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JOUENAL OF THE YOEKSHIEE NATURALISTS' UNION, 



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GENERAL FIELD CLUB RECORD. 



ISJEW SERIES 



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



No. XCI. 



FEBRUARY, 1883. 



VOL. VIII. 



CONTENTS, 



Original Articles, &c. : — 



Scarcity of Winter Birds. — Geerge Roberts ... 



A Physiological Arrangement of the British Lepidoptera. — A. S. Swinton .. 

 The Gooseberry Caterpillar, or Larva of Nematus Mbesii. — Miss Ormerod 



F.M.S 



Natural History Notes from South Africa. — Continued.— /S^. D. Bairstow 



F.L.S. ... 



Rainfall for December 



Rainfall Observations.— SaroZc? Smith, F.M.S 



Notes, &c. : — 



Badgers in Yorkshire. — C. G. Hanson 



Entomological Notes.— T. Pm^ritt 



Entomological Notes from York. — T. Wilson 



Obituaky.— James Varley.— T. P , 



Reports of Societies :— 



Barnsley Naturalists' Society 



Beverley Field Naturalists' and Scientific Society 



Bradford Naturalists' Society 



Manchester Cryptogamic Society ... 



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