JANUARY 1906. 



No. 588 



(No, 386 of current series). 



A MONTHLY ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF 



NATURAL HISTORY FOR THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. 



EDITED BY 



T. SHEPPARD, F.G.S., 



The Museum, Hull ; 



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



Technical College, Huddersfield ; 



WITH THE assistance AS REFEREES IN SPECIAL DEPARTMENTS OF 



J. GILBERT BAKER, F.R.S. F.L.S., 

 Prof. P. F. KENDALL, M.Sc, F.Q.S., 

 T. H. NEL50N, M.B.O.U., 



GEO. T. PORRITT, F.L.S., F.E.S. 

 JOHN W. TAYLOR, 

 WILLIAM WEST, F.L.S. 



Contents : — 



Notes and Comments (Illustrated) : — Our New Volume, Methods in Microscopical Research, 

 Section of Sycamore, The Doncaster Earthquake, Pictures from Nature, The Black- 

 Throated Diver, The Trent Aeger 



New and Rare British Fungi (Illustrated)— Geo. Massee and Charles Crossland 



The Large Felspars of Shap Granite— Cosmo /o/!HS, F.G.S., Af-/-Mfc/i.£ 



Yorkshire Diatoms in 1905 (Illustrated)— i?. //. P/iiVf/) 



Yorkshire Geological Photographs Committee's Report for 1905— A. J. Slather 



The Wych Elm {Ulmus moataaa)— P. Q. Keegan.LL.D 



Nest="Poking— S. L. Mosley 



Conference of Delegates of Corresponding Societies of the British Association 



Notes on a Solitary Wasp (Odyaerus parietum Linn) (Illustrated)— C. F. George, M.R.C.S 



East Yorkshire Spiders — Wm. Falconer 



Field Notes 



Reviews and Book Notices 



Northern News (Illustrated) 



Illustrations 



Plate I 



t-5 



6-10 



11-13 



14-15 



16-17 



18-21 



22 



23-26 



27-2S 



29-30 



5, to, 13, 21, 26 



17, 22, 30-31 



... 31-32 



4, 17, 14, 27, 32 



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