The NATURALIST. 



>co< 



It being the wish of the Editors to make the journal the recognised organ for 

 information concerning the natural history of the North of England, they hope 

 to rely on Naturahsts keeping them supplied with articles and short notes 

 from time to time. 



>oo< 



Communications should be written on one side oi the paper only, and 

 should be in the hands of the Editors as soon after the commencement of the 

 month as possible. 



Short Notes of important occurrences will be received up to the 20th of 

 the month, and specially urgent ones even later. 



Authors' Reprints. — 15 are given free to authors of papers exceeding 3 

 pages. Additional copies may be had at the following rates, if the order is 

 given on returning proof: 50 copies, 4 pp. 4/-; 8 pp. 6/-; 100 copies, 

 4 PP- 5/' 5 ^ PP- 7/^5 including cover. 



The Subscription is 4/- per annum, free by post. Single numbers, 5d. 

 each, post jfree. 



Correspondents are requested to write scientific and technical terms as 

 distinctly as possible. 



Back Numbers of the Naturalist.— The Editors will, at any time, 

 be glad to hear from persons having volumes or odd numbers of Messrs. 

 HoBKiRK & Porritt's Series to dispose of. State price and condition. 

 Sixpence each is offered for any of the following numbers : — 



3, Oct., 1875; 7, Feb., 1876; 15, Oct., 1876 ; 17, Dec, 1876; 19, Feb., 1877; 24, July, 1877; 



30, Jan., 1878 ; 31, Feb , 1878 ; 32, March, 1878; 34, May, 1878 ; 39, Oct., 1878 ; 42, Jan., 1879; 



43, Feb., 1879 ; 46, May, 1879; 47, June, 1879; 51, Oct., 1879; 63, Oct., 1880; 79, Feb., 1882; 



80, March, 1882; 82, May, 1882; 83, June, 1882; 88, Nov., 1882; 105, April, 1884; 107, June, 1884. 

 Receipts for Subscriptions are enclosed with the next Number, and 

 are not sent direct unless stamp be sent for postage. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



*Angler's Note-book and Naturalist's Record. August. [Editors. 

 "^Experiments on Circulation of Water in Sandstone. — By T. Mellard Reade, F.G.S. 



15 pp. reprint. [Author. 



^Naturalists' World, Sep. [Editor. 



The Humble Forms of Plant-life. — By J. A. Erskine Stuart, 14 pp. [Author. 



■^Proceedings of Liverpool Lit. & Phil. Society, 1882-83. [Society. 



^Report & Proc. of Manchester Scientific Students' Assoc. for 1883. [Society. 



Report on Fossil Polyzoa. — By G. R. Vine. 12 pp. reprint. [Author. 



3rd Report on ditto. 18 pp. [ Do. 



*4th Report on ditto. 49 pp. [ Do. 



*5th and last Report on ditto. 123 pp. [ Do. 

 On species of Ascodictyon and Rhopalonaria from Wenlock Shales. — By 



G. R. Vine, 1884. [Author. 



Memoirs marked * will be noticed in our Annual Bibliography of the Literature of the Physi- 

 cal Features and Natural History of the North of England. 



EXCHANGES. 



Notices of Exchange i7isei'ted free of charge to Subscribers. 

 IDupliCSlteS. — Chrysalides of Pygccra Bucephala, also a few unset specimens 

 of Sirex Gigas. Desiderata numerous.— Richard Wm. Kendall, New Street, 

 Selby. 



Plants.— Offered L.C. (7th & 8th edit.) 197, 326, 398, 406, 859, 924, 1,008, 

 1,124, 1,333, 1,349, 1,412, 1,422, 1,447, 1,448, 1,458, 1,504, 1,577, &c. Send 

 lists. — H. J. Wilkinson, 17, Ogleforth, York. 



The Zoologist for February, 1881, wanted. — Apply to J. E. Palmer, 

 Lyons Mills, Straffan, Co. Kildare. 



Helix aspersa wanted, from any of the following Counties : — Cornwall, 

 N. Devon, N. Wilts, Dorset, Middlesex, Berks, Oxon, Suffolk, Norfolk, Beds, 

 E. Gloster, Warwick, Salop, Leicester and Rutland, Derby, Glamorgan, Brecon, 

 Radnor, Cardigan, Montgomery, Merioneth, S. Lancashire, Durham, Northumber- 

 land ; also from any Scotch or Irish Counties. British or Foreign Shells offered 

 in return. — J. W. Taylor, Outwood Villa, Horsforth, Leeds. 



