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The Naturalist. 



Rev. William Fowler, M.A,, being elected president, and Messrs. J. M. 

 Barber (the retiring secretary), Thomas Lister, of Barnsley, H. Franklin 

 Parsons, M.D., of Goole, and Joseph Wainwright, F.L.S., of Wakefield 

 (the retiring president), the four vice-presidents. Messrs. G. Brook, 

 secretary of the Huddersfield Naturalists' Society, and William Denison 

 Roebuck, secretary of the Leeds Naturalists' Club and Scientific Associa- 

 tion, were appointed joint-secretaries. A vote of thanks to the retiring 

 officers was passed, special mention of the long and unwearied labours of 

 the retiring secretary, Mr. J. M. Barber, being made by Mr. S. D. 

 Bairstow, of Huddersfield. A vote of thanks was passed to the Rev. B. 

 Wilson, of Mirfield, for the use of the school-room, and to the ladies 

 who had in large numbers assembled to cater for the wants of the 

 excursionists by presiding at the tea tables. The places for excursions 

 for next season were then decided on, viz : — Wetherby, for the Cowthorpe 

 Oak (Easter Monday) ; Nostel Priory (June) ; Shipley Glen ; Norland 

 Moor ; Goole, for Thorne Waste ; Sherburn, for Bishop Wood ; and 

 Wakefield, for the annual meeting in October. Afterwards the various 

 specimens gathered during the afternoon were named by Dr. Parsons, 

 Mr. Joseph Tindall, of Huddersfield ; Mr. George T. Porritt, F.L.S., of 

 Huddersfield ; Mr. Thos. Lister, and Mr. C. Hanson, of Stainland. The 

 rarer plants were — Prunus cerasus, Glyceria aquatica, Salix cinerea, 

 Artemisia vulgaris, Chenopodium album, Epipactis latifolia (Hopton), 

 Sonchus asper, Angelica sylvestris, Viburnum opulus : Fungi — Coprinus 

 micaceus, Polyporus betulinus, Lycoperdon pyriforme, Hygrophorus 

 psittacinus, Dacrymyces stellatus, Xylariahypoxylon, Nectria cinnabarina, 

 Scleroderma vulgare, Agaricus radicatus, A. fascicularis, A. atro-albus, 

 A. melleus, A. campestris, A. sericeus, A. semi-globatus, A. separatus : 

 Fossils — Calamites approximatus, Lepidodendron Harcourtii. 



York and District Field Naturalists' Society. — Monthly meeting, 

 Wednesday, Oct. 11th, Mr. William Chapman in the chair. — Mr. C. D. 

 Wolstenholme exhibited a very fine specimen of the turnstone {Strepsilas 

 collaris), lately shot at Harrogate, and gave a very interesting account of 

 the structure and habits of the bird ; Mr. Gillah : eggs of the snowy owl 

 (Strix nyctea) and common buzzard {Falco butea). Mr. Simmons : fine 

 series of the following insects — Phlogophora empyrea, Aplecta tincta, 

 Noctua ditrapezium, and Selenia illustraria. Mr. Robinson : Boarmia 

 ahietaria, Boarmia rohoraria, and Folia flamcAncta. Mr. Helstrip : the 

 black-bellied darter {Floutus melanogaster), and the summer duck 

 {Q. Sponsa), shot by Mr. J. F. Walker, Claxton Hall, in the United 

 States of America. Mr. Humphries : neck and handle of large Roman 

 amphora ; also fragment of figured Samian ware found during excava- 

 tions in the city. The secretary (Mr. Prest) : fine series of Platypteryx 

 hamula, Boarmia ahietaria, Macaria alternata, bred ; Dianthcecia coesia, 

 Acidalia contiguaria, Eupoecilia implicitana, Phloxopteryx comptana, &c. 

 — Wm. Prest, Hon. Sec. 



