OCT. 190C 



OCTOBER 1900. 



(Published 1st October 1900.) 



No. 525. 



(No. 303 of current series.) 



MONTHLY JOURNAL OF 



NATURAL HISTORY FOR THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. 



EDITED BY 



WM. DEN I SON ROEBUCK, F.L.S. 



PAGES. 

 289-291 



301-303 

 305-306 

 307-3I7 

 319-320 



Contents : — 



Moss-Flora of Arkengarthdale— William Ingham, B.A 



The Chemistry of Some Lakeland Shrubs and Bushes—/'. Q. Keegan, LL.D... 293-298 

 Report on the Breeding of the Lesser Terns at the Spurn during the Season of 



1QOO— Oxley Grabham, M.A., M.B.O. U. 



Fishes of Bottesford Parish, North Lincolnshire— Max Peacock 



On the SJime-Threads of Planarian-Worms— H. Wallis Kevo, F.Z.S. 

 Occurrence of the Nutcracker in Lincolnshire— F. M. Burton, F.L.S. , F.G.S. 

 Note: Conchology:— Vertigo angustior in Lincolnshire—/. W. Taylor, F.L.S., 291. 

 Note: Anthropology: — Neolithic Implements near Louth — C. S. Carter, 291. 

 Note: Palaeontology :— Mammoth's Tooth at Robin Hood's Bay — Herbert B. Muff, 

 291 ; Red Chalk Fossils at Redhill, near Goulceby, Lines. N. — C. S. Carter, 291. 

 Notes: Lepidoptera :— Colias hyale at Bridlington—//: H. Corbett, M.R.C.S., 292; 



Clouded Yellow Butterfly at Ripon— -J. W. Fazvcett, 292 ; Colias edusa and 

 C. hyale, etc., near Beverley—/. R. Lozvther, 292; Colias edusa in the Isle 

 of Man — Sydney V. Taylor, 292; Death's Head Moth in Cumberland— J. W. 

 Fazvcett, 292 ; Death's Head Moth in Lake-Lancashire — 6\ /. Petty, 292 ; 

 Death's Head Moth in Ripon City—/. W. Fazvcett, 292 ; Death's Head Hawk- 

 moth in Notts.— Rev. Alfred Thornley, M.A., F.L.S., F.B.S., 292; Humming- 

 bird Hawkmoth at Lincoln— /. Eardley Mason, 300 ; Hummingbird Hawkmoth 

 at Tow Law, Co. Durham — /. W. Fazvcett, 300 ; Hummingbird Hawkmoth at 

 Hull— Lieut.-Col. B. B. Hazvorth-Booth, J.P., 300; Death's Head Moth at 

 Horsforth, Leeds— Alfred White, F.Z.S. , 300; Extraordinary Abundance of 

 Pyrameis atalanta at Maltby— H. II. Corbett, M.R.C.S., 300 ; Small Elephant 

 Hawkmoth at Hull— Lieut.-Col. B. B. Hazvorth-Booth, J.P., joo; Some Notes 

 upon Early Lepidoptera : Pyrameis atalanta — Rev. Alfred Thornley, M.A., 300. 

 Flowering Plants :— Schcenus nigricans in Lincolnsbire— Rev. W. Fowler, 

 M.A.,298; Interesting Finds in a Town Garden— Rev. W. Wright Mason, B.A., 



lens: Grimsby — Rev. 



Notes 



rden— Rev. W 



298; Sedbergh Plants— fohn Handley, 298; Lincolnshire. 



E. A. Wood ruffe-Peacock, L.Th., F.L.S., F.G.S. , 299. 



Notes: Fungi: — Large Fairy Rings at Fillingham Castle, Lines. — F. M. Burton, 



F. L.S., F.G.S., 299; Giant Puffball near Lincoln—/. Eardley Mason, 31 S. 

 Note : Marine Mo! I u sea : Acmaea testudinalis in Grace Darling's Collection— Arnold 



Lees, M.R.C.S., and W. Denison Roebuck, F.L.S., 299. 



Note: Diptera :— Diptera taken at Ashby, Lincolnshire— T. Cassal, F,E.S.,3Q3. 



Notes : Reptiles :—Adder in South Durham—/. W. Fazvcett, 303; Natterjack in West- 

 morland — G. Stabler, 303. 



Notes: Ornithology :— Goosander in Cleveland, Yorkshire—/. W. Fazvcett, 304 ; Little 

 Tern in Northumberland—/. W. Fazvcett. 304. ; Red-crested Pochard at Redear — 

 T. H. Nelson, M.B.O. I '., 304 ; Gannet at Sleights, near Whitby— /. II '. Fawcett, 

 304; Red-crested Pochard in Cleveland, Yorkshire—/. W. Fazvcett, 304 ; White 

 Bullfinch in Cleveland — '/'. II. Nelson, M.B.O. I'., 304; Stone Curlew in Cleve- 

 land — 7". //. Nelson, M.B.O. ('., 304 ; Black-headed Gull Nesting near Keighley 

 —II. B. Muff, 304; Nightjar on Seamer Moor — Rev. W. C. /icy. M.A., J04; 

 Co-operation of Birds in Nesting — Max Peacock, ;/-. 



Note : ISntomology:— Insects taken at Cadney, near Brigg— Max Peacock, 31S. 



Notes: Coleoptera : -New Habitat for Hydroporus septentrionalis— Rev. II'. C. Hey, 

 M.A.,318; Beetles taken at Ashby, Lincolnshire— T. Cassal. F.E.S.,318. 



Note : Fishes :- Sturgeon off the Durham Coast—/. // '. Fazvcett, 320. 



Notes: Mammalia : — Pine Marten in Cleveland-./. W. Fazvcett, 320; Peggy-hotchen 

 versus Wasp— Max Pea cot k, 320 ; Deceived Bats AVr. //'.('. /ley. M.A., J20. 



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