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MinFiELD Naturalists' Society. — Meeting June 2nd, Mr. Kaye in 

 the chair. — 74 plants were produced and named, among those in bloom 

 were the following : — Actoea spicata, Viola 'palwstris, V. sylvatica, 

 Stellaria nemorum, Ge^iista'anglica, Orchis morio, and Lysimachia nummu- 

 laria. — E. Stoks, Hon. Sec. 



OvENDEN" Naturalists' Society. — Monthly meeting, Mr. T. Scott, 

 president, in the chair. — A number of specimens in botany were collected 

 by Messrs. Sheard and Downs. Mr. T. Hirst exhibited a number of 

 birds, including pair of grouse, sparrow hawks, and one pied fly-catcher. 

 The following migratory birds were seen by Mr. R. Earnshaw : — May 2nd, 

 the cuckoo ; 5th, the swallow ; 7th, house martin and the sand martin. 



Wakefield Naturalists' Society. — Monthly meeting, June 7th, Mr. 

 S. Pottage in the chair. — Mr. Hall exhibited a quantity of birds' eggs ; 

 Mr. Lumb, eggs and nests. Mr. Sims announced having seen Colias 

 edusa at Cold Hiendly with myself. Mr. Talbot exhibited preserved 

 specimens of Mustela erminea and M. putorius. — J. Spurling, Hon. Sec. 



Yorkshire Naturalists' Union. — The third meeting of 1877 was 

 held at the Royal Hotel, Wakefield, on Saturday afternoon, the 16th 

 June, after a ramble in the neighbourhood of Nostell Priory, permission 

 to visit which had been kindly granted by Rowland Winn, Esq. , M. P. , 

 Junior Lord of the Treasury. The chair was occupied by the Rev. W. 

 Fowler. The attendance at the meeting was over 70 in number, and in- 

 cluded representatives from the Huddersfield, Heckmondwike, Barnsley, 

 Wakefield, Ovenden, Hoimfirth, Liversedge, Mirfield, Honley, Middles- 

 town, and Bradford Naturalists' Societies ; the Leeds Naturalists' Club ; 

 the Goole Scientific Society ; the York and District Field Naturalists' 

 Society ; the Selby Naturalists' Society ; the Huddersfield Literary and 

 Scientific Society ; the Huddersfield Scientific Club ; the Leeds Concho- 

 logical Club ; the Leeds Geological Association ; and the Bradford 

 Scientific Association. After the minutes of the Wetherby meeting had 

 been passed, Mr. Thomas Tate applied on behalf of the Bradford 

 Scientific Association (70 members), for admission into the Union ; and 

 the Association was unanimously elected. The next business was the 

 presentation of a testimonial, in the form of a microscope, subscribed for 

 among the members, to Mr. J. M. Barber, the late secretary of the West 

 Riding Consolidated Naturalists' Society, in recognition of the services 

 rendered by him during his long tenure of the office of secretary. The 

 presentation was made by Mr. C. P. Hobkirk, treasurer to thC fund, who, 

 after speaking upon the success of Mr. Barber in raising the Society from 

 a very small beginning to its present most prosperous condition, described 

 the instrument, which was one of Mr. Charles Collins', of London. Mr. 

 Barber very briefly thanked the subscribers. The list of additional sub- 

 scribers to the funds of the Union was read, and a vote of thanks adopted 

 on the motion of Mr. Thomas Lister, of Barnsley, seconded by Mr. Geo. 

 T. Porritt, F.L.S., of Huddersfield. The officers of sections then gave 

 their reports. Mr. Wm. Prest, president of the entomological section, 



