No. 120. 



JULY, 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 ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. 



fonfeitts: 



The Natural History of Lincolnshire — Editors 265 to 266 



Ornithological Notes from the East Coast in the Spring of 1885 — John Cordeanx . .267 to 269 

 Achatina acicula (the Needle Agate Shell) and its occurrence and distribution over 



the Magnesian Limestone of Yorkshire— T^c'^z/^ E7ninet, F.L.S. .. ..270 to 274 

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



Tkomas Hick, B. A., B. Sc. (concluded) .. .. .. .. .. ..275 to 278 



Ornithological Notes :— 269 



Goosanders at Masham, Yorkshire — T. Carter; Curious Nest of Song-thrush at Copgrove — 

 G. T. Forritt, F.L.S. 



Ichthyological Notes:— 269 



Basse in Whitby Harbour— Thos. Stephenson; Rluller's Topknot at Whitby — Id, 

 Conchological Note:— .. 274 



Freshwater Shells eaten by Rats — Chas. Oldham. 

 Botanical Note :— 278 



Vicia sylvatica — Williani Hodgson, A. L.S . 



The Yorkshire Naturalists' Union at Boroughbridge 279 to 281 



Book Notices: — 281 to 282 



Forbes' Naturalist's Wanderings in the Eastern Archipelago ; Braithwaite's Salmonidae of 

 Westmoreland. 



Notes and News .. .. 282 to 283 



Meteorological Returns for April, 1885— (Edited by Geo. Paid, F.G.S., F.R.Met.S.) .. 284 

 Bibliography of 1884 ; Part V.—Lepidoptera (commenced) 285 to 288 



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