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Barnsley Naturalists' Society. — Meeting July 8th, the president, 

 Mr. T. Lister, in the chair. — The reports of the sectional meetings, 

 prepared the evening before, were read, and specimens of the plants and 

 insects were examined. Attention was called to the many interesting 

 species of birds which may be observed when suitable localities are 

 examined, as was done in the excursion to Edlington Woods, Roche 

 Abbey, and Sandbeck Park, which were most successful in this respect. 



Bradford Naturalists' Society. — Meeting June 24th, Mr. Firth 

 in the chair.— Mr. C. C. Starling gave a paper on '^The Sun." Mr. 

 Richmond, the head gardener of Manningham Park, offered to convert a 

 portion of the Park into a British Botanic Garden, if the Society would 

 form a special committee to assist him in carrying out the project. The 

 scheme was cheerfully adopted. A number of insects were shewn by 

 Messrs. Firth, Carter, Cooper, and Crawshaw, including L. salicata 

 (Shipley Glen), A. menyanthidis, A. fuliginosa, and H. glauca, from 

 Hawksworth. 



Meetln-g July 8th, Mr. Illingworth in the chair. — Mr. Spencer gave a 

 fuU account of the plants already placed in the New Botanic Garden at 

 Manningham, which shewed that the project was progressing very 

 favourably as a large number of species were already planted. Messrs. J. 

 Firth, J. W. Carter, B. Illingworth, Starling, Hopwood, and Terry, 

 exhibited from the district E. affinitata, M. ocellata, C. propugnata, E. 

 decolorata, E. alhulata, H. dentina, A. luteata, C. corylata, N. plecta, A. 

 candidata, A. hasilinea, B. rubi, A. betidaria, and L. coesiata. Mr. 

 Butterfield sent for exhibition C. ferrugata, H. adusta, F. piniaria, E. 

 lariciata, collected at Wilsden, the latter three new to the district record 

 list. Mr. J. A. Douglas, F.R.M.S., gave a lecture on " The Spectroscope 

 and its applications." — Wm. West, Sec. 



Dewsbury Naturalists' Society. — Annual meeting, June 6th, Dr. 

 Robinson, president, in the chair. — The report of the past year (and first 

 of the Society's existence) was read. The following were appointed 

 officers for the ensuing year : — Dr. Robinson re-elected president ; Messrs. 

 W. W. Yates, P. F. Lee, and John Wright, vice-presidents ; James 

 Famhill, treasurer ; and Henry Brearley, secretary. 



Elland-cum-Greetland Naturalists' Society. — Monthly meeting 

 July 7th, Mr. J. E. Eastwood in the chair. — Messrs. B. Garside and A. 

 Kippax exhibited a collection of land and marine British birds' eggs, and 

 the latter gentleman a beautiful specimen of bird architecture, the nest of 

 the long-tailed titmouse. Messrs. Hanson and Edwards named a goodly 

 number of botanical specimens which were on the table. Mr. J. H. 



