No. 114. 



JANUARY, 1885. 



MONTHLY JOURNAL OF 



NATURAL HISTORY FOR THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. 



EDITED BV 



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



AND 



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



MEMBER OF THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. 



§ontents : 



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On a Megalichthys from the Yorkshire Coalfield— /'r^ L. C. Miall, F.L.S. , F.G.S. 121 

 (Illustrated). 



The Pied Flycatcher in Westmoreland— T^^-r/. H. A. Macp/ierson, M.A 125 



The Marine Shells of Yorl<shire— /?(fz'. JV. C. Hey, 31. A. (conclusion) 129 



Additions to the Wensleydale Flora: — 134 



Notes supplementarj' to Baker's North Yorkshire — F. Atnold Lees. 



Notes on Mammalia: — .. 128 



Deep drop for a Weasel — T. iV. Postlethivaite ; Badgers in North Lancashire —7? 

 Standen ; Black Rat at Newcastle-on-Tyne — Dennis Einbleton, M.D. 



Ornithological Notes:— 126. 127 



Curious site for a Wren's Nest — S. Chadxvick ; Cuckoo laying in a Pollard Willow — T.N. 

 Postlethivaite ; Albino Birds in Nidderdale — Win. Storey ; Water-rail in Nidderdale — Id. ; 

 Puffin in Notts — J. Whitaker, F.Z.S.; Little Auk in Lincolnshire — E. B. Wrigglesivorth ; 

 Little Auk at Settrington, East Yorkshire— /4 . ]V. Walker; Ornithological Notes from 

 West Yorkshire — C. C. Hanson. 



Botanical Notes :— 138, 139 



Hydnum coralloides in Notts. — W. Gain; Additions to the Flora of Northumberland — 

 Pev. H. E. Fox, M.A. 



Conchological Note :— 139 



Shells at Riding Mill-on-Tyne — John W. Taylor. 



Fungus Foray at Selby 140 



Notes and News 142 



Rainfall (Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire Stations), for November 1884 144 



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