Barnsley Naturalists' Society. — Meeting Sept. 16th. — The botanical 

 section gave in its report of flowers noted, since last meeting, within five 

 miles radius of Barnsley, and those from a distance. The most rare for 

 this part were Echium vulgare, Carduus palnstris and Linaria minor — all 

 from the vale of Dearne. The entomological section reported the insects 

 taken, not many being different from former seasons. In the ornitho- 

 logical department, the resumption of song by the robin, willow warbler, 

 wood warbler, and yellow-hammer, was noted. The swift was observed 

 on the second week of this month. Night-flying birds noted August 12th, 

 supposed to be stints and other waders disturbed by the guns on the 

 moors, still fly over the town. Gulls frequently observed flying overhead. 

 Blackbirds, thrushes, and larks yet scarce, and rarely heard to sing ; on the 

 other hand lesser redpoles, meadow pipits, starlings, and titmice are seen 

 about the houses near the town. — T. Lister. 



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

 in the chair. — Mr. Benney read a paper entitled "A Thunderstorm." 

 Entomological specimens were exhibited by Messrs. Firth, Hodgson, 

 Terry, Butterfield, and Carter, including M. ruhiginata, L. olivata, and 

 N. mundana, from Shipley Glen ; and S. hasistrigalis, from Edlington 

 Wood. Messrs. E. P. P. and J. A. Butterfield sent A. scutulata, E. 

 minutata, and E. castigata, from Bingley, — new to the district record list. 

 Mr. Hodgson exhibited A. herbida, from Hawks worth, also new to the 

 district record list. Messrs. West and Soppitt described the condition of 

 the Botanic Garden in Lister Park, and enumerated a good list of plants 

 which have recently been added. Mr. Andrews exhibited Plantago mari- 

 tima, Glaux maritima, and Honkeneja peploides, from Morecambe. 



Meeting, Sept. 2nd, Mr. lUingworth in the chair. — Mr. Firth gave 

 Part II. of his paper on the " Birds of the Bradford District." Altogether 

 he has enumerated 131 species, including the golden oriole, stonechat, 

 grasshopper warbler, goldcrest, golden plover, heron, curlew, &c. Local 

 insects were exhibited by Messrs. Firth, Hodgson, Crawshaw, Andrews, 

 Starling, lUingworth, Hebblethwaite, and Cooper. They included A. 

 scutulata, N. haja, E. mensuraria, A. aprilina, and a large number of 

 commoner species. Messrs. West, Soppitt, and Saville exhibited the 

 following plants : — Campanula glomerata, Parnassia palustris, Senecio 

 (Brucifolius, Vaccinium oxycoccos, Asplenium viride, Polypodium calcareum, 

 &c. — J. W. Carter, Hon. Sec. 



Huddersfield Scientific Club. — Meeting September 12th, Mr. S. L. 

 Mosley, v. p., in the chair. — Mr. John Conacher showed a very remarkable 

 sport of Plantago major, — it was a very large specimen, and had all the 

 florets stalked instead of sessile. He had gathered it at Preshome, in the 

 north of Scotland. Mr. C. P. Hobkirk, Bryum origanum, found by Dr. 

 J. S. Wesley on a turf-covered wall by a farmhouse at Lowton, in Upper 

 Teesdale, last June [vide ante page 33] ; also Hylocomium splendens^ 

 in a semifossilized state, sent by Prof. Bayley Balfour from a recently- 

 explored Crannoge " at Loch lee, near Kilmarnock, where it had been 



