NOTES AND NEWS. 
e Florula of the a district, sag oe genta: portions of three 
Vorkshire drainage-areas, viz., Calder with olne with Dearne, and Mersey 
tributaries, is being sinceabie worked out histori Sally by Mr. T. Ww. he nese 
The November circular of the Huddersfield Naturalists’ Society c ns an 
abstract ate a paper im, which inelndes a bibl jography, statistical, datsdle of 
the district and its area, an analysis he 58 one cord, with notes on 
additions, aliens, casuals, sHerodectioa ine rs, an ne a tee of common plants 
which still remain to be added to the list pe the Mersey area. 
We note that our ar Ug and — ner colleague in the Ae ods of this 
ournal, Mr. Edgar R. F.L.S., has lost no time in natural history 
researches in Asati Be ius taken ee the Typhlo sere of rs island-continent, 
and Pigg — of his ibaa are printed in the ‘ Records of in Australian Museum,’ 
otes 
n the 
lies belone a se illustrated by a plate of figures from Mr. Waite’s own ha 
these reptiles, one tuner Typhlops ss oxtmus—is eae and figured as new. 
The difficulty of determination of these snakes is enhanced by cae bi that the 
types of the fifteen seevacunly descri shed a species are : sl in Europea ms, thus 
placing Australian investigators at a disadvan age 5 Haale hs Hog we  ieall look 
forward to hter results from Mr. halpocdl s labour. 
new Naame of the Lifetikionat ” Scientific Lae on the ‘Dispersal of 
Shells’ (whlch we hope to notice in an early number), is from the pen of our friend 
and contributor, hes H. Wallis Kew, F.Z.S. (formerly Mg Louth, J sigrrom as 
The book, for which Dr. Alfred Ruseell Wallace has written a eface, contain 
a large number of interesting and curious facts, phyla — the means of dis sper seal 
mollu 
in an ample manner to the activity and energy of North of for. lan obse ervers age 
ames ollowin 
eader 
indexed as having communicated information, or as ha aving pubhated facts ‘of 
which the author has made :—The Revs. Canon Fowler, Canon 
i i . W 
e ey, : a a 
Nelson; Messrs. E. Collier, R. D. Darbishire, J. R. Hardy, T. Ropets "and 
R. ar a of oe ae, Mr. J. Hen sha ll, of ag -on-Irwell; Mr. F. C. 
d 
Tr Jo : 
Ss of Alfo ae Mr. Kk. Goulding, of Louth ; iene W. Nelson 
ade Denison Roebu ck, and Pt w. Taylor, of Leeds; Mr. Fierke, of Hull; 
Mr. Petthects, of Preston ; Mr. abana: of Lofthouse ; Mr. te Burtt Davy, (late 
of Alford) ; Mr. C. T. Musson (late of Nottingham), etc., etc 
96 Paper 
The Rev. E. F. and Rev. W. Linton have just issued a prospectus of 
: si of dried specimens of the British Willows. The set will consist of 100 
mbers in four rerepie of 25 each, at 15s. 6d. a fascicle, post free. Special 
atention i is to be paid to the bybeits, of which cuttings fro i have 
t 
e 
variation could be studied. From these stocks the specimens will be taken. 
ose who are fortunate enough to possess the Rubi sent out by these gentlemen 
and their friends, know how beautifully they are prepared and carefully named— 
vi li to be ‘made in German 
ery different from the collections tha d to ade in Germany ’—and the 
willows will doubtless be equal . The price ought not to deter subscribers; 
do me and material? We hope so. The first 25 specimens will be 
sent out early in the year, and are to contain amongst others, S. daphnoides Vill., 
S. ea X phylicifolia, S. aurita x myrsinites, S. ; 
S. nigricans x phylicifolia, S. a x repens (S. doniana), S. myrsinites x 
- grahami, a good selection. This fascicle ma 
purchased for I 5s. ye A gg iy ‘without any obligation to take the rest of the se 
The Rev. E. F. Linton, Crymlyn, Bournemouth, will receive pobectipiiews pr 
furnish information. 
Naturalist, 
