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would find the Society richer both 

 in numbers and knowledge. — Mr. 

 Wentworth named the botanical 

 specimens, 91 of which were upon 

 the table, many of them, notwith- 

 standing the advanced season of 

 the year, being still in bloom, 

 notably Lapsana communis, Verhas- 

 cum Thapsus, Chenopodium Bonus 

 Henricus, Ranunculus Jiammula, 

 Lysimachia nummularia, Mercu/tia- 

 lis perennis, Pimpmella saxifraga, 

 Borago officinalis, Pyrus communis, 

 Myosotis armnsis, and others too 

 numerous to mention. Mr. G. L, 

 Lister exhibited a number of fossil 

 teeth (shark) brought from the Red 

 Crag, in Suffolk.— W. M. Tuhner, 

 Sec. 



Stainland Naturalists' Society. 

 — This Society held its monthly 

 meeting on Monday evening, Nov. 

 1st, Mr. J. Edwards in the chair. 

 After the ordinary business, speci- 

 mens, were exhibited as follows : — 

 by J. E. Garside, male scoter duck, 

 shot on the Calder by Mr. T. Jagger ; 

 by C. C. Hanson, eggs of lapwing, 

 moor-hen, and landrail. A few 

 woodcocks have been seen in this 

 neighbourhood, and one or two 

 shot. Fieldfares first seen on the 

 21st of October, and wild ducks and 

 other northern emigrants have been 

 more numerous than usual. — 



Caius Oassius Hanson. 



Wakefield Naturalists' Society 

 —Meeting Nov. 4th, Mr. H. Sims, 

 vice-president, in the chair. Mr. 

 Walshaw exhibited several fine spe- 

 cimens of geology he had collected 

 at Scarborough. Mr. Talbot ex- 

 hibited a remarkable variety of the 



egg of the herring gull {Larus argen- 

 tatus), collected at Filey, the ground 

 colour being a very fine olive green, 

 nearly white, with only three dark 

 brown blotches on the larger end. 

 A cordial vote of thanks was passed 

 to John Bradley, Esq., Moor Cot- 

 tage, who presented the Society 

 with " Owens' lectures on the com- 

 parative anatomy and physiology of 

 the invertebrate animals." — Wm. 

 Talbot. 



York and District Field 

 Naturalists' Society. — The usual 

 monthly meeting of this Society 

 was held on Wednesday evening, 

 Oct. 13th, at the house of Mr. Prest, 

 Holgate Road. The vice-president, 

 Mr. Wesley, was in the chair. The 

 chairman exhibited the following 

 rare birds' eggs : Cirl bunting, wood 

 lark, reed warbler, grass-hopper 

 warbler, great sedge warbler, stone 

 chat, pied flycatcher, and crested tit- 

 mouse. Mr. Robinson exhibited 

 Grapta C. album, taken at Castle 

 Howard during the excursion of 

 the Society last month ; also Hopo- 

 rina Croceago, Xanthia Gilvago, 

 Emmelesia ericetata, and Scotosia 

 rhamnata. Mr. Wolstenholme a 

 very fine example of the green 

 shank, shot on Clifton Ings ; also 

 very diminutive eggs of the hedge 

 sparrow and yellow hammer. Mr. 

 M. Smith exhibited the following 

 specimens of coleoptera, most beau- 

 tifully set, viz : Cassida viridis, bred, 

 and Hylohius ahietis. Mr. Helstrip 

 exhibited the male and female 

 Indian snake birds. The secretary, 

 Mr. Prest, exhibited Acherontia 

 Atropos, Nola alhulalis, Hijria auro- 

 raria, Acidalia emutaria, Nonagria 



