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mus, Zannichellia pedicellata, Jun- 

 cus Gerardi, Scirpus maritimus, 

 SclerocMoa maritima, and S. distans. 

 Among casually occurring plants, 

 were mentioned Cardims tenuiflorus, 

 Atriplex littoralis, and others on 

 ballast ; marine algse, such as Plo- 

 cammm coccineum, (a specimen of 

 which was exhibited), washed up 

 from the sea ; and diatoms from 

 Peruvian guano in the river, into 

 which they had found their way 

 with the drainage of cultivated 

 fields. — H. Franklin Paesons, 

 M.D., Secretary. 



["We purpose publishing this paper in 

 extenso shortly. — Eds, Nat.] 



HUDDEESFIELD NaTURALISTS' 



Society. — Meeting, October 6th, 

 the president, Mr. G. T. Porritt, 

 F.L.S., in the chair. Mr. T. H. 

 Bartlam named a series plants from 

 Crosland Moor, exhibited by Mr. 

 John Shaw, including Erica cinerea, 

 Empetrum nigrum, Erodium mos- 

 cJiatum, Trifolium pratense (curious 

 variety), Xanthium spinosum, &c., 

 the last three from shoddy refuse. 

 Mr. James Yarley recorded having 

 seen martins on the wing the last 

 day of October, at Hebden Bridge ; 

 the last date they were observed at 

 Huddersfield was October 26th. 

 Mr. J oseph French read an interest- 

 ing extract from an Australian 

 paper on some kangaroo bones 

 which had been recently found, on 

 which a short conversation ensued. 

 —Mr. Ed. Brooke, F.G.S., pre- 

 sented to the Society a copy of 

 " Lindley and Button's Fossil 

 Flora," for which a unanimous vote 

 of thanks was passed. — Mr. John 

 Sanderson, of Holmfirth, then read 



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a paper on " Curiosities of Physical 

 Geography," after which an anima- 

 ted discussion took place, joined in 

 by Messrs. Richard Jessop, George 

 Brook, Joseph Tindall, C. P. Hob- 

 kirk, Joseph French, Edward Tay- 

 lor, A. Spiegel, and the chairman. 



Meeting-, October 25th — tlie 

 president, Mr. G. T. Porritt, F.L. S. , 

 in the chair. Mr. Joseph Tindall 

 exhibited a specimen of the common 

 toad, which had been brought to 

 him by a man who said he had 

 found it alive embedded in a solid 

 block of coal, which, of course, 

 neither Mr. Tindall nor any other 

 member believed. The president 

 exhibited a specimen of Cucidlia 

 gnapJialii, bred during the season 

 from a larva found last autumn in 

 West Sussex ; also a specimen of 

 Lemiodes pidveralis, taken in July 

 last at Folkstone. Mr. S. L. Mose- 

 ley showed a living example of 

 Dasypolia templi he had taken on a 

 lamp on his way to the meeting ; 

 also a series of Acidalia rusUcata 

 (second brood), bred from eggs sent 

 him by Mr. Porritt, when on a col- 

 lecting expedition in Kent. Mr. 

 Mosley also exhibited an interesting 

 series of grasses from the neighbour- 

 hood of Blackpool. Mr. J. R. Dore 

 exhibited a large and interesting 

 series of specimens, entomological 

 and botanical, by means of the oxy- 

 hydrogen light, which were greatly 

 admired. — George Brook, Hon. 

 Sec. 



Huddersfield Botanical 

 Society. — This Society held their 

 monthly meeting Oct. I7th, when 

 there was a large number of 



