Reports of Societies. 



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as late as Sept. 27th, near this town. Mr. Hailstone states that the first 

 flock of wild geese visited Walton Park Sept. 13th, and a pair of curlews 

 Sept. 22nd. Several wild geese, ducks, and gulls have flown over 

 Barnsley, chiefly to S.W. ; some have settled on our reservoirs and 

 streams — as pochards, and wading-birds like the ringed plovers and sand- 

 pipers. That rare falcon, the hobby, was obtained near Wakefield, Sept. 

 13th ; a white sparrow was seen at Pindar Oaks on the 21st ; and a 

 sparrow hawk was observed chasing a thrush (which fortunately escaped) 

 in the plantations near Barnsley, Oct. 12th — an occurrence rarely noted 

 here. — T. Lister, 



Bradford Naturalists' Society. — Meeting Sept. 16th, the president 

 in the chair. — Mr. J. A. Douglas, F.R.M.S., read a paper on " Some of 

 the properties of Matter." Mr. H. T. Soppitt exhibited Pyrola arenaria, 

 Honhenya peploides, Carex arenaria, Trifolhm, fragifermn, Eryngium, 

 maritimum, Ranunculus hirsutus, Aster Tripolium, Apium graveolens, 

 Hottonia palustris, &c., from the Lancashire sand hills ; Verbena offici- 

 nalis, Senecio viscosus, &c., from Great Orme's Head ; Mr. Wm West, 

 Trichomanes radicans from Ireland, Woodsia ilvensis from Norway, and 

 Gymnogramme leptophylla from Jersey ; Mr. lUingworth, Satyrus ISemele 

 from Blackpool. Messrs. Wardman and Hodgson showed a number of 

 local insects. 



Meeting Sept. 30th, the president in the chair. — Mr. Soppitt read a 

 paper on "Field Botany." Mr. Brown sent for exhibition a beautiful 

 collection of marine algse. Mr. Jagger shewed a nice series (bred) of 

 C. sagittata. Messrs. Buttersfield sent C prnnata and X cerago from 

 Bingley, new to the district record list ; and Mr. Cooper showed larvae 

 of N. dromedarius from Chellow-Dean, also new to district record list. 

 Other local insects were shown by Messrs. Firth, Carter, and Wardman. 



Meeting Oct. 14th, Mr. lUing^vorth in the chair. — Mr. Spencer read a 

 paper on "Old Garden Plants." Mr. West showed Jungermannia 

 gracillima, J. ventricosa, Didymodon flexifolius, and Hypnum uncinatum, 

 from Bingley ; Mr. Soppitt, Lecythea saliceti, and some flowering plants 

 from Saltaire. Messrs. Cooper, Hodgson, Crawshaw, lUingworth, Ward- 

 man, and Wilkinson showed local insects, including P. V-aureum, P. 

 chrysitis, S. duhitata, &c. — J. W. Carter, Sec. 



Elland-ccm-Greetland Naturalists' Society. — The president in the 

 chair. Mr. C. C. Hanson showed the following botanical specimens : 

 Stachys sylvatica, Teucrium scorodonia Bidens tripartita, Echium vidgare, 

 Lactuca muralis, and Anthemis cotula. Mr. B. Garside, eggs of 

 guillemot, razor-bill, and emu. — W. Hy. Stott. 



Huddersfield Scientific Club. — Meeting October 10th, Mr. S. L. 

 Mosley, vice-president, in the chair. — The chairman exhibited the larva 

 of Erastria fuscula from Plymouth : Mr. G. T. Porritt, various lepidop- 

 tera he had taken at Skegness in July last, including Nonagria elymi, 



