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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 1884: 



Papers and records published during the year with respect 

 to the natural history and physical features of the 

 North of England. 



PART III.-REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS. 



Anonymous (no signature). 



Whitby, Feb. 23rd. Nat. Hist. Journ.. March 15th, viii. 40. Yorkshire. 

 Frog \Rana teinporarid\ spawn abundant and fairly developed. 

 Bradford Naturalists' Society. 

 Diary of Natural History Observations for 1884. 28 pp. Yorkshire. 

 Notes on reptiles observed in various localities, especially in West Yorkshire. 

 W. D. Braithwaite. Yorkshire. 

 Catching a Viper YVipera berus\. Nat. Hist. Journ., October 15th, viii. 139. 

 Occurrence of Vipers in Went Vale, and on Strensall Common, Yorkshire. 

 Robert Calvert. Durham. 

 Notes on the Geology and Natural History of the County of Durham. 

 1884. Chapter XI., Reptiles; pp. 136-138. 



The Viper \Vipera berus\ the Ringed Snake \Tropidonotus 7iatr{x\ the 

 Blindworm {^Anguis fragilis\ the Sand Lizard \_Lacerta vwipara], the Frog 

 [Rana temporaria\ the Toad \_Btifo vulgaris], the Great Newt [ Triton 

 cristatus\ and the Common Newt [7". tceniattcs], constitute the reptile-fauna 

 of Co. Durham. 



S. L. MOSLEY. 



A Visit to York. Young Nat., January, v. 39-41. Yorkshire. 



Viper \_Vipera bei'tisl and BlmAw oxm\_Anguis fragilis] captured on Strensall 

 Common. 



A. M. Norman. Northumberland. 

 Address to . . the Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club, . . May 27th, 

 1881. N. H. Trans. Northumb., Durham, and Newcastle, viii. 68 (1884). 



At Corbridge-on-Tyne, June 6th, 1880, Vipers [ Vipera berus] were looked for 

 in vain in their known haunts. 



G. T. Porritt. Lancashire. 

 Northern Range of the Sand Lizard \Lacerta agilis\. Nat., May, ix. 178. 

 This species and the Natterjack Toad \_Bufo calamita] are recorded as 

 occurring abundantly on the sandhills at Southport, Lancashire. 



W. Storey. Yorkshire. 

 Large Slow-worm [Anguis fragi/is]. Field, May 3rd, p. 597 ; Nat. World, 

 June, p. 100. 



Two — isVz 9 lo'^S — obtained in April near Pateley Bridge, 



where the species is common. ♦ 



Yorkshire Naturalists' Union. Yorkshire. 



[Report of Meeting, Roche Abbey, May 8th.] Nat., June, ix. 199. 



A Viper [ Vipera bems] about 3 ft. long, noted. 



Naturalist, 



