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year, had during the last few weeks 

 been scooped out in thousands by 

 the rooks ; he was surprised these 

 birds should take so greedily to a 

 vegetable diet. Mr. J. Tindall 

 suggested that probably the pota- 

 toes were by this time infested with 

 wire-worms, or some Agrotis larvae, 

 which would be the attraction. A 

 most interesting paper on "The 

 Physical Geography of Hudders- 

 field," was then read by Mr. C. P. 

 Hobkirk, in which, after referring 

 to previous papers on the subject, 

 he decided to confine himself en- 

 tirely to river action in the forma- 

 tion of our valleys ; and by a num- 

 ber of diagrams, showing partly the 

 effects of river action, and partly 

 the form of various local valleys, he 

 showed how the latter had been 

 formed, in some places leaving high 

 cliffs as at Spa Wood, in others 

 outliers as at the Round Wood, 

 Kirkheaton, &c. A very animated 

 discussion on the subject ensued. 



Mbeting April 15th, the presi- 

 dent in the chair. — Mr. Allen 

 Godward exhibited a fine specimen 

 of Sigillaria alternum from Liver- 

 sedge. The president exhibited 

 preserved larvae of Noctua xantho- 

 grapha and Tryplicena pronuha ; 

 Mr. J oseph French Flustra foliacia, 

 on which he made a few interesting 

 remarks. Mr. George Brook pre- 

 sented to the library the series of 

 seven volumes of " Macmillan's 

 Science Primers." The Rev. W. 

 Fowler, M.A., of Liversedge, then 

 read a most interesting paper on 

 " Sandstones," illustrated by nume- 

 rous specimens, on which a lively 

 discussion ensued. — Geo. Brook, 

 Hon. Sec, 



The Leeds Naturalists' Club 

 AND Scientific Association. — 

 205th Meeting, April 4th— the 

 opening of the new session. The 

 chair was occupied by the retiring 

 president, Mr. Henry Pocklington, 

 F.R.M.S. The death of Mr. G. 

 W. Newton, one of the founders of 

 the Club, was mentioned. The new 

 president, Mr. Samuel Jefferson, 

 F.C.S., then delivered his inaugu- 

 ral address, taking for his topic 

 " The Domain of Science." 



206th Meeting, April 11th, Mr. 

 Samuel Jefferson, F.CS., presi- 

 dent, in the chair. — The evening 

 was occupied by microscopical 

 matter. Mr. Washington Teasdale 

 and Mr. S. S. Peat exhibited vari- 

 ous forms of microscopes ; Mr. W. 

 E. Clarke showed Melicerta ringens 

 with the spot lens illumination ; 

 the president, various forms of 

 rotifers and diatoms, and Mr. Ed. 

 Thompson also showed diatoms. — 

 W. Denison Roebuck, Hon. Sec. 



MiDDLESTOWN NaTURALISTS' SO- 

 CIETY. — Meeting April 8th, Rev. 

 H. Greene, president, in the chair. 

 Mr. George Jackson gave a short 

 account of the life of the common 

 white butterfly {Pieris brassica). 

 Sixteen plants were produced in 

 bloom, including Viola odorata, V. 

 canina, Anemone nemorosa, &c. — 

 T. H. RusHFORTH, Asst. Sec. 



MiRFiELD Naturalists' Society. 

 —Meeting 1st April, Mr. L. Holt 

 in the chair. Many miscellaneous 

 objects in natural history were ex- 

 hibited through a powerful micro- 

 scope by the Rev. S. Firman. A 



