Reports of 



these examples were from a small 

 pond near Adel and Cookridge. He 

 had not before known it in the 

 Leeds district, but had about two 

 or three years ago received speci- 

 mens from Ilkle3^ Mr. J. Armitage 

 exhibited Vanessa Antiopa, taken 

 in August, 1875, at Burley, near 

 Leeds. Mr. W, H. Hay showed 

 nests of three and eggs of twenty- 

 seven birds, all taken by him within 

 a dozen miles from Leeds. Mr. C. 

 H. Bothamley exhibited samples- 

 of the minerals cryolite and chaly- 

 bite. The first is a double fluoride 

 of sodium and aluminium, occurring 

 in Greenland, with metamorphic 

 rocks, and is one of the chief 

 sources of aluminium. The second 

 is carbonate of iron, with layers of 

 hsematite, the crystals showing the 

 curved faces so characteristic of 

 this and some other minerals cry- 

 stallizing in rhombohedroms ; it is 

 one of the purest iron ores. Mr. 

 G. A. Kennedy showed a fine fossil 

 tooth of Rhizodus Hiberti, a sauroid 

 fish from the upper coal measures 

 of Haddington. Mr. Edwin Birchall, 

 F.L.S., sent specimens of Scilla 

 verna, with the flowers of which the 

 clifis in the Isle of Man are blue at 

 the present time. Mr. S. Scholefield 

 showed newts ; also Hellehorus viri- 

 dis. Mr, Thomas Grassham showed 

 SaUirnia carpini in all its stages, 

 from Adel Moor, and Mr. John 

 Grassham — Lasiocampa callunm in 

 various stages, and Cicindela cam- 

 pestris — from the same locality : Mr. 

 J. Armitage, some exotic Lepidop- 

 tera, and the business terminated 

 with the description of a geological 

 excursion to Keighley, by Mr. Thos. 

 Tate.— W.D.R 



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OVENDBN JSTaTURALISTS' SOCIETY. 



— Monthly meeting, April 29th, 

 the president, Mr. T. Robertshow, 

 in the chair. The botanical speci- 

 mens collected-by Messrs. C. Sheard, 

 L Binns, and W. Townsend in- 

 cluded the following: — Calthapalus- 

 tris, Arum maculatum, ^alix repens, 

 Galeobdolon luteum, LathrcEa squam- 

 aria, Myosotis palustris, Szc. Mr. 

 R. Earnshaw exhibited a number 

 of birds eggs, including great crested 

 grebe Fodiceps cristatus, cormorant 

 Carho cormoranus, shag Carho 

 cristatus, lesser tern Sterna minuta, 

 razorbill Alca torda, lesser black- 

 backed gull Larus fuscus, and 

 woodchat shrike Lanius rufus. Mr. 

 T. Hirst, a pair of Chinese golden 

 pheasants, and a large collection of 

 foreign birds and skins from America 

 and Australia. Mr. J. Ogden ex- 

 hibited and named a number of 

 beetles, including sacred Egyptian 

 beetle, pair of Phanaeus lancifer — 

 beautiful specimens. Mr. T, Cock- 

 roft and Mr. I. Binns exhibited 

 and named a number of geological 

 specimens, including Calamites can- 

 naeformis, Sigillaria reniformis, &c. 

 Mr. E,. Earnshaw and Mr. C. Sheard 

 gave the dates of the arrival of the 

 migratory birds, March 27th wheat- 

 ear, April 19th lesser white-throat, 

 22nd swallow, house martin, chif- 

 chafi", and redstart, 24th cuckoo, 

 29th whinchat and willow wren : 

 owing to the recent cold weather 

 the arrivals are a few days later 

 than the last few years. 



Joseph Ogdejst, Hon. Sec. 



Rastriok and Brighouse Natu- 

 ralists' Society. — Meeting May 

 8th, the president, Mr. W. W. 

 Turner, in the chair. The botanical 

 specimens, one hundred and twenty- 



