No. 115. 



FEBRUARY, 1885. 



MONTHLY JOURNAL OF 



NATURAL HISTORY FOR THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. 



EDITED BY 



WM. DENISON ROEBUCK, F.L.S. 



AND 



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



MEMBER OF THE BRITISH OKNITHOLOGISTs' VNION. 



f onfents : 



Merlins and their Training—/?^. T. Archer 145 



The Ornithology of Upper Coquetdale— ^^c"/ Chapjiian, JM.B.O.U 150 



Strasburger's New Investigations on the process of Fertilisation in Phanerogams— 



Thomas Hick, B. A B. Sc. ,, .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 157 



The Lepidopterous Fauna of Lancashire and Cheshire— ^£7/^;^ Jl'. Ellis, L.R.C.P., ^c. 163 

 (Introdlxtiox and Part L, Butterflies.) 



Ornithological Notes : — 148, 149 



Twite near Thorne Waste— Adrian Peacock, 31. A.; the Robin in Salt Creeks — Pev. 

 H. A. Macpherson, M.A. ; Whimbrel in Cumberland — Id. ; Bittern in Yorkshire — J. 

 Backhoiise, Jjin. ; Hawfinch in Cumberland — Rev. H. A. Macpherson, Jl/.A. ; Breeding 

 of Reed Warbler in Cheshire— 6V/(7r/i'j OldJiaiii ; Landrail near Tadcaster in December — 

 Rev. J. Chaloner; Woodcocks in Notts.— J. Whitaker, F.Z.S.; Bird-notes from Nidder- 

 dale — W711. Storey. 



Conchological Note:— 



Freshwater Shells near INIanchester — Charles Oldham. 



156 



Bibliography of 1884 (Part I.— Mammalia) 152 



Book Notice (Hobkirk's Sj-nopsis of British Mosses, 2nd Edition) 160 



Notes and News 161 



Rainfall (Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire Stations), for December 1884 .. .. .. .. 162 



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