No. 112. 



NOVEMBER, 1884. 



MONTHLY JOURNAL OF 



NATURAL HISTORY FOR THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. 



EDITED BY 



WM. DENISON ROEBUCK, F.L.S., 

 WM. EAGLE CLARKE, F.L.S., 



MHMHER OF THE BRITISH OUNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. 



Contents : 



AGE 

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85 

 87 

 89 

 92 

 83 



91 



Variation in European Lepidoptera.— JF. F. de Vismes Kane, M.A., M.R.I.A 



A New Maritime Form of Wood Vetch 



(ViciA SYLVATicA V. condensata)- George C. D^-iice, F.L.S. . . . . 



Capture of a Rudolphi's Rorqual at Gooie —Thomas Bunker 



A Winter Visit to the Fame Islands— H. H. Slater, .U.A., F.Z.S,, &^c. . . 

 The Yorkshire Naturalists' Union at Spurn Point 



Mammalian Notes :— 



Black Rat at 'Newcastle— T/iomas SoutJiwell, F.Z.S. ; Albino Mole in Nidderdale — W. 

 Storey; Harvest Mice in captivity— G. W. Oldfield, M.A. 



Ornithological Notes : — 



Breeding of the Hawfinch in North Yorkshire — Thomas Carter; Occurrence of the 

 Barred Warbler on the Holderness Coast— /e^z/. H. H. Slater, 31. A., F.Z.S. 



Crustacean Note : — 93 



Pasipliaea Sivado at the mouth of the Dee — C. F. Fish. 



Botanical Notes : — 86 



Clematis Vitalba at Ledsham, Yorkshire— /F. WJiitwel l\ Flora of the English Lake 

 District— 7. Gilbert Baker, F.R.S., F.L.S. 



Book Notices : — 94 



Grove's Synopsis of Bacteria and Yeast Fungi ; Harris on the Honey-bee ; Sonnenscheln's 

 Penny Handbooks, &c. 



Notes and News 9S 



Rainfall (Yorkshire and Notts, Stations) 



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