JANUARY 1900. 



(Published 3rd January 1900). 



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No. 516. 



(tiu. 294 of current series). 



MONTHLY JOURNAL OF 



jNATURAL history for the NORTH OF EN( 



EDITED BY 



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



259. Hyde Park Road, Leeds; 

 with the assistance in special departments of 

 J. GILBERT BAKER, F.R.S., F.L.S., CHAS. P. HOBKIRK, F.L.S., 



W. EAGLE CLARKE, F.L.S., M.B.O.U., GEO. T. PORR1TT, F.L.S., F.E.S. 

 ALFRED HARKER, M.A., F.G.S., W. B. TURNER, F.R.M.S. 



Contents: — 



West Lancashire Flora Notes—/. A. Wheldon 



West Lancaster Indigenes— F. Arnold Lees. M.R.C.S 



New and Critical British Fungi found in West Ycrkshire— Chas. Crosslaud. 

 F.L.S. (Illustrated) 



Review: Essex Vertebrates 



Land and Freshwater Mollusca observed near Tadcaster— Francis G. Binnie . . 



Birds of Spalding and the South Lincolnshire Fenland— The late T. J. H. 

 Brogden . . . . . . . . 



Notes: Lepidoptera:— Sphinx convolvuli at Bradford—/. JV. Carter-, 2; Unusual 

 Abundance of Vanessa atalanta and Macroglossa stellatarum in Yorkshire — 

 Geo. T. Porritt, F.L.S., F.E.S. , 16; Acronycta aceris at Doncaster: an 

 Addition to the Yorkshire List of Lepidoptera— Geo. T. Porritt, F.L.S. , F.E.S. , 

 16; Mamestra abjecta and Epunda lutulenta in Yorkshire — Geo. T. Porritt, 

 F.L.S., F.E.S., 16. 



Notes: Coleoptera : — Pyrochroa serraticornis in Cumberland— /as. Murray. 2 ; Cyllene 

 crinicornis at Retford — Rev. Alfred Thornley, M.A., F.L.S., F.E.S.. 12 



Note: Diptera:- -Abundance of the Celery Fly—/. TV. Carter, 2. 

 Note: Fungi : -Volvaria parvula at Campsall — Charles Crossland, F.L.S.. 12. 

 Note: Neuroptera : — Hemerobins concinnus near Selbv— Geo. T. Porritt, F.L.S., 

 F.E.S., 12. 



Note: Trichoptera: — Limnophilus luridus and Molanna angustata at Huddersfield — 



Geo. T. Porritt, F.L.S., F.E.S., 12. 

 Notes: Ornithology: — Great Grey Shrike in Lake Lancashire— S. Z. Petty. 32; 



Buzzards and Hen Harrier in Northumberland — H. T. Archer, J2. 



PAGES. 



1-2 

 3-4 



g-lO 

 11 

 13-16 



Note: Flowering Plants:— Vicia tetrasperma, etc. 

 Mason, B.A., 32. 



Book Notices, 12. 



Illustration : -No 



Cheshire— Rev. W. Wright 



and Critical British Fungi. It 



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