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furctda, PtilopJwra plumigera, Notodonta dromedarius, Cossus ligniperda, 

 Euthemonia russula, Sirex gigas, S, juvencus, and many others. — Wm. 

 Dbnison Roebuck, Secretary. 



MiDDLBSTOWN Naturalists' Society. — Meeting 8th May. — The Rev. 

 A. T. Pnllin gave a most interesting lecture on " The Fertilization of 

 Mowers." A number of curious varieties of birds' eggs were exhibited 

 "by Mr. George Jackson, including sparrow hawk, five varieties ; kestrel, 

 blackbird, seven ; tree sparrow, two ; cuckoo, redbreast, three ; yellow- 

 hammer, two ; linnet, two ; tree pipit, five ; meadow pipit, four ; and 

 chaflinch, two.— T. H. Rushforth, Hon. Sec. 



MiRFiELD Naturalists' Society. — Meeting 5th May. — Mr. William 

 Hardman read a paper on the Foxglove {Digitalis purpurea) ; 47 plants 

 were laid on the table, 27 of them being in bloom, amongst them were 

 the following : — Ranuncidus repens, R. auricomus, Myrrhis odorata, Pedi- 

 cularis sylvatica, Cardamine pratensis. — Ed. Stoks, Hon. Sec. 



Ovenden Naturalists' Society. — Monthly meeting, April 28th, Mr. 

 T. Scott, president, in the chair. — A number of specimens in geology 

 were exhibited by Messrs. Midgley and Cockroft, amongst them being 

 some very good Belemnites from the new railway cutting. The following 

 birds were first heard in the district by Mr. R. Earnshaw : — April 7th, 

 the ring-ouzel ; 9th, the willow warbler and redstart. Mr. T. Hirst 

 exhibited a few birds, including a beautiful case of snowy owls from 

 America. — J. Ogdeist. Hon. Sec. 



Stainland Naturalists' Society. — Monthly meeting, April, at Burr- 

 wood, Mr. C. 0. Hanson in the chair. — Specimens in botany and 

 entomology were exhibited and named. In ornithology, the arrival of 

 spring migrants were given as follows : — Wheatear, March 21st ; sand 

 martin, April 7th ; Ray's wagtail, 8th ; willow wren, 8th ; stonechat, 

 15th ; redstart, 23rd ; tree-pipit, 24th ; cuckoo, first heard May 5th ; 

 whinchat, 6th ; house martin, 6th ; corncrake, 6th ; sedge warbler, loth ; 

 greater whitethroat, 13th. Large flocks of fieldfares were seen on the 

 8th inst. returning to Northern Europe, where they breed, having been 

 detained in consequence of the cold weather. — C. C. Hajstson, Sec. 



Wakefield Naturalists' Society. — Monthly meeting, May 4th, the 

 president, Mr. J. Wainwright, F.L S., in the chair, who gave an address 

 entitled " Notes of a journey from Alexandria to Smyrna," and exhibited 

 a number of beautiful photo graphs, also ornaments which are worn by the 

 natives. Mr. Hall exhibited a robin's nest built in an old lantern which 

 had been thrown away. Mr. Sims, E. alhidata, A. hisetata, E. minutata, 

 N. fulva, P. syringaria, C. duplaris, V. camhricaria, L. complanula, T. 

 cheer ophyllata, and J., mendica (hred). — John Spurling, Hon. Sec. 



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

 Mr. Mark Smith in the chair. — The proceedings were chiefly of archaeo- 

 logical interest, a paper on the subject being read by Mr. Chapman. The 



