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Grassham. Mr. Sanmel Schole- 

 field showed some objects under 

 the microscope, Mr. John Grass- 

 ham aLowed Hydrous piceus, one of 

 the pair set so as to show the wings ; 

 also various moths. Mr. John W. 

 Taylor showed Helix virgata and 

 Bulimus acutus, from Freshwater, 

 Isle of Wight, to show the varia- 

 tion, which was Tinnsually great. 

 There were two varieties of marking 

 of the latter shell ; the habits of 

 the pale specimens are to be freely 

 exposed, attached to the blades of 

 grass in the downs, but the vege- 

 tation being dusty and grey-looking, 

 the shells are not very conspicuous. 

 The darker form lies hidden near 

 the roots of the thick grass, and is 

 but seldom fully exposed ; and 

 when found on the short grass of 

 the downs is much paler in colour, 

 approximating to the white form. 

 The examples of Helix virgata 

 showed variation to a remarkable 

 degree, both in size and colour, 

 within very narrow limits, the 

 larger specimens being found 

 amongst the more luxuriant vege- 

 tation.— Mr. John T. Calvert, of 

 Keighley, mentioned that he had, 

 the previous day, seen in the flesh 

 a specimen of the rough-legged 

 buzzard, which had been killed 

 between Keighley and Skipton. A 

 letter from Mr. F. G. S. Eawson, 

 of Thorpe, near Halifax, was read, 

 embodying ornithological notes 

 made by Mr. Roger Earnshaw, of 

 Ovenden, during the past three 

 months. 



195th Meeting, Nov. 17th, 1875. 

 — Mr. Jas. Abbott, vice-president, 

 in the chair. Mr. John T. Beer, 



F.R.S. Lit., read a paper entitled 

 ' ' Tidal Advances upon the coast of 

 Kent, with indications of a former 

 coast line, and of ancient sub- 

 mergence." In illustration he 

 showed maps of the present and 

 former coast lines of East Kent, 

 and its geology ; also Roman pot- 

 tery dredged from the bottom of 

 the sea off" Herne Bay, fossils from 

 the coast, and shells from a depth 

 of 98 feet at the Goodwin Sands. 

 The discussion was commenced by 

 Mr, John Hohnes, and continued 

 by Messrs. John W. Taylor, Benj. 

 Holgate and the chairman, and was 

 of a most interesting character. — 

 W. D. Roebuck, Hon. Sec. 



LiVEESEDGB NaTUEALISTS' 



Society. — The usual monthly 

 meeting of this Society was held 

 in Millbridge School, on Tuesday, 

 Nov. 2nd, the Rev. W. Fowler in 

 the chair. Mr. Adamson, of Raw- 

 folds, exhibited a young kittiwake 

 (stuffed and mounted by himself), 

 which was one of a flock that passed 

 over Robert Town on Oct. 8th, and 

 was seen to fall (probably from ex- 

 haustion) by a man working in the 

 fields. The president showed the 

 following species of foraminifera 

 from the Atlantic (67 fathoms), in 

 the microscope : Globigerina hulloi- 

 des, Spirilleria vivipara, Planorhu- 

 lina lohatula, and Ungeriana, Testu- 

 lariapygmoea, and young of Miliola. 

 Specimens of haematite and other 

 minerals were exhibited by Mr. J. 

 M. Barber, and a good example of 

 Pecopteris by Mr. Crosland. 



North Staffordshire Natu- 

 ralists' Field Club. — We have 



