Reports of Societies. 



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Mr. T. Cockroft laid on the table some fine geological specimens, which 

 were named by Mr. J ames Spencer, amongst them being Goniatites Listeri, 

 Aviculo-pecten, Orhroceras, Atenuatus cinctum, fish bones, teeth, and 

 scales, Lepidodendron Harcourtii, Lepidostrohus, and from Ringby, Cala- 

 mites cannceformis, Halonia regularise Knorria taxmus, and cardiocarpons. 

 Mr. T. Hirst exhibited a number of birds and animals both in cases and 

 in the skin ; one pair of pile pheasants, one pair of ptarmigans. The 

 following were from America : — One pair of snowy owls, one pair of 

 kestrel hawks, one pair of grey squirrels, and one fox, a splendid skin. 



Meeting August 4th, Mr. T. Scott, president, in the chair. — A number 

 of botanical specimens were collected by Mr. E,. Earnshaw, and named 

 by Mr. C. Sheard, viz : — Lamium album, Doronicum Pardalianches, 

 Plantago media, Geranium sylvaticum, Thalictrum flavum, &c. Mr. T. 

 Hirst exhibited the lesser tern, barn owl, laughing gull, one pair of land 

 rails, and the long-tailed wagtail. Mr. J. Ogden exhibited a large number 

 of specimens in entomology, and a large variety of stag beetles. In 

 geology, Messrs. Spencer and Cockroft exhibited a collection of fossils 

 which they had obtained during a ramble over the Queensbury tunnel in 

 the afternoon, including the following : — Four species of Goniatites, viz. , 

 Listeri, calyx, Looneyi, and paradoxicus ; three species of Orthoceras — 

 laterale, attenuatus, and Steinhauri. Aviculo-pecten papyraceus occurs in 

 abundance in the shales brought out of the tunnel ; Lingula squamiformis 

 and Posidonomya also occur in the same pecten shale. A small species of 

 Posidonomya was also shown, which is new to this locality. It was found 

 very plentiful in an ironstone layer. Over this layer, the shale contains 

 ironstone nodules, one of which yielded a Modiola, or fresh-water mussel. 

 — J. Ogden, Hon. Sec. 



Selby Natuealists' Society. — 32nd meeting, ramble to Escrick 

 Woods, August 8th. — 175 plants were observed in flower, including Lysi- 

 machia nemorum, L. nummularia, L. vulgaris, Circoea lutetiana, Anagallis 

 tenella. Polygonum fagopyrum, Gentiana pneumonanthe, Golchicum autum- 

 nale, Campanula latifolia, and 0. glomerata. The weather being showery, 

 the entomologists did not secure any rare specimens. Permission was 

 granted by Lord Wenlock to view the grounds and gardens, with which 

 the party were much interested, particularly in the extensive collection 

 of conifers and forest trees. At Escrick Station a fine section of the 

 boulder clay bed was inspected, and several slabs of limestone, bearing 

 unmistakable signs of ice scratching, were found. — W. IST. Cheesman. 



Wakefield Naturalists' Society. — Mr. W. Talbot in the chair. — 

 Mr. Sims exhibited P. comitata, L. ccesiata, H. velleda, A. menyanthidis, 

 N. cucullatella, &c. Mr. E. E. Talbot, a young cuckoo, caught August 

 1st, not fully fledged ; considered very late. The chairman shewed larvae, 

 pupse, imagos, and eggs of Bombyx cynthia. Mr. Mason, the common 

 field vole. — John Spurling, Hon. Sec. 



