JUNE 1901. 



(Published 1st June 1901. ) 



I i JL'ff, 1901 



No. 533. 



(No. 311 of current series.) 



MONTHLY JOURNAL OF 



NATURAL HISTORY FOR THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. 



EDITED BY 



WM. DEN1SON ROEBUCK, F.L.S. 



Contents :— 



Occurrence of the Osorey in Lincolnshire, with Some Notes on the Kite — 



F. M. Burton, F.L.S. , F.G.S 



Mammalia of Bottesford Parish and the Neighbourhood— Max Peacock.. 



Some Lakeland Hos - Plants and Parasites —Rev. Hilderic Friend 



New British D'.scomycetes. Part I. (Illustrated)— George Massec, F.R.M.S., 

 F.L.S., and Charles Crossland, F.L.S. 



Notes on Mammalia: — Albino Hare near Homcastle — Rev. /.Conway Walter, M. A. , 

 190; Seal in the Tees — R. Loft house, 190; Badger in County Durham— W. 

 Fawcett, 190; The Squirrels of Roundhay P irk, Leeds — F. Arnold Lees, 

 M.R.C.S., 190; North- West Lindsey Mammalia Notes— Rev. E. A. IVood ruffe- 

 Peacock, L.Th., F.L.S., F.G.S. 190. 



Notes on Birds: — Unusual Situation of Thrush's Nest near Bolton—-/. P. Thomassofi, 

 164; Pink-fooied Goose in Co. Durham—/. W. Faivcett, 164; Dates of Arrival of 

 Swallow and Cuckoo at Wetwang-on-the- Wolds, 1879-1901— Rev. E. Maule Cole, 

 M.A., F.G.S., 164; Mistle-Thrush— Rev. E. A. IVood ruffe- Pea cock, L.Th., 

 F.L.S., F.G.S., 164 ; Abundance of Nightingales near Doncaster— H. H. Corbett, 

 M.R.C.S.. 191 ; Unusual Nidification of Wren at Silverdale, West Lanes. — 

 J. A. Wheldon, 191; Arrivals of Migrants near Spurn — Philip W. Eoten, 191; 

 Virginian Nightingal • on the Yorkshire Wolds — / ieut.-Col. B. B. Haivorth- 

 Boofh,J.P.,D.L., 191 ; Varietv of the Coal Tit at Gainsborough—/'". M. Burton. 

 F.L.S. , F.G.S., 191. 



Note on Reptiles :— Slow-worm near Silverdale, West Lanes.—/. A. Wheldon, 162., 

 Notes on Mollusca :— Helix aspersa monst. cornucopia— Rev. E. A. Woodruffe- 



Peacock, L. Th., F.L.S.,- F.G.S., 163 ; Helix aspersa var. exalbtda — Rev. E. A. 



IVood ruffe-Peacock, L.Th.. F.L.S., F.G.S., 163 ; Acmsa t< studinalis on the 



Yorkshire Coast— Rev. W. C. Hey, M.A., 163; Thrush Stones at Cadney, 



Lines. N. — Rev. E. A. Wood ruffe- Pea cock, L. Th., F.L.S., F.G.S., 163. 

 Notes on Coleoptera: — Adimonia tanaceti near Louth, Lincolnshire — R. W. Goutding, 



190 ; Alianta inc^na in Yorkshire : An Addition to the List of Yorkshire Coleoptera 



— M. Lawson Thompson, 190. 

 Note on Lepidoptera: — Abundance of Vanessa 10 at Silverdale, West Lanes.—/. A. 



Wheldon, 192. 



Note on Worms :— 'Leech' near Louth : its Habits, etc.— C. S. Carter, 192. 



Notes on Flowering Plants : — Tooth wort near Louth— C. S. Carter, 192; Aberration 

 of Wild Hyacinth near Doncaster — LL. IE ( orbctf, M .R.C .S. , 192', Dates of Leaf- 

 ing of Horse Chestnut and Blossoming of Che rry at Wetwang-on-the-Wolds, 1879- 

 iqoi—Rev. E. Maule Cole, M .A .JP$£y~J$'!!i^ 



Notes on Mosses':— Pottia bryoides^ar Louth ^J.< ^frrder, 176; Bryum Davalii at 

 Adel, near LeeJs— G. B. Savffy, %6. ' % ^ T'.\ 



Illustrations : — Two plates of Nef Briti.sb Diseomy6ptoUs Fungi, 184-3. 



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 173-176 



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