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when upwards of 40 sat down to an 

 excellent dinner, Mr, S. Baldwin, 

 of Halifax, in the chair. The toast 

 of the evening was proposed by Mr. 

 Jonathan Mason in a very agreeable 

 and pleasant style : he spoke of the 

 advantages of the study of natural 

 history. Mr. J. Spencer responded 

 in a rather lengthy speech on the 

 progress of geology. Mr. J. Ogden, 

 the secretary, read the report, 

 which showed the Society to be in a 

 very prosperous condition, having 

 66 ordinary and 9 honorary mem- 

 bers. The library contains 160 

 volumes. Mr. R. Earnshaw pro- 

 posed the ''West E-iding Consoli- 

 dated Naturalists' Society," and 

 spoke of the advantages to be de- 

 rived from attending their meetings. 



Stainland Naturalists' 

 Society. — The annual meeting 

 was held at Barrwood, on the 6th 

 Dec. The chief business was the 

 election of officers for the ensuing 

 year, viz : — J. E. Garside, presi- 

 dent ; S. Calvert, vice-president ; 

 W. H. Stott, Hon. Sec. Large 

 flocks of fieldfares and larks were 

 reported as having passed over 

 Stainland on the 5th Dec, flying 

 in a westerly direction.— W. H. 

 Stott, Sec. 



Wakefield Naturalists' 

 Society. — The fifth annual 

 meeting was held on the 16th Jan. , 

 when the officers for the ensuing 

 year were elected as follows : — J. 

 Wain Wright, Esq., F.L.S., presi- 

 dent, Messrs. A. Dickson and G. 

 Campbell, vice - presidents, Mr. 

 Thornton, treasurer, J. Spurling, 

 corresponding secretary, &c. The 



president afterwards exhibited some 

 specimens of fossil wood and a 

 calamite. Mr. J. Bradley presented 

 the Society with " Owen's Lectures 

 on the Comparative Anatomy of 

 Invertebrate Animals." The Society 

 has also received donations from 

 the gentlemen patrons of the Society 

 to the sum of £9 5s. for the 

 purchase of a microscope for the 

 use of the members of the Society. 

 — John Spurling, Hon. Sec. 



York and District Field Natu- 

 ralists' Society. — Meeting Jan. 

 12th.— Mr. H. R. Moiser, F.G.S., 

 vice-president, in the chair. The 

 secretary, on behalf of Mr. Hum- 

 phries, exhibited a specimen of the 

 Black Swan, which recently adorned 

 our noble river, but was unfortunate- 

 ly killed during the late floods. Mr. 

 C. Helstrip presented eggs of the 

 Kite and Rough-legged Buzzard. 

 Mr. Robinson exhibited a pair of 

 the Grey Wagtail ; Mr. Wolsten- 

 holme a fine example of the Red- 

 throated Diver, female, Colymbus 

 septentrionalis ; also eggs of the 

 Alpine Accentor, Hoopoe, White- 

 bellied Swift, and Bohemian Wax- 

 wing ; the secretary, Mr. Prest, 

 a fine series of C. nupta and A. 

 occulta ; also II . armigera, H. 

 peltigera and X. petrificaia. 



CORRECTIONS. 



Page 81, No. VI.— The head- 

 line " FALCONIDJE " should be 

 "MERULIDJE." 



Page 79, No. Y., third line from 

 top — "fine olive green " should be 

 " pale olive green." 



