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The Naturalist. 



Microscopic examination showed mica abundant. 

 Three different forms of Sponge spicules. 



Liatomacea. 

 Amphora liyalina. 

 Navicida SpenceriL 

 JV. attenuata. 

 Melosira opejxula. 

 M. nummuloides. 

 Cymhella gastroides. 



Synedra capitata and three other forms. 

 Surirella (a very small form). 



THE BIRDS OF WAKEFIELD: 



TFitJi 'particulars of the occasional visits of Hare Species, and of those 

 that have been observed to breed in the neighbourhood, 



From 1845 to the present time. 

 BY WILLIAM TALBOT. 



ANTHID^.— (Continued). 

 It sings both in its ascending and descending flight, a habit 

 which distinguishes it from the Tree Pipit, whose song begins 

 at the top of its flight, continuing through the descent until 

 near the ground or tree where it alights. I have never seen any 

 variation, when the song is uttered in flight, for both will sing 

 from a tree, or post, or the ground, and I am surprised not to 

 find the distinction pointed out by any naturalist, the song 

 during descent only , being ascribed to both birds, or the distinc- 

 tion is passed over in silence by men whom I have hitherto 

 followed with unquestioning deference, and have not hitherto 

 published the discrepancy to avoid the appearance of a petty 

 carping spirit. Both birds are about here indiscriminately called 

 Tit Larks, but a well defined account of their song would have 

 made the two species distinct to the learner. As with the three 

 Summer Wrens where the outward similarity is so great, except in 

 the minute point of claws and quills, the song would be the easiest 

 mode of knowing them one from another. It is difficult to mark 

 at a distance the long straight hind claw of the Meadow Pipit, 



