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The following is a copy of a circular issued by the Committee 

 last June : — 



YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION. 



THE YORKSHIRE BOULDER COMMITTEE. 



Dear Sir, 



The above Committee was appointed by the Yorkshire Naturalists' 

 Union in 1886, ' to receive reports and conduct observations relative to the 

 Erratic Blocks of Yorkshire, including particulars as to their position, height 

 above the sea, lithological character, size and origin, and to work upon the same 

 lines generally as the Boulder Committee of the British Association, to whom 

 annual reports will be presented.' 



The endeavours of the Committee have been successful beyond anticipation, 

 great numbers of hitherto unrecorded erratics having been reported upon from all 

 parts of Yorkshire, and the reports duly presented to the British Association, and 

 printed in The Naturalist. 



The duties of the Committee would, however, be lightened if, in their 

 determination of specimens of rocks sent in, they had a small collection of typical 

 rocks to aid them in their decision. These specimens should be collected from 

 centres of glacial dispersion, or from districts which have been subjected to 

 glacier action. They should not be weathered, and should measure roughly 

 4 in. x 3 in. x 2 in. They should be collected specially, to obtain characteristic 

 types, as cabinet specimens would not secure complete authenticity. 



If you can assist the Committee by forwarding to the Secretary any specimens 

 you may have the opportunity of obtaining, your kindness will be warmly 

 appreciated, and a good service will also have been rendered to boulder investiga- 

 tion in general. 



I am, dear Sir, 



Yours faithfully, 

 52, Wellclose Terrace, SAML. A. ADAMSON, 



Leeds, June 1889. Hon. Sec. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Our attention has been called by Mr. S. A. Stewart to a slip of the pen in our 

 review of his ' Flora of North-East Ireland,' in which ' Prushus' was quoted as a 

 local name of that district for Sonchus (instead of Sinapis) arvcnsis. 



In the August number of the Geological Magazine is a paper by Mr. A. Smith 

 Woodward on 'Palaeontology in the Malton Museum.' The author speaks 

 highly of the value of the collections, chiefly due to the energy of Mr. S. Chadwick, 

 making special mention of the fossil fish -remains. 



Ichthyological science has suffered a serious loss by the decease of Surgeon- 

 General Francis Day, CLE., F.L.S., etc., the well-known author of that 

 admirable work on British Fishes which is now the recognised monograph for 

 British students. He died at Cheltenham on the 10th July, after a long and 

 painful illness. He was a voluminous writer in our natural history periodicals, 

 and the readers of our own journal will remember several most interesting articles 

 in it from his pen. 



Oct. 1889. 



