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ornithology, during last week of August and part of September, many 

 waterfowl were seen by day, and others heard at night, hovering over the 

 lights of the town ; of these, eight gulls of middle size hovered over 

 Jordan Hill and flew west on Aug. 28th. Another flock of larger gulls 

 flew over the town west on Sept. 4th ; eight woodcocks about the 30th 

 of August flew over Cockerham, Barnsley, low enough to be observed, in 

 a north-west direction — an early arrival. Ourlews were heard whistling 

 on the night of Sept. 1st ; on Sept. 17th saw a heron flying south near 

 Cawthonie, a kestrel at High Flatts, and another at Dodworth. There 

 were few birds in song in August and September except the robin's 

 autumn song; the yellowhammer, and the starling. The willow- warbler 

 re-commenced its low sweet note, and continued until Sept. 28th. The 

 chiffchafi''s two notes were heard Oct. 11th ; it was one of the last of the 

 warblers to depart, and one of the first to arrive in spring. Kingfishers 

 reported on all sides ; a few on pools about the town, five or six bred 

 in Cawthorne Brook. Magpies, as many as 24 in one day, smaller flocks 

 at other times. Goldfinches, bullfinches, and goldcrests have bred 

 safely. — T. Lister. 



Bradford Naturalists' Society. — Meeting Oct. 30th, the president | 

 in the chair. — Mr. Soppitt reported that Mr. West had found a slug 

 {Limax cinerea nigro) at Shipley Glen, which is new to Yorkshire. He 

 exhibited specimens of Rumex dentatus and Fuccinea oegra. which he had 

 received from Mr. B. Grove, Birmingham. Mr. Firth exhibited a box 

 of insects, among which were H. defoliaria and D. contaminana from 

 Shipley Glen, and E. lichenea from Plymouth. Mr. Carter showed a 

 living specimen of Vanessa Antiopa which he had received in the pupa 

 state from Toronto ; C. picata from Kent ; and the following beetles j 

 from the South of England, viz : — Leistus spiniharbis, Crachinns crepitans, j 

 Pterostichus cupreus, and Silpha qiiadrapunctata ; he also exhibited shells j 

 found at Frizinghall, Bradford, viz : — Limnea pahistris and Zonites 

 nitidulus. Mr. Bennett exhibited a very large cluster of the fungus j 

 Fholiota squarrosus from Althorpe. A specimen of Stereum piirpureum \ 

 from Idle was exhibited. An interesting paper on Animal Parasites " ; 

 was read by Mr. A. J. Kershaw, in illustration of which a number of I 

 slides were shown under the microscojpe by Messrs. Kershaw, Bennett, ; 

 and Fawcett. I 



Meeting, Nov. 13th, 1883, the president in the chair. — Mr. Soppitt j 



described a ramble to Malham and Gargrave, and showed specimens of j 



truffles from Bell Busk, also fungi preserved in spirits by Dr. Carlyle, of | 



Carlisle. He also exhibited a number of specimens of Myriapoda j 



(centipedes), including Jidus suhdosus, J. terrestris, Lithobius forjicatus, ; 



Geophilus longicornis, and Polydesmus complanatus. Mr. Carter exhibited j 

 C. propugnata and <S^. chrysidiformis from Kent, and Meliphora alveariella 

 from Huddersfield. He then reported on the work of the entomological 

 section of the society for the j)ast year, and stated that 74 species of 



