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32 mammals, 8 reptiles and amphibians, and 179 birds, besides which certain 

 records are mentioned which are either extinctions, errors, escapes, or otherwise 

 doubtful. The fish-list is for ' Sutherland and the Moray Firth,' 113 species being 

 enumerated. To save misconception we may say that the appendix is not published 

 separately, and would add that any one desiring it would do well to possess them- 

 selves of the charmingly-written and classical work to which it is appended. 



Transactions of the Leeds Geological Association, containing 



abstracts of papers read and reports of field excursions, during sessions 1883-4-5. 



Part I. — Edited by the Hon. Secretary, Leeds, 1885, pp. 48. 

 The vigour and life which now characterises the Association's operations, and 

 the success which has attended the labours of Mr. S. A. Adamson, F.G.S., as 

 honorary secretary, are well exemplified by the contents of the present part. The 

 abstracts (pity 'tis they are so short) show that the field of view of the Association 

 is not limited by local considerations, inasmuch as the subjects range so far afield 

 as Canadian plumbago mines and Australian gold fields, Cornish granite and the 

 Channel Tunnel. We understand with pleasure that future parts will include 

 original papers at length, and we wish all prosperity to the Association. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



The annual meeting of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, which was originally 

 fixed for the 3rd of March, is now postponed to Monday, the 22nd of that month. 

 The meeting will be held at Beverley, and the president, the Rev. W. H. Dallinger, 

 LL.D., F.R.S., etc., will deliver the annual address. 



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At a recent meeting of the Linnean Society, Messrs. S. J. Capper of Liverpool, 

 and C. T. Musson of Nottingham, were elected Fellows. 



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By the last list of the Fellows and Associates of the Linnean Society, we note 

 that there are 68 in the northern counties, distributed as follows : — in Cheshire, 

 .seven ; in Cumberland, one ; in Durham, five ; in Lancashire, thirty, inclusive of 

 eight in Liverpool and seven in Manchester ; in Lincolnshire, three ; in Northum- 

 berland and Notts, one each ; in Yorkshire, twenty, six of whom are in Leeds ; 

 and none at all in Derbyshire, Westmoreland, and the Isle of Man. 



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W T e are glad to see the issue of the second part of Dr. Spruce's Memoir on the 

 Hepaticae of the Amazon and of the Andes of Peru and Ecuador, which is published 

 as part of the Transactions of the Edinburgh Botanical Society. The descriptive 

 part of the work is now finished, and the work itself may be regarded as being — 

 to use the author's words— technically complete. Illness (we are sorry to learn) 

 has hitherto prevented Dr. Spruce from finishing his projected introductory portion, 

 dealing with the physical features of the regions explored, their connection with the 

 vegetation, and other like topics. It is hoped, however, to issue it hereafter as a 

 Supplement to the work — a work which Yorkshiremen will regard' as a monument 

 of the industry of one of the ablest botanists their county has produced. 



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Under the title of ' A Nomenclature of Colours for the use of Naturalists, and 

 a Compendium of useful Knowledge for Ornithologists ' will shortly be issued from 

 the pen of Mr. Robert Ridgway, C.M.Z.S., of the Smithsonian Institution, a work 

 of great importance to all naturalists, and one that must be hailed as a boon, as it 

 will supply what is admittedly a most distinct want. It will consist of two parts, 

 the first of which is to be devoted to the Nomenclature of Colours, and embraces a 

 general dissertation on the principles of colour, a chapter on the technique of the 

 subject, and an extensive vocabulary of tints. The plates to this portion of the 

 subject represent, with their names, nearly 200 more or less distinct tints, and 

 indicate the outlines of the principal forms of colour marking. Part II is devoted 

 to the ornithological aspect of the subject, and to the terms used and the measure- 

 ments adopted by ornithologists. The work is the result of years of labour on the 

 part of a naturalist eminently qualified to undertake the task, since he is well 

 known both as a skilful artist and a talented ornithologist. . 



Naturalist, 



