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The Naturalist. 



H. Pollard brought Tectura testudinalis from Saltwick, near Whitby ; 

 Donax politum, Helcion pellucida, Emarginula reticulata, Tellina tenuis, 

 Trochus cinereus and Saxicava rugosa, with a piece of lias pierced by the 

 last — all from Saltburn-by-the-Sea. Marine shells of genera Eburna, 

 Conns, Na.tica, and Cerithium, from Salsette Island, Bombay, also a cast 

 snake-skin from India, were shown by Mr. W. L. Teasdale. Ennomos 

 erosaria was shown by Mr. C. Smethnrst. Mr. Walter Raine showed 

 eggs of the cuckoo, which had been taken from nests of the meadow-pipit 

 on Adel Moor ; also weasels, old and young, from Ryther. — W. 1). R. 



Manchester Cryptogamic Society. — Monthly meeting, 20th Sept., 

 Dr. Carrington in the chair. — Messrs. Cunliffe and Rogers exhibited a 

 further series of mosses gathered during the month of July, upon the 

 Breadalbane mountains. The specimens were mounted both for the 

 herbarium and the microscopical cabinet, making altogether an interesting 

 and instructive series. Mr. CunliflFe also exhibited freshly-gathered 

 specimens of Dichodontium pellucidum, var. fagimontanum, from Hand- 

 forth, Cheshire, and some slides of mosses from the " Arctic Peat Bog" 

 at Oldham, recently discovered by Mr. Neild. The discussion upon the 

 latter subject was deferred until the October meeting. Amongst other 

 mosses exhibited were fine specimens of Encalypta streptocarpa (fruit) 

 and Myurella julacea, by Mr. Cash, both gathered by him in the month 

 of August — the former near Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire, and the latter 

 along with E^icalypta ciliata and other rarities on the summit of Ingle- 

 borough. The occurrence of Fhyscomitrella patens at Appleton, Cheshire, 

 was reported by the same member, and specimens were exhibited. Mr. 

 Entwistle read some interesting correspondence he had had in reference 

 to the beautiful fern Adiantum Farley ense, which is so universally 

 admired. The late Mr. Smith of Kew Gardens, had stated that it origi- 

 nated as a barren sporeling sport from Adiantum tenerum at Farley Hill 

 Hall, in Barbadoes, but it had also been received, as a wild fern, in the 

 autumn of last year from the Island of Montserrat, and specimens from 

 there were deposited in the herbarium at Kew. Mr. Rogers called 

 attention to the fact that a similar variation of form occurred in the 

 British maiden-hair fern, found by Mr. Tyerman in Cornwall, and now 

 known as Adiantum Cornuhiense, which, like A. Farleyense, is seldom 

 found fertile when true to varietal form. 



OvENDEN Naturalists' Society. — The following mosses were obtained 

 in the neighbourhood of Saddleworth by Mr. J. Spencer : — Atrichum 

 crispum, Dichodontium pellucidum and Discelium yiudum ; also the 

 following from our own district : — Folytrichum commune, Hypnum com- 

 mutatum, Dicranella cerviculata, Bryum atropuipureum and Sphagnum 

 acutifolium. Mr. T. Hirst exhibited a good number of British and foreign 

 birds. The following geological specimens were shown by Mr. Spencer : 

 Sigillaria elegans, S. organum, Lepidodendron selaginoides, Dadoxylon and 

 Oldhamia. — J. Ogden, Sec. 



