Diary.— Meetings of Societies. 



March 1. Leeds- Naturalists' CIul), •L\:c;--E^itomJ^v>g-icar ' an^' M^crteLra'C 



... . rfections^-b p.ui. .- , ., - 



,,' 1. Liversedge Naturalists' Society. ' '■ 

 1. Bishop Auckland Naturalists' Field Cluh. 

 1. Bradford Naturalists' Society.— Microncopieal Evening, 7-30. 

 „ 2. "Wakefield Natiiralists' . Society.— .'■ A drop oi Water/' C. P. 

 HoLkirk, F.L.S., of Huddersfield, 7-4o p.m.- 

 3. Linnean Society of Loiidun, S p.m. 



7- Bradford Scientific Association. — -Evening ior. Discussion, The 

 . Improvement of the Society,". .7-30 p.m. \ , 



,,, 7- Leeds Naturalists' Club, i5cc., Microscopical and Botanical Sections. 



8 p.m. ■ . ' 



,, 9. York and District Naturalists' Field Cluh. 

 ,, 11. Dewsbury Naturalists' Society. 



12. Hudderstield Naturalists' Society. — r" The Character and Structux'e 



of Birds." James Varley. 

 14. Bradford Scientific Association. — "Physical Geology of Coast 

 Lines," P. Boss. 



„ 15. Leeds Naturalists' Club, 6cc.— Entomological and Vertebrate 

 Sections. 



„ 15. Bradford Naturalists' Society. — " Manure and the Assimilation of 



Plants," T. Richmond. ^ 

 16. "Wakefield Natui^alists' Society. — "Dentition of the Insectivora, 



Euminants, and Carnivora," Dr. Crowther, L.D.S. 

 „ 17. Linnean Society of London. 



„ 17. North Staffordshire Naturalists' Field Club. — Meeting at Stoke, 



Local Secretary, Wm. Kirby. 

 „ 21. Bradford Scientific Association — ' Influence of Climate on Animal 



and Vegetable Life," V\^m. J agger. 

 „ 21. Manchester Cryptogamic Society, at Old Town Hall, King Street, 



7-30 p.m. 



„ 22. Leeds Naturalists' Club, &c. — Microscopical and Botanical Sections. 

 „ 28. Bradford Scientific Association. — " The Transit of Venus," W. T. 

 Phillips. 



28. Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. 

 28. Huddersfield Naturalists' Society. — ' British Birds," S. L. Moseley. 

 ,, 29. Leeds Naturalists' Club, &c. — Conversazione. 



,, 29. Bradford Naturalists' Society. — " Natural History Observations," 

 A. Crawshaw. 



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ANTED a copy of No. 40, of the Naturalist (November, 1878). G. A. 

 Holt, 139 Strangeways, Manchester. 



WANTED a complete set of the first four volumes of the Naturalist 

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TRANSACTIONS of the YORKSHIRE NA TURA LISTS' UNION. 



PARTS II. AND III. FOR 1878. contain the continuations of Mr. Clarke's 

 Birds of Yorkshire, and of Messrs. Nelscn and Taylor's Land and Fresh-water 

 Mollusca of Yorkshire ; an elaborate report on Yorkshire Botany in 1878, by 

 Dr. Parsons; the commencement of Dr. Parsons' " Moss-Floia of the East- 

 Riding " ; papers on Yorkshire Lepidoptera in lo78, by Mr. Ponitt, F.L.S. ; on 

 Yorkshire Ichneumonidce, by Mr. S. D. Bairstow, F.L.S. ; and on Yorkshire 

 Hymenoptera, observed in 1878, by Mr. W. Denison Roebuck. 



PART IV. FOR 1879, in preparation.— Amongst papers in preparation for 

 future parts is a Catalogue of Yorkshire Lepidaptera, to be written by Messrs, 

 G. T. Porritt, F.L.S. , and W. Prest. 



The Transactions are supplied to subscribers of 5/- and upwards annually 

 to the funds of the Union. Intending subscribers are invited to send their names 

 to either of the Secretaries. 



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