No. 149. 



DECEMBER, 1887. 



MONTHLY JOURNAL OF 



NATURAL HISTORY FOR THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. 



EDITED BY 



WM. DENISON ROEBUCK, F.L.S., 



AND 



WM. EAGLE CLARKE, F.L.S., 



MEMr.F.R OF THE BRITISH OUNITHOLOOISTS' UNION. 



— ' I'AGfc 



On a little-known State of Plumage of the Arctic Tern (Sterna macrura) 



— Hoxuard Saunders, F.L.S., F.Z.S . ::!53 



Fish-notes from Whitby — Thomas Stephcitson ., .. ,. .. .. .. 354 



Notes on British Lichens : Lecanora murorum and its more immediate 



allies — JoscpJi A. I^Iarti7idale .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 35510364 



The Leafing of the Oak and Ash— 7. Hagger 365 & 366 



Lepidopterous Fauna of Lancashire and Cheshire -Ji?/?// W. Ellis, L.K .C .P ., 



L.R.C.S.E., F.E.S ,. 36710374 



Notes— Ornithology 354 & 374 



The Sooty Shearwater — J. BackJiouse , jtci ., fll.B.O.U.; Pied Wagtail sitting on 

 Wrens' Egg- — F. B. Wldtlock : \'ariety of the Grouse — J. H. Gurtiey , jnn., 

 M.B.O.U.. F.Z.S. 



Note— Botany 364 



Carex pendula in Cumberland — M'. Hodgson. A.L.S. 

 Notes— Mollusca 374 



Notes on Land and Freshwater Shells, near Bridlington — Rev. ]V. C. Hey, M.A . 



Notes and News . 366 



Titie-page, Preface, and Index to the Volume. 



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