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JOUMAL OF THE YOEKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION, 



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GEKSKAL FIELD CLUB EECORD. 



rsl E VV SERIES 





Edited by Chas. P. Hobkirk, F.L.S., and G. T. Porritt, 



F.L.S. 



JSTo. LXXXIII. JUNE, 1882. VOIT VII. 



CONTENTS 







Page. 



Original Articles, &c. : — 



Yorkshire Ornithological Notes for 1880.— TTm. Eagle Clarke 



... 173 



Pilmoor : Occurrence of the Twite's Nest. — Bev. Henry H. ISlater 



... 179 



On Scarcity and Abundance in Insect Life. — Continued.— ^e/^J|'. Cooke 



... 181 



: Notes, &c. ; — 





Arrival of Migrants, East Riding, 1832.— J". D. Butter ell 



... 185 



Eare Eggs at Strensall Common.— If. Hexvett 



... 185 



Breeding of the Quail near Snaith,— ^Fa^^er Baine 



... 185 



Nightingale at Scarborough. — TiTm. i?o6mso?i 



185 



Gadwall and Garganey near Beverley. — iV. F. Dobree ... 



... 185 



Bank's Oar-Fish and Deal-Fish at Bridlington.— iV. i^. Z)o6r£;e... 



... 185 



Acronycta alni.— Geo. T> Porritt, F.L.S ... 



... 186 



Mniurii stellare m h:\x\t. — G. A. Holt 



... 186 



PwAiNFALL FOR April ... ... ... 



... 186 



Beports of Societies : — 





Barnsley Naturalists' Society 



... 187 



Beverley Field Naturalists' and Scientific Society 



... 187 



Bradford Naturalists' Society... , 



... 187 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society ... ... 



... 188 







HUDDERSFIELD : 





B. Brown, Market Place Corner. 





