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The Naturalist. 



In the absence of the officers of the Vertebrate Section, Mr. Thomas 

 Lister of Barnsloy reported all three of the linnets, grey, green, lesser 

 redpoll, two crested grebes, kestrel, three of the tits, ringdove, lapwings 

 numerous, coots, moorhens, bullfinch, magpie. Migrants — redstart, 

 whitethroat, blackcap, three of the swallow tribe, whinchat, wheatear, 

 willow warbler last heard in song : total, 9 migrants, and 25 resident and 

 water-birds. In the absence of the officers of the Conchological Section, 

 Mr. H, Pollard, the secretary of the Leeds Naturalists' Club, reported 

 that Mr. Wilcock's party had found 41 out of the 91 species and varieties 

 which had been known to occur along their line of route, that though 

 none of them were rare, some of them were very local in their range. 

 The best captures included Helix aculeata, Zonites excavat'us, Z. fulvus, 

 Z. nitidus, Yertigo pygmsea, Limnsea palustris, var. tincta, Neritina 

 fluviatilis, Bythiriia Leachii, Planorbis nautileus, Pisidium fontinale, var. 

 Henslowana, Physa fontinalis, and Succinea elegans. A search amongst 

 a quantity of mud recently taken from the bottom of the Canal, yielded 

 very good examples of Anodonta cygnea and Unio pictorum. For the 

 Entomological Section its officers reported. The secretary, Mr. E. B. 

 Wrigglesworth, reported on the coleoptera that the following beetles 

 were taken : — Notiophilus biguttatus. Fab., N. rufipes, Curt., Carabus 

 catenulatus. Scop., C. clathratus. Linn., Leistus ferrugineus. Linn., 

 Calathus cisteloides, Prz, , C . melanocephalus. Linn. , Harpalus ruficornis, 

 Fabr., Callidium alni, Linn., Anchomenus prasinus, Munb, Olisthopus 

 rotundatus, Pk. , Silpha rugosa. Linn. , Necrophorus ruspator, Er. , 

 Colymbetes fuscus. Linn., Aphodius luridus, Payk., A. punctatosulcatus, 

 St., Cryptorhynchus lapathi, Linn,, Chrysomela polita. Linn., Otiorhyn- 

 chus picipes, Fabr., Tachinus subterraneus. Linn., Staphy linns pubes- 

 cens, DeG., Ilybius ater, Er., &c., &c. The president, Mr. G. T. 

 Porritt. F.L.S., reported on the lepidoptera, that Nonagria fulva had 

 been found not uncommonly in a rough field at Haigh, and the larvae of 

 Coleophora csespititiella were in thousands on the seeds of the rushes 

 growing in the same field. Other species taken included Tryphsena 

 fimbria, Hydrsecia nictitans, and a number of tortrices. Hymenoptera 

 were plentiful at Haigh and Woolley Edge. In connection with 

 the business of the Vertebrate Section, the secretary remarked that 

 he thought the Union could hardly visit Wakefield without in some 

 way referring to the great loss it had sustained in the decease of Mr. 

 V/iiliam Talbot, author of "The Birds of Wakefield." The subject 

 was continued by Mr. Lister, who spoke from a long friendship and 

 intimate knowledge of Mr. Talbot ; by Mr. J. M. Barber, who referred 

 to the fact that Mr. Talbot was the first to suggest the establishment of 

 the W.R.C.N.S. (now the Y.N.U.) ; and by the chairman, who paid a 

 high compliment to Mr. Talbot's worth, and stated that he knew much 

 more than ever he professed to know. A reference to the forthcoming 

 meeting at Pilmoor, and a vote of thanks to the chair, concluded the 

 proceedings.— W. D. R. 



