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The Naturalist. 



contact with my warm hand they began to walk ahoiit, and hy the time 

 I reached home they were quite active, I had a si^lendid specimen of 

 •Carabus nitens brought in from Rombald's Moor on the 20th April. — 

 J. W. Carter, Yalley St., Bradford, 10th June. 



Barnsley Naturalists' Society. — Meeting June 16th, Mr. T. Lister 

 in the chair. — A very interesing paper was read by the hon. secretary, 

 (Mr. W. E. Brady), written by Mr. Dixon, formerly of Sheffield, on 

 ^' The Philosophy of Bii^ds' Nests and Eggs — their site, forrti and color, 

 as adapted in most cases to the protection and preservation of the species. " 

 It was illustrated by bird-skms, nests, and eggs — some from the collection 

 of Mr. H. Seebohm. The report of the botanical section is a very full 

 one ; more than 200 species of plants are recorded this season, the result 

 of many of our local and individual excursions. Almost all our migrants 

 were recorded last month ; we may add that three other localities are 

 given for the nightingale — New Park Spring, Crofton, and beyond Caw- 

 -thorne — the nearest to theNW moors we have known in this district. — 

 W. E. Brady, Sec. 



Beveeley Field Naturalists' and Scientific Society. — Meeting, 

 25th May, at Norwood, the Pev. E. J. Barry, vice-president, in the 

 ■chair. — The Pev. W, Smith read a highly interesting and instructive 

 paper on The leaves of plants," giving minute details of their form 

 and structure, their functions, uses, development, and appendages, 

 illustrating liis lecture with a number of carefully prepared micro-slides. 

 Among the botanical exhibits were specimens of the leaves of EucalyijfMs 

 globulus, brought by Mr. H. M. Ellis, and several examples of an 

 abnormal form of tulip, having one of the petals situated several inches 

 below the rest of the flower, shown by Mr Boyes. The Pev. E. J. Barry 

 exhibited a number of microscopical slides, and brought before the 

 members the first part of a new work, entitled Studies in Microscopical 

 Science," now appearing weekly, and with which is issued a mounted 

 slide illustrating tho subject treated of. Mr. Boyes also brought very 

 :fine specimens of the great slug, Limax maximus, the black variety of 

 the field slug, Limax agrestis var niger, the hairworm, the eggs of the 

 redshank, Totanus calidris, and spotted crake, Porzana maruetta, found 

 near Beverley, it being the first time on record that the eggs of the latter 

 rare bird have been taken in the East Piding. 



Meeting, 8th June, Mr. J. A. Pidgway, F.R.A.S., president, in the 

 chair. — Letters were read from Mr. G. Massee, of Scarbro', on the 

 botany, and from the Pev. J. E. Barry on the lepidoptera of the district. 

 On the motion of the president, seconded by the Rev. W. Smith, it was 

 decided to suspend the fortnightly meetings in the Assemby Pooms until 



