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JOUMAL€F THE YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION, 



GENERAL FIELD CLUB RECORD- 



NEW SERIES 



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



No. CVII. 



JUNE, 1884. 



VOL. IX. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Original Articles, &c. : — 



Darwinism and Beauty. — Henry Capper ... ... 181 



Reminiscences of Burnt Wood, Staffordshire. — Joseph Chappell ... ... 187 



Natural History Notes from South Africa, — Concluded. — S. D. Bairstow, 



F.L.S. ... ... ... 190 



Eainfall for April ... ... 193 



Notes, &c. :— 



Natterer's Ba,t at Pateley Bridge.— TT. Denison Roebuck. F.L.S. 194 



Birds near Halifax. — F. G. S. Bawson 194 



Eggs of Pied Wagtail.— iV. Z)d6ree ... 194 



Large Halibut.— iV^. h\ Dobree ... ... ... ... 194 



The Holly Blue Butterfly in Nidderdale.— TF. Denison Roebuck, F.L.S.... 194 



Obituary : — 



Edwin Birchall ... ;.. ... .. 194 



Reports of Societies :— 



Barnsley Naturalists' Society ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 195 



Bradford Naturalists' Society ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 196 



Heckmondwike Naturalists' Society ... ... ... ... ... ... 196 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society 197 



Leeds Naturalists' Club and Scientific Association 197 



Manchester Cryptogamic Society ... ... ... ... ... ... 197 



Yorkshire Naturalists' Union — Roche Abbey Meeting 198 



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