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The Naturalist, 



Rasthick and Brighouse Natu- 

 ralists' Society. — Meeting 14tli 

 February, the president in the 

 chair. — Specimens of Mercurialis 

 perennis, Potentilla Fragariastrum, 

 and Corylus Avellana, were exhi- 

 bited in bloom. Mr. G. L. Lister 

 exhibited a fine specimen of Uloden- 

 dron, from the middle, and of 

 Acanthodes from the lower, coal 

 measures. Mr. W. Kaye exhi- 

 bited Perdix cinerea. — W. M. 

 Turner, Hon. Sec. 



Selby Naturalists' Society.— 

 Meeting 11th February, at the 

 Mechanics' Institute, Mr. J. T. 

 Atkinson in the chair.— Dr Parsons 

 attended the meeting, and threw 

 out some good suggestions in refer- 

 ence to the formation of the So- 

 ciety. The following officers were 

 then appointed : — president, Mr. 

 J. T. Atkinson ; secretaries,- Mr. 

 Cheesman and Mr. Y. Taylor ; 

 committee. Dr. Parsons, Mr. Fos- 

 ter, Mr. Bell, and the Bev. G. D. 

 Wyatt. There is every prospect of 

 the Society being a successful one, 

 several papers having been already 

 promised. 



Stainland Naturalists' Society. 

 — Meeting at Barwood, on the 7th 

 February. — Mr. J. E. Garside ex- 

 hibited a fine male specimen of 

 the Merlin hawk, Mr. W. H. Stott 

 corn-crake, dipper, and goldfinch ; 

 C. C. Hanson, robin, bramble finch, 

 and warty-faced honey-eater, from 

 Australia ; also eggs of hedge- 

 sparrow, swallow, and pied wag- 

 tail. A conversation on the saga- 

 city of animals and birds concluded 

 a very interesting meeting. — Vast 



flocks of fieldfares were seen in the 

 neighbourhood on the 9th inst. — 

 Caius Cassius Hanson. 



Wakefield Naturalists' Soci- 

 ety. — Monthly meeting, February 

 3rd. Mr. A. Dickson, vice-presi- 

 dent, in the chair. — Mr. Hall exhi- 

 bited a quantity of birds' eggs, 

 amongst which we noticed the 

 oystercatcher, blackheaded gull, 

 Brunnick's guillemot, bridled guil- 

 lemot, with three varieties of the 

 common guillemot, razor bill, her- 

 ring gull, lesser black-backed gull 

 and coot. Mr. Walsham exhibited 

 two tusks, supposed to be from the 

 walrus. — John Spurling, Hon. 

 Sec. 



York and District Field Natu- 

 ralists' Society. — Monthly meet- 

 ing held February 9th, at the house 

 of Mr. Prest, Holgate-road, Mr. H. 

 B. Moiser, F.G.S., in the chair. — 

 Mr. Webster exhibited a number of 

 dried plants ; Mr. C. D. Wolsten- 

 holme, eggs of the cirl bunting, 

 Emberiza cirlus ; the ortolan bun- 

 ting, E. hortulana ; the snow bun- 

 ting, Plectroplmnes nivalis ; and the 

 Lapland bunting, P. Lapponica ; 

 Mr. Robinson, a fine pair of the 

 black-tailed godwit, Limosa cegoce- 

 phala ; Mr. Helstrip, two skins of 

 the adjutant bird, from India. The 

 chairman read a paper on Distri- 

 bution of Gold," after which Mr. 

 0. D. Wolstenholme read a very 

 interesting paper on the "Abnor- 

 mal Habits and Conditions of 

 Birds," and exhibited on behalf of 

 Mr. Morgan a specimen of an 

 albino redwing, Turdus iliacus. 



