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albatross cauglit on a royage from Xew Zealand, presented by Mr. Wm. 

 Kitchen, West Tale ; specimen of crystallized lime, by J. Whitley. The 

 arrival of the -vrinter migrants, as observed by C. C. Hanson, were red- 

 wings, Oct, 10th ; fieldfares, Oct. 23rd ; swallows and martins last seen 

 Oct. 10th, so that summer and winter migrants were seen on the same 

 day. Short-eared owl (Otus brachyotus), shot on Greetland Moor by 

 D. Wood, on the 29th Oct.— Wm. H. Stott. 



The Leeds Naturalists' CLrB axd Scientific Association. —402nd 

 meeting, Oct. 19th, Mr. B. Holgate, F.G.S., president, in the chair. — 

 ]\Ir. W. B. Turner, F.C.S., showed Isthmia enerms, Licmopliora jiahellataj 

 Terpsinoe musica, Synedra groxilis, S. tahulata and other diatoms. Mr. 

 r. Emsley showed a water-flea {Bosmina longirostris), &c. Mr. Roebuck 

 exhibited the small Sirex gigas recorded at p. 59 of the Naturalist ; also- 

 shells, Ancylus flu'ckdilis from the Oak Beck, Harrogate, and EelAdo 

 pidchella from Old Camp, near Fewston. Mr. W. Nelson brought Selby 

 shell captures, Valvata piscino2is, Y. cristata, Bythinia Leacliii, Flanorhis 

 nitidus and Helix nemoralis, vars. unicolor, fasciata, interrupta, coalita 

 and hiraarginata, and a beautiful white example tinged with violet near 

 the mouth. Mr. H. Pollard showed Belix rupestris, from Hawes ; Piipor 

 secale from Clifton, Bristol ; BuUmus aciitus, Burnham ; Clamilia rugosa 

 Tar. duhia., Masham ; a distorted Clausilia laminata from Micklefield, and 

 typical one from Bristol. 



403rd Meeting, Oct. 26th, Mr. H. Lupton, v. p., in the chair. — Mr. 

 F.Greenwood, M.R.C.S., exhibited a sheep's brain, so prepared as to 

 admit of easy handling. Mr. Walter Buckton showed Nodua baja, 

 Xylopliasio. rurea var. comhusta. and typical specimens, and a very dark 

 variety of Miselia oxyacanthce, taken at sugar at Bramley Fall Wood. 

 Shells were shown by Mr. H. Marsh ; Mr. H. Pollard exhibited those of 

 Limax muximus from Barwick-in-Elmet ; L. agrestis from Faversham ; 

 Zonites cellarius var. alhida from Micklefield ; Eelix virgata from Weston- 

 super-Mare ; H. ericetoritm (extremely thin) from Wexford ; Limncea 

 glabra and L. poJustris var. conica from Hammersmith ; and an unusually 

 large Anodonta cygnea, from Shepherd's Pond, Leeds. Mr. Thos. Rees 

 showed some soft sandstone from Alum Bay, Isle of Wight ; the president, 

 rock specimens of siliceous and calcareous deposit from running water, 

 from America ; Bakewell, in Derbyshire ; and Yorkshire. Other things 

 were brought by Messrs. Abbott, W. H. Hay, and F. Emsley. 



404th Meeting, Nov. 2nd. — Mr. Frederick Coates brought the nest 

 and eggs from the heart of a tree, described at p. 57. Mr. Clarke, on 

 seeing them, found his surmise as to the species correct, the eggs being 

 those of the blue tit. ]\Ir. Pollard showed Mytilus modiolus from the 

 Dogggr Bank, encrusted with serp'idce, halani, and polyzoa. Mr. H. 

 Marsh showed liassic fossils from Whitby, including Ammonites communis, 

 A. Mfrons, A. elegans, and a species of Bliynchonella. Numerous micro- 

 scopic exhibits were also made. 



