Reports of Sooieties. 



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exhibited the nest and eggs of 

 nightingale (Philomela luscinia), 

 sedge warbler {Parus caudatus), and 

 corn bunting {Emheriza miliaria), 

 Mr. Palmer had found the nest of 

 the long-tailed tit (Parus caudatus ) 

 in Dungeon Wood. — Mr. Mosley 

 named the entomological speci- 

 mens, comprising preserved larvse 

 of Vanessa u/t'ticae, Syherna progem- 

 maria, Phygalia pilosaria, Orthosa 

 ypsilo7i, Cymatophora Jlavicornis, 

 Cidaria fulvata, Cucullia verhasci, 

 imagos of Hepialus velleda ; ditto 

 var. carnus (very common this 

 season) ; Euplexia lucipara, Thera 

 firwAxta, Nola cuculatella (from larva 

 taken at Sherwood), Cloantha solid- 

 aginis, Larentia cmsiata, Melanippe 

 montanata, Procris geryon, Camp- 

 togramma hilineata, Madenadentina, 

 Mamestra gemina, Xylophasia poly- 

 odon, Hadena glaum, Eupithmcia 

 'imnata, Phycis carhono/}'iella, and 

 Agrotis segetum. — Mr. Porritt ex- 

 hibited two specimens of Erastria 

 venustula, taken by Mr. D. Price, 

 at Horsham, Sussex. — Mr. Thomas 

 Lister, of Barnsley, read a paper 

 on " The Birds of Yorkshire,* 

 which was a continuation of a 

 paper read before the Society at 

 the beginning of this session. This 

 time he took the birds from the 

 falcon and hawk tribe to the war- 

 blers. Mr. Lister dwelt on the 

 distinction between the falcons, 

 which have dentate beaks and 

 round nostrils, and the hawks pro- 

 per, which have oblique nostrils. 

 After a vote of thanks had been 

 given to Mr. Lister for his very 

 interesting paper, the meeting was 

 brought to a close. 



Geo. Brook, Hon. Sec. 



* An abstract of this paper 



MiRFiELD Naturalists' Society. 

 — The members of this Society met 

 on Saturday, the 3rd July last, in 

 the Working Me^i's Room, Snake- 

 hill, the president, Mr. Simeon 

 Kaye, in the chair. Two new 

 members were admitted into the 

 Society, and other business trans- 

 acted, after which the plants, 

 numbering 128 (112 of them being 

 in flower), were nrmed and com- 

 mented upon. Amongst the plants 

 we observed Campanula trachelium 

 (nettle-leaved campanula), Medicago 

 sativa (purple medic), Medicago offi- 

 cinalis (yellow medic), Listera ovata 

 (tway-blade), J asione montana 

 (sheep's bit), Myrrhis odorata (sweet 

 cicely), and Orchis mcbculata (spot- 

 ted orchis. The spotted orchis is 

 ver}^ plentiful in this district. — The 

 meeting was a very instructive and 

 pleasing one. The above Society 

 hold their meetings on the first 

 Saturday in every month. 



Edwin Stoke, Hon. Sec. 



OvENDEN Naturalists' Society. 

 — The monthly meeting of this 

 Society was held on Saturday, in 

 the Society's meeting-room, Queen's 

 Head Inn, Illingworth, Mr. T. 

 Pobertshaw, the president, in the 

 chair. The following, amongst a 

 number of other botanical speci- 

 mens, were exhibited, collected by 

 Messrs. C. Sheard, T. R-obertshaw, 

 and S. Collins : — Intermediate win- 

 ter-green (very rare), great leopard's 

 bane, round-leaved sundew, mea- 

 dow crane's-bill, wood crane's-bill, 

 jagged-leaved crane's-bill, yellow 

 iris or water flag, common speed- 

 well, creeping loose-strife or money- 

 wort, black bindweed, wood betony, 

 and evergreen alkanet. The plants 



will appear in our next issue. 



