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fare, wild duck and nest, and gold-crested wren. Seventeen species of 

 land and fresh-water mollusks were seen, amongst which were Zonites 

 radiatulus, Z. fulvus, Z. alliarwis, Z. purus, Helix a7'bustorum, Pupa 

 umhilicata, and Carychium minimum. Anodonta cygnea occurs in Risby 

 fishpond, but is much less numerous than formerly, only one living 

 specimen being taken on this occasion. Some of the old trees in the park, 

 notably " The King of Risby," an immense white elm, are well worthy 

 of a visit. 



Eleventh Meeting, April 13th, Mr. H. M. Ellis in the chair. — 

 Mr. F. Boyes announced that the swallow had been seen in Beverley, on 

 the 9th inst. Amongst the specimens exhibited were sonie fossils from 

 Bingley, and some curious specimens from the chalk formation brought 

 by Mr. Ellis. Mr, Cherry showed a fasciated flowering stem of the 

 common wallflower ; and the following moths collected at Beverley during 

 the past fortnight : Tceniocampa gothica, T. stabilis, T. instahilis, T. 

 cruda, Xylocampa lithoriza, Phigalia pilosaria, Cerastis vaccifiii and 

 Scopelosoma satellitia. Specimens of Anodonta probably cygnea var. 

 rostrata or incrassata from Walton, were exhibited by Mr. Butterell. 



Huddersfield Naturalists' Society. — Meeting, March 27th,, Mr. 

 C. P. Hobkirk, F.L.S., in the chair. — Messrs. Mosley and Stather were 

 appointed a deputation to wait upon the School Board to ask if they 

 would allow the society to meet in one of their schools. Mr. J. Tindall 

 exhibited and described a number of fossils from various formations, 

 including Eozoon canadense, Belemnites, Trilohites, &c. The secretary 

 gave notice that he should move for the admission of lady members at 

 reduced fees. 



Meeting April 8th, Mr. Tindall in the chair. — Mr. E. Fisher 

 exhibited a number of plants in flower, including Caltha palustris, 

 Cardamine hirsuta, and pratensis, &c. Mr. Bickerdike exhibited a 

 newly emerged specimen of E. jacohece, and Mr. Ellis bred A. lubricipeda. 

 The Transactions of the North Stafi'ordshire Nat. Hist, and Arch. Society 

 were laid upon the table. It was decided to call a general meeting of 

 the society, to take into consideration the sale of certain old books, and 

 to replace them by newer ones. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. — Meeting, 

 27th March, the president (Mr. S. J. Capper) in the chair. — Mr. Archer, 

 of Crosby, gave to the society's library " The Entomologist's Monthly 

 Magazine " since its commencement (17 volumes). After a vote of thanks 

 to Mr. Archer, Mr. E, D. Fish read a paper on the subject, " Is instinct 

 or reason the ruling principle of animal life ? " He supported the view 

 that all amimals possess what we call reason, in a greater or less degree, 

 illustrating his remarks by several anecdotes which showed the possession 

 of reasoning powers by some animals. He also referred to the late 

 experiments conducted by Mr. Darwin with reference to the intelligence 



