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The Naturalist. 



the chair, and was numerously 

 attended by members from the 

 local societies of Huddersfield, 

 Clayton-west, Wakefield, Ovenden, 

 Stainland, Holmfirth, Liversedge, 

 Mirfield, Bradford, Leeds, Goole, 

 and York. The president read an 

 interesting address on the present 

 aspect of general and natural his- 

 tory science, referring to some 

 recent discoveries. The plants, 

 which were but few in number, 

 were named by Rev. W. Fowler, of 

 Liversedge, Y.P., Paris quadri- 

 folia, Viola hirta, V. Riviniana, and 

 V. odorata being the most note- 

 worthy ; and Dr. H. F. Parsons, 

 of Goole, brought a small moss, 

 which has since been determined 

 to be Pottia cavifolia, var. y. The 

 other mosses were of no particular 

 rarity. Mr. W. Talbot, of Wake- 

 field, had heard or seen the fol- 

 lowing birds during the day : — 

 song thrush {Turdus musicus) ; 

 blackbird {T. menda) ; hedge ac- 

 centor {Accentor modularis) ; red- 

 breast (ErytJiaca ruhecida) ; willow 

 warbler {Sylvia trocMlus) : chiff- 

 chaff" {8. rufa) ; * greater tit ( Parus 

 major) ; * blue tit (P. cceruleus) ; 

 pied wagtail {Motacilla Yarrellii) ; 

 meadow pipit {AntJms pratensis) ; 

 skylark {Alauda arvensis) ; yellow 

 bunting {Emberiza citrinella) ; chaf- 

 finch {Fringilla ccelehs) ; greenfinch 

 {Goccothvaustes chloris) ; * magpie 

 {Pica caudata) ; wren {Troglodytes 

 vulgaris) ; * ring dove {Columba 

 palumhus) ; and peewit {Vanellus 

 cristatus) : all in full song with the 

 exception of those marked (^). Dr. 

 H. F. Parsons, of Goole, and Mr. 

 H. R. Moiser, F.G.S. of York, 

 produced a few specimens of Axi7ius 



ohscurus, and an Ostrcea from the 

 limestone of Garforth ; and some 

 further remarks on the geology of 

 the district were made by Messrs. 

 J. Tindall and J. Spencer. Messrs. 

 Nelson and Taylor, of Leeds, spoke 

 on the conchology of the excursion, 

 and exhibited specimens they had 

 gathered of Planorhis vortex, P. 

 spirorhis, P. complanatus, P. cor- 

 neus, P. contortusy Physa hypnoriom, 

 Lymncea glabra, Anodonta cygnea, 

 Succinea putris, Zonites cellarius, 

 Z. nitididus, Z. alliarius, Z. purus, 

 Z. crystallinus, Z. fulvus, eleven 

 species of Helix, Bulimus ohscurus., 

 Clausilia rugosa, Cochlicopa luhrica, 

 and var. luhricoides ; and Mr. Por- 

 ritt, F.L.S., of Huddersfield, made 

 some remarks on a few larvse gath- 

 ered. Mr. Abbott, of Leeds, spoke 

 of the richness of the flora of the 

 Garforth district, but regretted that 

 the excursion had been fixed for so 

 early a date, as most of the plants 

 found there flourished at a later 

 period. — On the motion of Mr, 

 Porritt, seconded by Mr. Hobkirk, 

 Mr. W. Denison Roebuck, secretary 

 of the Leeds Society, was unani- 

 mously elected to the post of annal- 

 ist of the joint societies. Votes of 

 thanks to Col. Gascoigne for per- 

 mission to visit Parlington Park, 

 and to the rector of Barwick-in- 

 Elmete for his address on the 

 earthworks, and to the committee 

 of the Mechanics' Institute for the 

 use of the Picture Gallery, were 

 unanimously passed, on the propo- 

 sition respectively of Dr. Parsons, 

 Mr. Talbot, Mr. W. Prest, of York, 

 and Mr. Hunter, of Goole, and the 

 last by Messrs. Hick and Jefferson, 

 F.C.S., both of Leeds, 



