NORTHERN NEWS. 



Mr. W. E. L. Wattani is President of the Liiidley Naturalist and Photo- 

 jifraphic Society for the present year. 



Mr. E. P. Butterfield gfives some notes on Cuckoo's egfg-s in Twites' 

 nests in the April Zoologist, based upon observations on Yorkshire moors. 



Mr. W. Denison Roebuck, F.S.L., has returned from his travels abroad, 

 having visited various parts of New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, 

 India, &c. 



In the ' Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society,' part 7, recently 

 published, the Rev. E. M. Cole has a note on ' Ancient Danish " Mens- 

 names " in Yorkshire.' 



Under the heading ' Latlirobiuni Icevipenne Heer : An Addition to the 

 British List of Coleoptera ' in the Entomologist' s Monthly Magazine for 

 March, Mr. W. E. Sharp records the occurrence of L. boreale in Cumberland. 



In Knoivledge and Scientific Neivs for March, Mr. E. A. Martin has a 

 paper on ' Coast Denudation in England,' in which he refers to the Yorkshire 

 coast. 



We understand the Scarborough Societies are considering the advisability 

 of making a special effort to raise funds to put their museum in proper 

 order. We trust the effort will be successful. 



By the kindness of Mrs. Goodchild, we are able to reproduce a photo- 

 graph of the late J. G. Goodchild in the current issue (Plate XVH). See 

 notice in the April ' Naturalist,' pp. 130, 131. 



The April Zoologist contains some ' Rough Notes on Derbyshire 

 Ornithology' (whj^ 'rough?'). The same Journal has a record of a 

 ' Continental Longtailed Tit ' at Kirkham Abbey. 



In the March Entomologist's Record Mr. J. W. H. Harrison has a note on 

 the causes of variation of Polia chi. His observations are largely based on 

 specimens from Yorkshire, Durham, and Cumberland. 



A paper on ' The Home of the Sea-Gull ' appears in the April Animal 

 World. It is illustrated by photographs of Fleetwood, once the Sea-Gulls' 

 home, Cockerham Moss, &c. 



' Keighley Museum Notes' are sheets printed at the Museum as labels, 

 for use in connection with elementary schools, and for purposes of exchange 

 with other museums. Twenty-four have already been issued. 



Mr. Cosmo Johns, F.G.S. (Sheffield) contributes a note on ' Allotropic 

 F"orms of Silica as Constituents of Igneous Rocks ' to the March Geological 

 Magazine. 



The Rev. Canon Greenwell, of Durham, the well-known archaeologist, 

 is said to have recently celebrated his eighiy-sixth birthday by catching a 

 721b. salmon in the Tweed. 'A less truthful man,' says Punch., 'would 

 have caught an 86 lb. salmon ! ' 



In the February School World Mr. Hugh Richardson, of York, gives 

 some useful hints on ' School out of Doors,' which might well be followed by 

 other schools. He shews several ways in which valuable work may be done 

 by scholars in the fields. 



A new British fish, to which the name of Coregonus gracilior has been 

 given, is recorded in the February Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 

 It is recorded from Derwentwater, and is allied to the vendance of 

 Lochmaben. 



1906 May I. 



