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•JOUKXAL OF THE YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION, 

 GSITSRAL FIELD GLUB RECORD. 



NEW SERIES 



Edited by Chas. P. Hobkire, F.L.S., and G. T. Porritt, F.L.S. 



No. LXIX. 



APRIL. 1881. 



VOIi. VI. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Original Articles, &c. : — 



The Yorkshire Naturalists' Union : Its Origin, Constitution, and Modes of 



Working.—^. B. Heicetson, M.R.C.S. ... 129 



Cryi^togamic Report of Y. N. U. for 1880.— TF. West 133 



Insect-Hunting in Scotland. — Nicholas Coohe 137 



Notes, kc. : — 



P/cM.s ?/nf/o?' at Skircoat. — C C. Hanson ... ... ... ... ... ... 139 



The Lark ... ... ... ... 139 



The Cuckoo at Xetherton 139 



A Correction.— X W. Ellis 140 



Review. — " British Birds : their Nests and Eggs" 140 



■• North Staffordshire Naturalists' Field Club and Archaeological 



Society : Fifteenth Annual Report, 1880 " ... 140 



Obituary— E. R. Alston, F.L.S 140 



Rainfall for February 141 



Reports of Societies :— 



Bamsley Naturalists' Society ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 141 



Bradford Natxu-alists' Society 141 



Huddersfield Naturalists' Society 142 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society ... .. ... ... 143 



Leeds Naturalists' Club and Scientific Association ... ... ... ... 143 



^Va.kefield Naturalist.s' and Philosophical Society ... ... ... ... 144 



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