No. 132. 



JULY, 1886. 



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MONTHLY JOURNAL OF 



NATURAL HISTORY FOR THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. 



EDITED BY 



^I^VM. DENISON ROEBUCK, F.L.S 



AND 



O^M. EAGLE CLARKE, F.L.S. , 



MEMBER OF THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. 



Upper Nidderdale and its Fauna— W. Eagle Clarke, F.L.S., W. Denison Roebuck, 

 F.L.S. , and William Storey . . .. .. .. . . 



Notes— Botany :— .. .. 



Flora of Strensall and District — P. F. Lee; Manchester Cryptogamic Society; 

 Mosses and Hepatics at Askern— Matthew B. Slater. 



Note— Mollusca : — 



Paludina contecta in Notts. — W. A. Gain, M.C.S. 



Note — Micro-Zoology and Botany : — «. .. .. .. 



Microscopic life at Askern — J. M. Kirk. 



Note — Lepidoptera: — 



Variation in the Genus Cidaria — ff, Goss. Sec. F.S. 



Note— Hymenoptera:— 



Pteromalus puparum near Louth — H. Wallis Kezv, F.E.S. 



Notes — Ornithology: — 



Swallows and the late Storm — John Emmet, F.L.S., y. Backhouse, j'unr., M.B.O. U., 

 and C. Oldham ; Jackdaw and Young Birds — H. T. Archer', Birds deserting their 

 Nests — Idem ; Thrush laying in a Blackbird's nest, and late stay of Redwing — y. 

 Backhouse, junr., M.B.O. U.; Dunlins and Black Tern near Nottingham — F. B. 

 Whitlock ; Pied Flycatcher in North Lincolnshire — y. E. Mason. 



Yorkshire Naturalists' Union at Flamborough Head ..' 



Book Notices :— 



(London Catalogue of British Plants, eighth edition ; 2nd Annual Report of Watson 

 Botanical Exchange Club.) 

 Notes and News . . „ 



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