No. 128. 



3 MAR ; 386 



MARCH, 1886. 



MONTHLY JOURNAL OF 



NATURAL HISTORY FOR THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. 



EDITED BY 



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



Wh^j^ AND 



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



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Harpalus calceatus (Sturm) at Bridlington Quay — Rev. W. W. Fozvler, M.A. 



F.L.S. F.E.S '.. .'. 65, 66 



Notes on some of the Birds occurring in the Solway District (conclusion)- - 



J. J. Armistead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 — 78 



Mosses of Ashton-under-Lyne District — John Whitehead .. .. .. .. 85 — 96 



Notes— Mammalia : .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 67 



Weasel's method of carrying its Young — James Ingleby; Additional Records of 

 Captures of the Badger in Yorkshire — George Roberts, M.C.S. 



Notes -Birds : 67,68 



Flocks of Skylarks on the Durham Coast — J. T. T. Reed ; Leicestershire Bird-notes 

 --F.B. Whitlock; Corn Bunting — Diversity of Eges — George Roberts; Grouse 

 and the Weather— J. T. T. Reed, Rev. J. Chaloner. E. T. Baldwin, T. H. Nelson, 

 and W. Eagle Clarke, F.L.S., M.B.O.U. 



Note— Reptiles : 81 



Reptiles of Warrington District — L. Greening. 



Notes — Fishes: .. .. .. .. .. .. , 81 



Goole Fish-notes — Thomas Bunker ; Whitby Fish-notes — Thos. Stephenson ; Vendace 

 and Gwiniad in the English Lakes — Francis Day , CLE., F.L.S. 



Notes — Mollusca:.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 78 — 8c 



Marine Shells at Whitby — T. D. A. Cockereil, M.C.S. ; Varieties of Bythinia 

 tentaculata, Zonites excavatns, and Cochlicopa lubrica in N.E. Cheshire — 

 J. G. Milne ; Limnsea peregra m. decollatum and Bythinia tentaculata m. decol- 

 latum in Cheshire — J. R. Brockton Tomliti, M.C.S.; Pupa marginata v. brevis 

 in Yorkshire — J. IV. Taylor, M.C.S.; Mollusca at Louth, North Lincolnshire— 

 H. Wallis Kew ; Lancashire Helices — Robert Standen ; Scarcity of Helices in 

 N.E. Cheshire-- J. G. Milne ; Shells at Millom, Cumberland— J. W. Taylor; 

 Testacella haliotidea v. scutulum at Chester — W. Denisoii Roeb?ick, F.L.S. 



Notes— Lepidoptera : _ .. 66,67 



Oncocera ahenella and Catoptria expallidana in Yorkshire — G. T. Porritt, F.L.S.. 

 F.E.S. ; Melanippe unangulata at Bradford and Barden -y. IV. Carter. 



Note -Palaeontology : .. .. .. 81 



Palseontological Notes from the British Museum Collections —T. D. A. Cockereil. 

 M.C.S. 



Book Notices:— 82 



Clement Reid on the Geology of Holderness ; A. Somerville's List of Britigh 

 Marine Shells ; Botanical Exchange Club Reports for 1883-4. 

 Notes and News .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 83 



Meteorological Returns for December 1885— (Edited by Geo. Paul, F.G.S., F.R.Met.S.) 84 



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