I04 Nor f hern News. 



It is reported that three sahiion poacliers were recently before a North 

 Yorkshire police court. The constable, in jfivinjf evidence, swore that on 

 the day he arrested the prisoners he searched the house where one of them 

 lixed, and discovered three salmon hidden away. Two were dead, but the 

 other was alive and qiiiti ivarm ! 



At the Annual Meeting of the Scarborough Piiilosophical and Ar(ha:o- 

 logical Society recently held, Dr. J. Irving was electeti jiresident, 

 C(.)mplaint arose of the apparent carelessness in dealing with the ^^^■^•^ of the 

 Cireat Auk which the Society possesses. It was decided to ' keep the 

 specimen under lock and key in future.' 



A Dusky Thrush {Tiirdus dnhius) is recorded at Gunthorpe, .\ottingham- 

 sliire — a new record for the count \- (December ' Zoologist.') ' There is no 

 doubt that it is a I^usk}' Thrush, and is in very perfect plumage, antl not 

 onlv the first Notts, specimen, but a new one to the British list. Tiie bird 

 was shot on October 13th last, and was a male.' 



Amongst the recent awards of the Geological .Society of London, we 

 notice the Wollaston medal has been granted to Dr. Henry Woodward, 

 F. R.S., the Murchison medal to Mr. T. C. Clough, the Prestwich medal to 

 Mr. W. Whitaker, F.R.S., part of the Lyell Fund to Mr. \\ . G. Fearnsides, 

 and the Barlow-Jameson fund to Mr. H. G. Beasley. 



The Rev. H. P. Slade, Hull, writes that a brilliant meteor suddenly 

 startled wrapt lovers and lonely pedestrians about 8-35 p.m. on January 

 27th. So intense was the light that all objects rising above the earth's 

 surface cast strong shadows. The path pursued was from east to west, 

 parallel to the horizon and situate in a sliglitly curved line between the star 

 ' L' ' in the constellation Leo and Proc\'on in Canis Minor. 



W'e gi\e below another choice bit of newspaper natural history : — 

 Another mummied mammoth, or saiu-ian, known as the Tyrannosaurus — 

 the most formidable fighting animal of which there is any record whatever — 

 has been resurrected in the ' Bad Lands ' of Montana, and is now being 

 restored in skeleton outline. Not since the great Brontosaurus skeleton have 

 archaeologists and savants been so interested in a pi-ehisloric disco\ery as 

 in this new Tyrant Saurian, which is declared to be the king of all kings in 

 the domain of animal life. 



In consequence of enquiries which are constantly being made, we should 

 like to state that the Geological Bibliographies dealing with the p.apers, i*tc., 

 l)ublished relating to the Northern Counties, which formerly appeared in this 

 Journal, are still being kept up, and the lists for 1902-1905, necessary to 

 bring them up to date, are practicallv readv for the printer. On account of 

 pressui-e ot s])ace in this Journal, however, they have been held over, and 

 they will probabh' shortly appear in the Transactions of the Yorkshire 

 .Naturalists' Union, or in a special supplement to the 'Naturalist.' If the 

 former, readers of the ' Naturalist ' will be duly advised. 



.A meeting called by the Lord Mayor of \'oik (Alderman i\. H. \'ci-non 

 W'ragge) was held at the Mansion House, York, on l-"riday, the 9th 

 February. ,\t this meeting ^'2500 was asked for to meet the local expenses 

 in connection with the forthcoming visit of the British .Association to York 

 on August 1st to 8th. It was announced that over /"2000 had already been 

 received. The Yorkshire Naturalists' I'nion was represented by its 

 secretary, by invitation ; aiul on the strong Local Reception ('onnnittee 

 which was formed the following twelve officials of the L'nion were elected : — 

 .Messrs. \V. Eagle Clarke, G. \V. Lamplugh, J. H. Howarth, II. H. Corbett, 

 R. Fortune, W. Robinson, J. J. Burton, J.' \V. Stather, P. F. Kendall, 

 W. G. .Smith, G. T. Porritl, and T. .Shep]3ard. The fortlicoming meeting 

 of the Biitish .Association, wiiieh will be held on the seventy-fifth anniversary 

 of the formation of the .Association at ^'oI■k, promises to be c'ln exceptionally 

 successful gathering. [.At a further meeting held on February 23rd, it w.'is 

 announced that over ^^2640 had been subscribed. | 



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