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The Naturalist. 



Beadfoed Xatuealists' Society. — Meeting, April 22nd, 1884, Mr. 

 Soppitt. chairman. — Mr. Soppitt described a visit to Ingleton, where he 

 found Pupa secale ; it has only been previously recorded from Kilnsey 

 Crag. He nested having seen Viola hirta, wood sanicle, iJraba verna, &c. , 

 and on Ingleborongh he found the purple saxifrage growing abundantly. 

 He also reported a ramble up Goit Stock valley, where he saw the willow- 

 wren, swallow, sand martin, and also observed a pair of kingfishers making 

 their nest. Mr. Carter showed a box of insects found on and about Ingle- 

 borough, among which were Carahus arvensis, Nebria Gylenhallii, Calathiis 

 melanocejjhalus, &c. ; Mr. West, s-gecimens oi Helllehorusviride, Hutchin- 

 sea petrea, &c., collected in a ramble near Matlock. 



Meeting, May 6th, Mr. Soppitt presiding. — Mr. Bennett exhibited two 

 starlings from Skegness, also specimens of shells, Limncea peregra, L. pal- 

 ustris and Planorhis complanatus. Mr. Soppitt describe^ a visit to Goit 

 Stock, where he saw swallows, a pair of redstarts, and nest of the grey wag- 

 tail with three young ones ; on returning, he saw a squirrel in Bingley 

 Wood. Mr. Firth reported having seen a large number of yellow wag- 

 tails about Brownroyd. Mr. Barraclough reported a number of plants he 

 had observed about the roads near Thornton, and in the neighbourhood 

 of Cottingley. Mr. Soppitt exhibited a fungus f<mnd on the Scotch fir 

 (Pendermium pini), the first stage of which is on the groundsel. Mr. 

 Carter showed specimens of M. Artem.is (greasy fritillary). Mr. Ward 

 reported a ramble from Ilkley to Harewood Castle, where he observed 

 redstarts, missel thrush, and nests of hedge-sparrow and blackbird. 

 Mr. Carter read a paper on Coleoptera." 



Meeting, May 20th, Mr. J. W. Carter in the chair. — Mr. Illingworth 

 described a visit to Roche Abbey with the Y.N. U. ; he also described a 

 visit to Skegness. Mr. Soppitt exhibited Paris quadrifolia and Geranium 

 lucidum, from Barden, and also a specimen of a fungus, Morchella 

 escidenta ; he also reported a ramble of the society on the 17th, from 

 Saltaire to Bingley, which was considered one of the best the society has 

 had. Mr, Firth reported having observed in that ramble, 36 species of 

 birds, among the smnmer visitors the black-cap and garden warblers ; he 

 also noticed the dipper and snipe on Baildon Moor on the 18th. Mr. Terry 

 exhibited a box of insects, among which was iS. dubitata, taken near the 

 Parish Church. Mr. Eastwood read a paper on " Nest-building Fishes." 



Heckjnio^^dwike Naturalists' Society. — Meeting, May 17th, 1884. Dr. 

 Stuart (the president) in the chair. — Mr. J. M. Barber gave an account of 

 a ramble which he had taken during that afternoon with the Juvenile 

 Mutual Improvement Association of George-street Chapel to Owlet Hurst 

 and Finching Dyke. The party collected about sixty botanical specimens 

 and also observed several birds. Members present had noticed the 

 cuckoo and corncrake during the week in the neighbourhood of Heck- 

 mondwike. Mr. Barber had observed that the oak was fully a week 

 before the ash at the present moment. The president then read his 



