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The Natuealist. 



Meeting 16tli March, the president, Mr. J. A. Ridgway, in the chair. 

 A number of interesting specimens were exhibited, including fossils from 

 the Drewton catting of the Hull and Barnsley Railway, brought by the 

 Rev. E. J. Barry, and fossil shells, &c., from the oolite at Malton, 

 shown by Mr. S. Horner. Mr. Batty exhibited a small collection of eggs 

 taken in Norfolk ; and Mr. Cherry a magnificent variety of the fieldfare 

 {Turdus pilaris). Mr. Swailes, secretary of the ornithological section, 

 announced that a nest of the song-thrush containing five eggs had been 

 found in a garden in Beverley on Mar. 12th, and Mr. Butterell that 

 about twenty species of plants had been observed in flower in the neigh- 

 bourhood during the past week, both facts showing the unusual earliness 

 of the season. For the entomological section the Rev, E. J. Barry 

 brought a choice selection of about fifty varieties of geometers, and Mr. 

 Davison showed pupse of Chcerocampa elpenor, taken near Beverley. Mr. 

 Butterell exhibited a collection of British fresh-water mussels, including 

 some fine examples of Anodonta cygnea, from Hornsea Mere. — J. D, B. 



Beadford Naturalists' Society, — Microscopical evening, Feb. 21st. — 

 Mr. W. West showed specimens of Metzgeria conjngata, M. puhescens, and 

 M.furcata, and sketched and pointed out their differences. Mr. Hebble- 

 thwaite, living specimens of Hydra and Vorticella ; Mr. Bennett, several 

 wing-cases of beetles, the eggs of the sheep fluke, and a number of other 

 interesting slides ; Mr, H. L. Oxley, a number of organic aromatic 

 bodies, derived from coal-tar, with the aid of a micropolariscope. 



Meeting March 7th — Mr. S. L. Mosley. of Huddersfield, delivered a 

 very interesting lecture on " Lepidopterous Insects." 



Huddersfield Naturalists' Society. — Meeting, February 27th., 

 Mr. C. P. Hobkirk, in the chair. — The Secretary reported that the 

 committee appointed by the Society had met the Beaumont Park executive 

 and had obtained the grant of a portion of the park for a botanical garden. 

 Mr. J. Mackenzie exhibited a large collection of specimens in marine 

 zoology, including Uraster violaceus, Lepestrias requestrias, Chelina oculata, 

 Gorgonia labellum, G. pennala, &c. The chairman presented a botanical 

 press and drying paper, and hoped the members would commence the 

 formation of an herbarium. 



Meeting, March Ilth. —Messrs. Godward, Shaw, and others exhibited 

 a number of plants in flower. Mr. Tindall (on behalf of Mr. Jessop) 

 exhibited a fossilized horn of Bos (probably) primigenius which had been 

 found in some alluvial deposits near Kirkheaton. This is perhaps the 

 most important find that has been recorded in this neighbourhood for 

 some time. Messrs. Ellis, Varley, and Moseley exhibited a number of 

 insects including a female D. templi, taken the day before ; also two 

 cases of Diptera. — S. L. Mosley, Hon. Sec. 



