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JULY 1900. 



(Published 2nd July 1900.) 



No. 522. 



(No. 300 of current series). 



ttllll »i'ai5g|!fl 

 MONTHLY JOURNAL OF 



NATURAL HISTORY FOR THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. 



* EDITED BY 



WM. DEN1SON ROEBUCK, F.L.S.. 



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



259, Hyde Park Road, Leeds; 

 w ith the assistance in special departments of 

 J. GILBERT BAKER, F.R.S., F.L.S., 



ALFRED HARKER, M.A., F.G.S., 

 CHAS. P. HOBKIRK, F.L.S., 



JOHN W. TAYLOR, F.L.S. 

 W. B. TURNER, F.R.M.S. 



Contents : — pages. 



On the Snares or Snap-nets of the American and European Triangle Spiders 



—H. Wallis Keiv, F.Z.S. 193-215 



The Wild Cherry (Prunus avium)— P. Q. Keezan, LL.D 217-221 



Note : Dlptera : Sphegina clavipes near Grimsby — A. Smith, 215. 



Notes: Odonata : — Ischnura elegans near Lincoln— J. Eardley Mason, 215 ', Swarm of 

 Dragonflies at Grimsby — A. Smith, 2/5. 



Notes: Coleoptera : Telephorus paludosus near Grimsby — A. Smith, 215; Rhagium 

 bifasciatum on the Summit of Helvellyn — IV. Denison Roebuck, F.L.S., 215. 



Notes: Ornithology :— Little Gull at Withernsea— /. W. Slather, F.G.S., 216; Ruff at 

 Bottcsford Moors— Rev. E. A. I1 r ood ruffe-Peacock , P. Ph., P.L.S., F.G S., 2/6; 

 Incubating Habit of Robin near Brigg Max Pcucvck, 216 ; Bird Destruction in 

 W inter — Mux Peacock, 2/6 ; Birds that nested in the Yaddlethorpe Gravel Pits 

 in 1887— Max Peacock, 2/6; Little Auk at Barton-on- Humber— /. IP. Stather. 

 F.G.S., 224 ; Nidification of Wheatear at Eccup — Phos. Paine, 224; The Great 

 Spotted Woodpecker in the North of England— /. W Fawcett, 224. 



Notes: Botany :— Thornc Moor Violas—//. //. Corbett, M.R.C.S., 222; Sagina 

 apetala at Hooton Pngnell — H. //. Corbett, M. P. C.S., 222; Lincolnshire Aliens 

 — Rev. E. A. Wood ruffe-Peacock, L.Th., F.L.S., F.G.S., 222; Draba nmralis in 

 Cumberland — William Thomson, 222. 



Notes: Lepidoptera : — Appearance of the Co-Migrants Pyratneis cardui and Plusia 

 gamma at Doneaster — //. H. Corbett, M.P.C.S., 222; De-abdominated Insects 

 — Max Peacock, 23Q. 



Notes: Mammalia :— Otter in the Wear— /. IF. Fawcett, 22,;; Otter in the Derwent, 

 Northumberland—/. //'. Fawcett, 22j : Badger in the County Durham - /. II'. 

 Fawcett, 223. 



Note: Amphibia: Natterjack at Seascale Win. Hodgson, .I./..S..22;. 

 Illustrations :— Snares of Triangle Spiders, /oj, /yS, 201, 203, 205, 207, 214. 



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