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Baexsley NattPvALIsts' Society. — Annual meeting, 6th January'.-— 

 The financial secretary read his rejDort, Trhich left a favourable balance in 

 hand. The corresponding secretary read the general report for the past 

 year, which was very encouraging. In ornithology Mr. Lister reported a 

 few birds ; during the intense frost birds were scarce. The robin sang in 

 the severest frost. The missel thrush fed daily on berries of the mountain 

 ash in the garden of J. Kaye, Esq., J.P., at Clayton West. The thrushes 

 and blackbirds, which it drove away, were fed with spare food from the 

 house. On Dec. 2.3rd goldfinches were seen at Horbury Junction by Mr. 

 S. Gill. A flock of about 30 wild geese seen by !Mr. G. Scholey and 

 others flying over the town. Bullfinches were seen at Xew Park Spring 

 and Worsbro' Gardens. The thrush was reported on Dec. 31st, in Craik's 

 garden and Greenfoot, singing on Xew Year's day at Cockerham, and on 

 the 6th the Rev. J. Metcalf reports its song at Gawber. Mr. E . Hailstone 

 writes Jan. 5th of the missel thrush in song at Walton Park ; 17th, tern 

 flying over the lake, which is skhnmed with ice — therm. 28° ; 20th, teal 

 on island near Walton Hall, tamed by the storm — therm. 22'', thick ice 

 on the lake. The blackbird sang on the 5th and succeeding days. Jan. 

 2nd, kingfishers reported as seen by several observers on a warm pond ; 

 Skylarks sang at Christmas, reported by Mr. E. Brady, jun. The 

 president gave his retiring address. T. Lister was elected president, C. 

 Bellamy, corresponding secretary, and W. Barraclough financial secre- 

 tary. — T. Lister. 



ELLAZsD-ccrM-GEEETLAJN'D Xatuealists' Soctety. — Annual meeting and 

 dinner on the 5th Jan., the president, Mr. J. E. Garside, in the chau\ — 

 W. H. Stott (hon. sec. ) read the report for the past year, showing the 

 increase of members to be twenty-five, eleven new and valuable books 

 had been added to the library, and one of Swift's microscopes had been 

 acquired. The Society is in a prosperous condition. Oflicers for the 

 ensuing year were elected, the president being Mr. C. C. Hanson, and 

 the secretary and librarian were re-elected. — W. H. Stott, Sec. 



Huddeesfield Scientific Club. — Annual meeting. — The ofiicers were 

 elected as foUows : — President, Mr. S. L. 31o3ley ; secretary, Mr. Geo. 

 Brook, ter. The exhibits included a fine jjhotograph of Plumjjton 

 Pocks, near Knaresborough, showing the stratification, &c., by C. 

 P. Hobkirk. Mr. Mosley, several forms of Ahraxas grossidariata from 

 Bradford in 1879, one of them a fine example of the variety Varleyata ; 

 specimens of MelipJiora alveariella, bred by Mr. C. S. Gregson of Liver- 

 pool, from figs : they were much redder in colour than the species when 

 bred from its usual food, honeycomb ; also larva; of Procris geryon, from 

 which hymenopterous parasites had emerged, showing the curious position 

 in which the larvae died (at the tip of a blade of grass) after the emergence 

 of the parasites ; also both sexes of Calopteryx virgo from Plymouth. 31r, 

 G. T. Porritt showed DianthcBcia Barreftii from Howth : it had been 

 taken there freely the last two seasons, but is not known to occur in any 



