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pismn). Mr. H. Marsh showed Clostera anaclioreta, bred from a larva 

 taken at Paris ; Mr. John Grassham, the eggs of the three British divers 

 — the great northern {Colymhus glaciaUs), the black-throated (C arcticus), 

 and the red-throated (C. septentrionalis), and described their habits. 

 Progress was made with the compilation of a list of Yorkshire birds, and 

 dates of the arrival of migrant birds given by Mr. W. Raine and other 

 members. Mr. James Abbott showed a living specimen of very young 

 salmon trout (Sahno ferox) with the yelk-bag attached ; Mr. W. Lobley, 

 a Smith & Beck's universal microscope ; Mr. Turner, blood of man, frog, 

 toad, and blind-worm. 



335th Meeting, May 27th, Mr. Holgate in the chair. — Specimens 

 from Wetherby, sent by Dr. Wesley as a donation to the local collections, 

 were exhibited, including the missel thrush, jay, common snipe, starling, 

 jack snipe, blackbird, hedge sparrow, meadow pipit, tree sparrow, red- 

 wing, yellow hammer, song thrush, chaffinch, skylark, blue tit, greenfinch, 

 fieldfare, house sparrow, great tit, corncrake, little grebe, rook, wild 

 drake, brown owl, weasel, and squirrel. Mr. Washington Teasdale 

 criticised the recent planting of plane and lime trees (which he regarded 

 as very unsuitable to the atmosphere of Leeds) on Woodhouse Moor. 

 Mr. Francis Somers exhibited a collection of eel fare, gathered in one of 

 the tidal rivers ; at this season they are passing up to the fresh water in 

 thousands from the breeding grounds ; Mr. Jas. Abbott, Euglena viridis 

 and the first stage of Draparnaldia glomerata ; Mr. F. Emsley, the 

 germination of bulrush seeds {Typha latifolia), a notable specimen. 



336th Meeting, June 3rd. — Mr. Turner showed polypi of various 

 species ; Mr. W. H. Kirtlan exhibited a considerable variety of gatherings 

 of general character from Askham Bog, including Batrachospermum 

 moniliforme, Volvox globator, freshwater entomostraca, &c ; Mr. F. 

 Emsley, mounted specimens of freshwater algse, &c. , also from Askham 

 Bog ; these were very fine, particularly a Batrachospermum, Clioetopliora, 

 and a slide of curious floating water moss (unnamed). 



337th Meeting, June 10th. — Mr. W. E. Clarke gave an account of a 

 recent excursion to Yalkenswaard, in North Brabant, and exhibited the 

 following nests and eggs which, with many others, had been found : — the 

 great grey shrike {Lanius excubitor), the golden oriole {Oriolus galhula), 

 the blue-throated warbler {Cyanecula suecica), the crested tit {Varus 

 cristatus), and the pintail duck {Anas acuta). Mr. Charles Smethurst 

 exhibited a long series of variations of Smerinthus populi, bred from 

 Leeds larvae, Selenia illunaria, taken at Chapel Allerton May 19th ; Odon- 

 topera hidentata from Seacroft ; Cidaria corylata, the only lepidopterous 

 insect taken (in the larval state) at the Ingleton meeting of the Union ; 

 Axylia putris ; and Triplasia uHicce from Thorp Hall. Mr. W. Marsh 

 showed a number of insects taken in the New Forest at Whitsuntide ; 

 Messrs. Turner and Emsley showed the pollen of a number of plants. 



