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The Naturalist. 



Answers to Correspondents. — ''Brooke," Moldgreen. — We cannot 

 insert anonymous communications unless vouched for by the real name 

 and address of the sender, accompanying them. — JEds. Nat. 



Barnsley Naturalists' Society. — Adjourned Meeting, April 16th, in 

 the New Room at the Public Hall. The president, Mr. T. Lister, read a 

 letter from Mrs. Wright, of Worsborough, offering the valuable specimens 

 of preserved birds collected by her late husband, Mr. C. Wright, one of 

 the oldest supporters of the Society. This gift was gratefully accepted. 

 The observations from March 1st to the present time were given by 

 different members ; amongst them, on March 12th, a pied flycatcher 

 {Muscicapa atricapilla) was seen in Stainborough Park, one of the 

 localities of this rare migrant, the other being Wharncliffe and Cannon 

 Hall. — T. Lister. 



Bradford Naturalists' Society. — Meeting March 19th, the president 

 in the chair. — Many botanical specimens were shewn, including Vaccinium 

 Vitis-Idcea, also several species of lepidoptera, including L. midtistrigaria, 

 taken on March 16th by Mr. Hopwood. Fossils from the coal measures 

 and mountain limestone were shown. Mr. West continued his paper on 

 the Bradford Plants, at the conclusion of which the president pointed out 

 the usefulness of many of the plants mentioned, as searching ground for 

 lepidoptera. 



Meeting April 2nd, the president in the chair. — There was a good show 

 of specimens, entomological, botanical, and zoological. Mr. Jagger 

 shewed four drawers of moths from his cabinet, amongst which were — 

 I), pidchella, D. galii, D. lineata, D. celerio, D. euphorbioe, A. Atropos, 

 S. ichneumoniformis, L. asellus, L. testudo, and S. convolvuti. 



Meeting April 16th, Mr. Firth in the chair. — Mr. Illingworth gave a 

 lecture on "Astronomy." Mr. Mosley's new work (or rather the first 

 number of it), on the varieties of British butterflies and moths, was 

 shown by Mr. Carter, and excited great admiration by its extremely well 

 executed hand-painted figures. Mr. Soppitt showed a good number of 

 early flowering plants, including Prunus Cerasus. — Wm. West, Sec. 



Chichester and West Sussex Natural History and Microscopical 

 Society. — We have received the report of this Society for 1877-8, and 

 are glad to find it give promise of taking a good position amongst 

 kindred associations. From the retiring address of the late president, 

 Mr. W. C. Cooke, we find it was established through his instrumentality 

 about fourteen years ago ; and although at first its success was anything 

 but encouraging, it gradually improved, and is now in a position which 

 promises great future usefulness. The new president is the Rev. A. Fuller, 

 M.A., and the secretaries Messrs. S. Baker and Joseph Anderson, jun. 



