 

 ■c/o Editors of ' Naturalist.' 



Lepidoptera. — Duplicates, well set and in good condition : Zygtzna lonicera 

 {bred), Agrotis segetum, Hadena oleracea. Desiderata : Other insects. ■ — 

 "W. Hewett, 3, Wilton Terrace, Fulford Road, York. 



Shells. — Duplicates : Bulimus aaitus and vars. strigata and bizona ; vars. 

 sitbmaritima and major of Helix virgata, Limtuea stagnate (very fine), L. glabra, 

 Planorbis contorttts ; and marine shells. Desiderata : Other shells. — W. Hewett. 



Birds' Eggs. — Duplicates (side blown) : Waterhen, Partridge, Missel Thrush, 

 Starling, Thrush, etc. Desiderata: Other eggs, curiosities, etc. — W. Hewett. 



Change of Address. — J. W. Carter, from 14, Valley Street, to 30, Lincoln 

 Terrace, Lincoln Road, Bradford. 



YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION.— ENTOMOLOGICAL 

 SECTION. — The President and Secretaries of the Section will be pleased to 

 receive the names and addresses of those members specially interesting themselves 

 in this branch. The object in view is to circulate a fairly complete list amongst 

 the members of this section, and thereby to facilitate the exchange of information, 

 and also, if sufficient encouragement is given, to publish (in the Annual Report of 

 the Section) at the close of the season a list of Yorkshire Occurrences of Insects. 



Address the President :— Mr. N. F. Dobree, The New Walk, Beverley ; 



Or the Hon. Secretaries:— Mr. [. H. Rowntree, Westwood, Scarborough; 

 Mr. W. E. Brady, i, Queen Street, Barnsley. 



Improved Egg Drills (2 sizes) and Metal Blowpipe with instructions 1/3 free. 

 * Hints on Egg Collecting and Nesting,' illustrated, 3^d. free. Birds' Skins, 

 Eggs (side-blown and in clutches with date), Lepidoptera, Ova, Larvre, and Pupa, 

 Artificial Eyes, and all kinds of Naturalists' Requisites. Lists, one stamp. All 

 specimens, &c, sent out 'on approval.' 

 J. & W. DAVIS (Naturalists), DARTFORD, Kent. 



The cheapest dealer in Birds, Skins, Eggs, Butterflies, Moths, Foreign Shells, 

 etc., is John Eggleston, Park Place, Sunderland. Lists free. 



