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willow wren, April 2nd ; ring ouzels same day, seen on the moors by Mr. 

 W. J. Cope ; yellow or Ray's wagtail, 4th ; whinchat and whitethroat, 

 6th ; swallow, 8th ; house martin, ] 0th ; tree pipit, 11th ; redstart, 13th ; 

 sedge warbler, 14th ; lesser whitethroat, 18th ; grey or spotted fly-catcher, 

 24th ; grasshopper warbler, 24th ; same day is recorded for the nightin- 

 gale near Doncaster, by Mr. J. Parker, Shambles Street ; he and his son 

 have heard it since that date : it has been recorded a few miles nearer 

 Barnsley in early May ; garden warbler. May 3rd ; swift, the last of the 

 swallow tribe, 7th ; goat sucker or night- jar heard above Gordale Scar 

 during the Mechanics' excursion. May 25th : no doubt it has occurred in 

 our district earlier, but not recorded ; wood wren or wood warbler, 14th ; 

 sand pipers occurred early in May. The only migrant not yet observed 

 is the pied fly-catcher — local in distribution, as in Stainbro' Park, Cannon 

 Hall, and Wharnclifl". — A very large beetle was exhibited by Mr. T. Lister, 

 brought for him from China by Mr, W. Henshall, of the 10th regiment 

 (now on furlough). It is 24 inches long, and 1^ broad. 



Bradford Naturalists' Society. — Meeting May 29th, the president 

 in the chair. — Mr. Wm. Jagger gave an interesting account of a week's 

 ramble in Huntingdonshire, the larvae of Apatura Iris, Scotosi arhamnata, 

 Acronycta strigosa, Pterophorus trigonodactylus, P. fiiscodactylus, P. gala- 

 codactylus being among the specimens collected. The following botanical 

 specimens were collected and exhibited by Mr. Soppitt : — Geum rivale, 

 Lamium Galeobdolon, Lysimachia nemorum, and Fedia otitoria. 



Bury Natural History Society. — Monthly meeting in the Athenseum, 

 the president, Mr. R. H. Alcock, in the chair. — The following plants were 

 exhibited : — Bcwheris vulgaris, B. intermedia, Trollius Ewopaeus, Scilla 

 nutans, &c. Mr. Kaye exhibited larvae and imagos of Bcodiona helgiaria, 

 Aspilates strigillaria, Bombyx callunce, and specimens of Paludina contecta, 

 from Southport. Mr. Alcock exhibited Helix aspersa and Olausilia nigri- 

 cans, from Whalley. Mr. Hall exhibited Bomhyx mori (the common silk- 

 worm). 



GooLE Scientific Society. — An excursion was made on June 2nd, to 

 Appleby, Broughton, and Frodingham ; the attendance was not 

 numerous, owing no doubt to the unsettled weather. On arriving at 

 Appleby, the geologists went to the vicarage to view the Rev. J. E. 

 Cross' magnificent collection of fossils from the oolites and lias of North 

 Lincolnshire. The rest of the party explored Bird's Pond and Broughton 

 Woods. Broughton Woods are very extensive, covering upwards of 2000 

 acres ; they abound in wild flowers, being especially noted for lilies of 

 the valley, which grow in abundance over many acres, and blossom 

 freely, which is not often the case with the lily of the valley in its wild 

 state. From the woods a footpath led to Frodingham, whence, after 

 visiting the blast furnaces and ironstone pits, the party returned by train 

 to Goole. The day's botanical observations included 115 flowering 



