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ting, chaffinch, tree sparrow, house 

 sparrow, greenfinch, lesser redpole, 

 starling, carrion crow, rook, magpie, 

 jay, creeper, wren (and nest), ring- 

 dove, pewitt, and common sand 

 piper ; and in addition to these, he 

 had seen a flock of fieldfares, very 

 late for these winter visitors to 

 remain in the district. These notes 

 were supplemented by Mr. C. C, 

 Hanson, of Stainland. Mr. Gr. T. 

 Porritt, F.L.S., on being requested 

 to report upon the Lepidoptera, 

 said that in consequence of the 

 cold winds which had prevailed for 

 some time previously, but few 

 had been taken. Several butterflies 

 were observed,the best being Fa^tessa 

 polychloros ; larvse of Chelonia caja 

 plentiful on nettles about Middles- 

 town. Mr. George Jackson, of 

 Netherton, exhibited the specimen 

 of Catocala Fraxini he took at 

 Bulclifie Wood, in the immediate 

 neighbourhood, on the 12th August, 

 last year — a very nice specimen 

 (see Naturalist, vol. i, p. 46.) The 

 plants were reported upon by Mr. 

 Richard Jessop, of Lascelles Hallj 

 and included the following : — 

 Ranunculus hederaceus, Calthapalus- 

 tris, Draha verna, Viola sylvatica, 

 var. Riviniana, Viola tricolor, TJlex 

 EuTopmus, Orohus tuherosus, CE'n- 

 anthe crocata, Angelica sylveshis, 

 Adoxa moschatellina, Tedia olitoria, 

 Petasites vulgaris, Plantago media, 

 Glechoma hederacea, Veronica heder- 

 cefolia, Lamium purpureum, Ajuga 

 reptans. Primula vulgaris, Orchis 

 mascula, and Arum maculatum. 

 Fontinalis antipyretica was the only 

 moss shown. Mr. Joseph Tindall, 

 of Huddersfield, in describing the 

 geological structure of the Horbury 



district, which included Coxley 

 Valley and Middlestown, said that 

 the district lies upon the Thornhill 

 and Dewsbury rock, which forms 

 the bold escarpments of Thornhill 

 edge and Earlsheaton, and includ- 

 ing the Haigh-moor coal, from 2 

 to 4 feet, with the accompanying 

 shales and sandstones, and the beds 

 of coal known as Joans, Mitchell, 

 or Parsons coal, and the shales of 

 sandstones connected with them, 

 making together strata about 398 

 feet thick. Below these are the 

 Flockton thick or Adwalton stone- 

 coal, 1 to 3 feet, divided by shales 

 and sandstones 57 feet thick ; from 

 the " Flockton thin, Dewsbury- 

 bank, yard, or Adwalton," black 

 bed coal. Underneath are the old- 

 hards, brown-m.etal, green-lane, or 

 Middleton little coal ; new-hards, 

 Cromwell - main, Wheatley - lime, 

 blocking, and Cookson coals ; alto- 

 gether forming strata 612 feet thick, 

 worked in the district. Amongst 

 the fossils are found — Lepidoden- 

 dron Harcourtii, L. elegans and two 

 other species, Calamites approxi- 

 matus, G. Gannonformis, Sigillaria 

 pacJiyderma, S. Icevigata, 8. oculata, 

 8. tesselata,8. rcniformis,8. organum, 

 8tigmaria ficoides, Anthracosia ro- 

 husta, and Gucullea, in beds 8 

 inches thick. 8phenopteris linearis 

 and other fossil ferns were exhibited 

 from the Shelly Railway tunnel 

 and Flockton.— W. D. R. 



Errata. — Page 151, delete last par. 



under " Birds of Wakefield." 

 Page 156, line 19, 2nd col., for 



Dodona read Dadoxylon. 

 Page 157, line 16 from bottom, 1st 



col., for alternum read alternans. 



