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bibliography: fishes, 1885. 



J. E. Kelsall. Yorkshire. 

 The distribution of British Batrachians. [The Palmate Newt— Mo & palmata 

 — is 'reported from Yorkshire.'] Zool., September 1885, p. 351. 



H. Wallis Kew. Lincolnshire. 

 The Sea Banks of the Lincolnshire Coast. [The Natterjack {Bufo calamita) 

 cited as being tolerably common at Mablethorpe.] Nat. World, January 

 1885, ii, 10. 



R. Morton Middleton, Junr. Yorkshire. 

 The Viper (Vipera berus L.), [at Howlsike, near Lealholm, North Yorkshire ; 

 anecdote of young Vipers gliding into the mother's mouth]. Nature, Decem- 

 ber 24th, 1885, xxxiii, 176. 



F. M. Norman. Northumberland, Durham. 



Embedded Reptiles, with special reference to the discovery of a Live Frog in 

 the Carboniferous Limestone at Scremerstone [and notes on the famed Chill- 

 ingham Toad ; and other similar records from both Durham and Northumber- 

 land]. Proc. Berw. Nat. Club, vol. x, pt. ii (1885), pp. 491-505. 



F. N. Pierce. Cheshire, &c. 



Natter Jack [Bufo calamita : occurs very freely on the Wallasey Sandhills ; also 

 reported for Cumberland and Lincolnshire, but no particulars given]. Nat. 

 World, July 1885, p. 138. 



George Roberts. Yorkshire. 

 Topography and Natural History of Lofthouse and its neighbourhood [etc. ]. 

 Vol. ii. Leeds : printed for the author, 1885 [pp. viii + 258]. [Notes on 

 the Adder (Pelias berus), and Blindworm {Anguis fragilis), (p. 27) ; Toad 

 {Bufo vulgaris) (p. 150)]. 



Charles Robson. Northumberland. 

 Natural History Jottings. A Lizard [Zootoca vivipara] throws off its Tail ; 



. . . Sci. Goss., October 1885, pp. 230-231. 



J. H. Salter. Yorkshire. 

 An Adder's [Pelias berus] Bath [at Goathland]. Nat. Hist. Journ., December 

 15th, 1885, p. 187. 



The late George Tate. Northumberland. 

 On a Toad [Bufo vulgaris] in a Limestone Rock at Whittle [parish of Shilbottle]. 

 Proc. Berw." Nat. Club, vol. x, pt. ii (1885), pp. 505-6. 



W. E. Ward. Yorkshire. 

 The Natter Jack [Bufo calamita — in Yorkshire ; copied from the Handbook of 

 Yorkshire Vertebrata]. Nat. World, August 1885, p. 159. 



FISHES, 1885. 



A few of the more important only have been here noticed of the 

 multitudinous notes on angling which have appeard regularly through- 

 out the year in the columns of ' Land and Water ' and ' The Field ' ; 

 to which reference should be made for any desired information on 

 that head. 



Anon, [no signature]. Isle of Man. 



Loss of the Herring Fleet, 1787 [mentions the great take of Herrings ( Clupea 

 harengus) in September, upwards of 7,000 maze being brought into Douglas 

 in one morning]. Manx Note Book, July 1885, i, 116. 



Anon. [Black Gnat]. 



Salmon [Salmo salar] in Lake Windermere. [It was long a question whether 

 Salmon were ever found in Windermere ; of late years they have been 

 frequently taken]. Field, September 12th, 1885, p. 399. . 



Naturalist, 



