JANUARY 1901. 



(Published 2nd January 1901.) 



No. 528. 



(No. 306 of current series.) 



MONTHLY JOURNAL OF 



NATURAL HISTORY FOR THE NORTH OF ENGLAND 



EDITED BY 



WM. DEN1SON ROEBUCK, F.L.S., f^' 



259, Hyde Park Road, Leeds; 

 with the assistance in special departments of 

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

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

 ALFRED HARKER, M.A., F.G.S., JOHN W. TAYLOR, F.L.S., 



CHAS. P. HOBKIRK, F.L.S., W. B. TURNER, F.R.M.S. 



Contents:— 



Tortula cernua : a Moss New to the British Flora— Chas. P. Kobkirk, F.L.S. 

 Natural History Notes from Whitby, Feb. 1898 to Nov. 1900— Thomas Stephenson 



Some Polyzoa, etc., of the Cumberland Coast— .S". Lister Petty 



Bibliography: Geology and Palaeontology, 1897— Thomas Sheppard, F.G.S . 

 Notes: Neuroptera: — Neuroptera taken at Bottesford, Lincolnshire — Max Peacock, j 



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Platetrum depressmn, a Dragonfly New to Yorkshire- 

 F.E.S., 11. 



-Geo. T. Porritt, F.L.S. 



Notes: Ornithology :— Bird-Notes, Brigg District, North-west Lincolnshire — Max 

 Peacock, j ; Albino Jay at Acaster, near York — William Hezvett, 12; Raven 

 on the Cheviots— /. W. Fazvcett, 12; Little Gull at Redcar — T. Ashton Loft- 

 house, A.R.I. B. A., 12; Attack by Missel-Thrush on Young Rook — B. R. Lucas, 

 12: Crossbills near Twigmoor, Lincolnshire — Max Peacock, 12; Pied Rooks and 

 Blackbird at Kettlebythorpe and at Wooton-Wold, Lines. — Max E. Peacock, 12. 



Notes: Mollusca:— Octopus on the Cleveland Coast—/. W. Fazvcett, 4; Testacella 

 scutulum in Leeds City— IV. Denison Roebuck, F.L.S., 4; Helix virgata in the 

 Louth District — C. S. Carter, 4 ; Plague of Dew Slugs at Bottesford — Max 

 Peacock, 4. 



Note: Polyzoa and Marine Algae :— Polyzoa and Marine Algae from Scarborough 



Neighbourhood — .9. L. Petty, 15. 

 Notes : Lepidoptera :— Xanthia aurago and Euperia fulvago in the Huddersfield District 



— Geo. T. Porritt, F.L.S., F.E.S. , 16; Psvche opacella, a Lepidopteron new to 



Yorkshire-G. T. Porritt, F.L.S., F.E.S., 16. 

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