Diary.— Meetings of Societies. 



Aug. 4. YorksMre Naturalists' Union — Excursion to Doncaster for Edling- 

 ton Wood, &c.— Meetings and tea at Reindeer Hotel, 4 p.m. — 

 Local Secretary, Thos. Birks, Jun., Old Mill, Goole. 

 „ 5. Liversedge Naturalists'. Leeds Naturalists', &c., Entomological 

 Section. 

 6. Wakefield Naturalists'. 

 8. Huddersfield Scientific Club. 

 IL Manchester Cryptogamic Society. 



12. Leeds Naturalists', Microscopical Section. 



13. York and District Eield Naturalists' 

 19. Leeds Naturalists', Vertebrate Section. ' 

 21. North Stafi"ordshire Naturalists' Field Club— Excursion. Deysbury 



Naturalists'. 



25. Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological. 



26. Leeds Naturalists' — General Meeting. 



CATALOGUE OF YORKSHIRE BIRDS. 



The compiler tenders his thanks to those who have responded to his 

 request for information as to the Accipitres^ and would now be glad to receive 

 similar lists with remarks as to the distribution, abundance, breeding and rare 

 occurrences of the first portion of the Insessores, comprising the families 

 Laniidce, Muscicapidce, Cinclidoe, Turdidoe, Sylviadce, Troglodytidm^ Paridm^ and 

 Ampelidoe, (Shrikes, Flycatchers, Dipper, Thrushes, Orioles, Accentors, Robins, 

 Redstarts, Chats, Warblers, Wrens, Tits, and Waxwing). All assistance will 

 be duly acknowledged by Ww. Eagle Clarke, 5, East View, Hyde Park, 

 Leeds. 



Sparrow-hawk, Green Woodpecker, Red Grouse, Waterhens, &c., in 

 separate cases, for which I should be glad to receive yearly volumes of 

 " Science Gossip," bound or unbound (except 1877 and 1878 — or ofiers. — 

 J. R. MuRDOCK, 40, Leighton Lane, Leeds. 



Mr. J. R. MuEDOCK having undertaken to arrange a collection of York- 

 shire Mosses for the Leeds Naturalists' Herbarium, would be glad of the 

 assistance of any bryologists who may feel disposed to contribute good 

 specimens of mosses gathered in Yorkshire. — Address 40, Leighton Lane, 

 Leeds. 



Wanted a complete set (unbound) of the first four volumes of " The 

 Naturalist " (new series).- -Wm. Denison Roebuck, Sunny Bank, Leeds. 



The Editors wish to purchase a copy of the January, 1879, number of " The 

 Naturalist." — Address care of B. Brown, Market Place, Huddersfield. 



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