CiRC. No; 123. 



Birds.— In tlie Forest of BowlanJ, ihc Buzzard, Raven, ^rerlin, and Peregrine 

 may still be occasionally found. Mitchell's 'Birds of Lancashire' says the Gos- 

 hawk used to occur. By the Ilodder, the Wood Wren, Garden Warbler, and 

 Blackcap, seem to be common. The Woodcock has been known to breed here 

 several times. There was a heronry at Browsholme Hall, which seems to have 

 been deserted in 1888; there is one near Slaidbin-n now. The Coot and Water- 

 Rail have bred at Browsholme. In a list supplied by Mr. J. F. Pickard there are 

 mentioned Green Woodpecker, Long-eared Owl, Kingfisher, Marsh Tit, Stone- 

 chat, Stock-dove, and Brambling (in winter). It will be interesting for members 

 to procure evidence concerning Chiff-chaff, Pied Flycatcher,, Lesser Whitethroat, 

 Woodpeckers, Dunlin, and i>erhaps Grasshopper and Reed Warblers. The Wry- 

 neck has occurred near Mytton. 



Reptiles and Fishes.— Mr. T- F. Pickard reports that Lizards, Toads, and 

 Frogs are rare about Newton, the Slow-Worm has occurred, but no Snakes. 

 The Natterjack Toad is recorded for the neighbourhood of Mytton; Mr. Thos. 

 Altham says the last he saw was near Eddisford Ih'idge eight or nine years ago. 

 He has since turned out some from the neighbourhood of Southport, but ihcy 

 seem to have disappeared. Mr. Thistlethwaite records Salmon, Trout, Minn(jw, 

 Eel, and ]xissil)ly Lamj^ern. 



CONCHOLOGY.— Mr. W. i:)enison Roebuck, F.L.S., writes that the 

 Bowland district ought to be rich in mollusca, with its limestone formations 

 and patches of woodland, but no one appears lo have collected there ex- 

 cept himself, in 1885, along a line extending from Mytton through Bashall 

 Eaves to Whiteweil, thence to Dunsop, Newton, Slaidburn, and by Stocks 

 and Tosside to Long Preston. Vertigo cdentiila occurred _in Bashall JNloor 

 Wood, IJunuea pahistris in a dry road.^ide ditch near Cracow Hill, Zoiiifcs 

 fiilvHS at Coat Rakes Bridge, Avion suhfiiscus at Hamraerttm Hall, Balca com- 

 monly at Slaidburn, Ildix serirca at Angerham and Meanley, Azcai 1ndc)r> v. 

 crystallina at Whiteweil, Z. i^Ialuiv at Whiteweil and Great Mytton, and Planorbis 

 j/2>ti;-^^> in a horse-trough at flrunsagill Ikidge, while /A'/Z.r rtipeslns, H. cuons- 

 toriim, ClausiHa laiuinata, Z. radiainhis, etc., were common ontlie hmestone. 

 The species of general distribution collected were Z. niiidulus (with one of var. 

 nitens at Stocks-), Z. pnrus and var. margaritacea, Jlclix Ju'sju'da and var. hisp'dosa, 

 H. horlensis, Z. alliarius, Zna, II. nifesccns, Limmca fcregra, /.. fnini-atiila, 

 Ancyins /luviatilis, Agrioliniax axresfis, Z. rrllarins, Z. crys/aUinns, Claiisilui 

 riigosa, Anonater, A^ hortnnis, A. cirt-miiscnpttis, A. minimus. Pupa cyhiidra(em 

 and II. ivluiniata. 



ENTOMOLOGY.— The Entomological section will be officially represented 

 by Mr. Leonard Ilawkesworth (who has, since the card was printed, accepted 

 office as Secretary for Coleoptera). 



Mr. J. K. Pickard writes that tlie following Butterflies are fairly represented : 

 Pieris 'brassicce, P. rapcc, P. iiapi, Eucldoe cardamines, I-Iipparthia tiihoiuis, 

 Ccmonympha fHimphilns, Cynthia tardui, Vanessa atatanta and V. nrtieo', Chiyso- 

 phaniis plPuras, Potyominatus aiexis. Amongst the moths are Macrogiossa stelUi' 

 tariim, llepialus humuli, Chelonia caja, Bombyx querais, Saturnia pai'onia-miuor, 

 Pii})i!a n-atiCgata, Abraxas grossidariata, 'Pliyati^a batis. 



WORK TO BE DONE by members who have no special object of 

 investigation. Worms (especially the small acjuatic and mud-haunting species; 

 to be collected and sent to Rev. Hilderic Friend, 7, Fern Bank, Cockermouth ; 

 Diptera to P. H. Grimshaw, F.E.S., 26, Montpellier Park, Edinburgh, or 

 R. 11. Meade, i. Mount Koyd, Manningham ; Orthoptera, Tnchoptera, NeU- 

 roptera, to G. T. Porritt, F.L.S., Crosland Hall, Iluddersficld ; and Tubes ol 

 Water containing Freshwater Algas, to W. West, F.L.S., 15, Plorton Lane, 

 Bradford. 



PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS.— 



5-30 p.r-n. — Meat Tea, 2/- each 



6-15 p.m.— Sectional Meetings > At the Black Horse Hotel, liellitudd. 



6-30 p.m.— General fleeting 



Train leaves Hellifield for Skipton and' south at 7-48 p.m. 





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