Barnsley Naturalists' Society. — JNIr. Lister forwards a few notes of 

 bird arrivals, and promises a tabulated comparative list for next issue. 

 Amongst other arrivals in the Barnsley district are two or three instances 

 of the. nightingale, besides several reports of the same which have proved 

 to be erroneous. In all these cases an amount of drunkenness and 

 ruffianism has occurred amongst the nightly visitors to hear the birds, 

 which Mr. Lister characterises as disgraceful. It is a great pity that the 

 law fails to meet such cases. 



Bradfort) Naturalists' Society. — Meeting May 24th, Mr. Spencer in 

 the chair. — The chairman read an instructive paper on ''Plant-lore," in 

 which he showed how the names of many plants, both British and 

 exotic, were derived from some real or supposed resemblance to various 

 animals. Mr. West exhibited a number of lichens, amongst which were 

 Parmelia lanata from Ben Mac-dhui ; Mr. Soppitt, a number of plants, 

 amongst which were Primula farinosa, Pnccmia adoxce, &c. ; Mr. 

 Andrews, Otiorhynchus sulcatus from Heaton, a destructive beetle in 

 vineries. 



Meeting June 14th, Mr. W. Jagger in the chair.— Mr. C. E. Wad- 



dington read an instructive paper on " Elementary Conchology," in 

 which he explained the nature of land and water mollusks, their structure 

 and mode of growth. Mr. West exhibited and made remarks on Ortho- 

 trichum Ludvngii, Eucalyx ohovata in fruit (Ben Lawers), Platysma nivale 

 (Ben Mac-dhui), Lemanea fiuviatilis, and Plagiochila tridenticulata 

 (Miller's Dale) ; Mr. Firth, several local insects, amongst which were 

 C. corylata, C. suffumata, and P. ijetraria ; Mr. Illingworth, B. ruhi from 

 Skegness, and a fine specimen of the common lizard {Zootoca vivipara) 

 from Rombalds Moor. Mr. Emley sent a specimen of A. cardamines, an 

 insect new to the district record list. Mr. Soppitt, ^cidium quadrifidum 

 and other micro-fungi. — H. T. Soppitt, Hon. Sec. 



Huddersfield Naturalists' Society. — Meeting May 23rd, Mr. S. L. 

 Mosley in the chair. — Messrs. Shaw, Fisher, Wilkinson, Sykes, Wood- 

 head and Bartlam laid on the table the following specimens : — Drosera 

 rotundifolia, Pinguicula vulgaris, Valeriana dioica, Circcea lutetiana, 

 Andromeda polifolia, Pedicularis sylvatica, Phinanthus Christagalli, Inula 

 dysenterica, Hypericum pulclirum., Empetrum nigrum, Sanicula Europoia, 

 (Enanthe crocata, Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, C. alternifolium. Orchis 

 Morio, 0. Mascula, Carex proecox, C. pulicaris, Ophioglossum vulgatum, 

 Botrychium lunaria, Polypodium Phegopteris. Mr. B. Senior, specimens 

 of the blind lamprey. The lamprey was an inhabitant of most of our 

 rivers, until they became so extremely polluted. Messrs. Mosley, 

 Bickerdike and Ellis showed ^n^ic^ia hadiata, Cidaria prunata, Vanessa 



