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NORTHERN NEWS. 



We imicli regret to hear, on ^"''1^ ^o press, of the deatli of jMr. \V. 

 Nelson, of Crossgfates, Leeds, which took place on Sunday, midnight. 



In the January Annals of Scoff ish NafnrnI History Mr. Robert Ser\ice 

 records the occurrence of the Red Mullet and the Maigre in the Solvvay. 



Referring to the note in this journal for Februar}- last (p. 35), we under- 

 stand the ;^ 1 2,000 necessary to purchase the Gowbarrow estate by the 

 National Trust has been secured. 



At a recent meeting of the Entomological Societ\-, i\Tr. (1. T. Porritt 

 exhibited specimens of Odonfopcra hidcnfala ab. nigni, the melanic form of 

 which is rapidly increasing in the Wakefield district. 



In the 'Eminent Living Geologists' series, the Januarj" Geological 

 Magazine contains an article on ' Thomas McKenny Hughes, M. A., F. R.S. ," 

 &c., with portrait. 



At a recent meeting of the Lancashii-e and Cheshire Entomologiiril 

 Society, three specimens o{ Liniiiophilus elcgans, one of the rarest of Euro- 

 pean Caddis-flies, were exhibited. They were captured at Ballaugh, Isle 

 of Man. 



At a recent meeting of the Conchological Society' Mr. J. D. Dean 

 exhibited a specimen of Vertigo alpestris from Devil's Bridge, Kirby 

 Lonsdale — the first record of this species for Westmorland. Mr. B. R. 

 Lucas exhited sinistral living Valvata piscinalis and var. anfi</iia of sunn-, 

 from Budwith Mere, Cheshire. 



In the Januar}' issue of the Eiifoniologisf s Monfhly Magasine, Mi". 

 I'ercy H. Grimshaw (formerly of Leeds) continues his notes ' On the British 

 species of Hydrofcea, Dsv.' The present instalment includes a description 

 of//. Alhipuncfa Ztt ( fasciculafa^ Meade), a specimen of which is recorded 

 at Burley-in-Wharfedale. 



The Chief Constable of Scarborough has been instructed to take steps to 

 prevent the shooting of sea birds on the sands. The Corporation have been 

 advised that apart fi'om the Wild i->iixls' Protection Act ])ersons discharging 

 firearms on tiie sands can be prosi-iuted, and the Committee of the Town 

 Council have unanimously resolved to stop the wanton slaughter of birds. 



Referring to Mr. Moslc}"'s note on 'Nest-poking' in the January 

 ' \.\Ti'R.\i,isi ,' which was written as a result of a |ihotogra])h of a nightin- 

 gale's nest rei>roduced in om- December issue from tin- Bradford Scientific 

 Journal, Mr. Rosse Butterfield informs us that the nightingale's eggs were 

 not stolen, but were destroyed by mice. Neither did an_\' one from Bradford 

 pay a second visit to the nest, not to mention ' various visits.' 



In the January Geological Magazine Mr. C. Davies Sherborn gives 

 ' .Some Remarks on the Irregular Echinoids of the White Chalk of England, 

 as exhibited in the British Museum.' In the same journal Di". H. Wood- 

 ward figures and describes 'a very well preser\i'd ini])M'ssion in clay- 

 ironstone, of tile wing of a nem-opti'rous insect, from the rich |)lant-bed at 

 l'"oley, near Longton, North Stallordshire." Dr. Wootiwanl refers it to 

 Lifhouianfis carl onariiis (?) 



The following is taken from tiie Dect'mber ' Naliu-e Notes': — 'This 

 spring a pair of house mai-lins built their nest under the eaves of Kimberley 

 House, Barniby M(jor, \'oikshire. A few days ago the old nest was re- 

 moved, when it was noticeil that the op<Miing was closed, and inside was 

 found a dead sp.irrow. One of the worknun informs us that he noticed with 

 interest (in the nesting season) great excitement amongst the m.irtins, ;nui 

 wondered why a number of tiieni <-omljined to seal u]) the door of the nest. 

 The dead body of the jjoor usurpei- explains their combinetl action to |)unish 

 with death the foe who refused to In- cjc ttd.' 



Naiurallsi, 



