Walter : Ki'jigfisher at Horncastle. 



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Barrow Naturalists' Field Club and Literary and Scientific 

 Association. Annual Report, Proceedings, etc., for 26th year, 

 ending 25th March 1902, Vol. XVI. Canuthers, Barrow, 1903. 



It would seem by their latest issue that the Barrow naturalists are in 

 -a fair position financially and otherwise. There is the usual amount of 

 'literary' matter and some scientific, including- a g-ood archseological paper 

 by the present President (Mr. Gaythorpe), some nature study addresses by 

 a. competent authority (Mr. Hawkridge), and a very good paper on the 

 'Old Forest Laws' by Mr. H. G. Pearson, which might have appeared 

 in full. Mr. Gaythorpe's paper is entitled 'Neolithic Man in Low Furness,' 

 with notes on the geological strata (illustrated). There is a list of plants 

 collected by Mr. J. Hosking, now in the possession of the club, dated and 

 located, which some years agf) would have proved useful. But it is g"ood 

 to know that the club is alive to present-day needs and methods, and that 

 its President and officers are not likely to allow it to again become moribund. 



The Hull Scientific and Field Naturalists' Club seems to be particularly 

 fortunate in including in its membership g-entlemen who are able to w^rite 

 valuable works on various subjects. Some of these have already been 

 referred to in these columns. The latest publication issued by the club 

 is an attractive-looking; book, entitled ' Evidences relating- to the Historv 

 of East Hull from the Earliest Times.' Tt is by Mr. T. Blas^ill, F.R.LB.A.", 

 and illustrated b}' numerous plans and sketches of old East Hull. (A. Brown 

 and Sons, Hull, 3s. 6d.) 



The eighth edition of ' The Naturalists' Dlrectorv,' 1904-5 (Upcott Gill, 

 IS. 6d. ), has just been issued, and contains many items of interest to field 

 naturalists. The lists of names of naturalists, under the various headings, 

 will be useful to those anxious to correspond with others interested in 

 similar studies. We notice the omission of names of many prominent 

 workers, however, in these lists. The list of ' Natural Science Mag-azines ' 

 is also incomplete — ' Man ' and ' Museums Journal ' — two magazines on 

 our table at the present moment, not being- included. There are some 

 unexpected items in the ' Directory' ; for instance, at Hull there appears to 

 be a 'World-Wide Naturalists' Society (Corresponding-),' which is new to us. 



The Proceedings of the Liverpool Geological Society for 1902-3 (Vol. 9, 

 Part 3) have been issued, under the editorship of Mr. G. E. Popple. The 

 pamphlet contains three papers of particularly local value, viz., ' Some 

 Lithographs of Footprints, etc., from Storeton, issued by the Liverpool 

 Natural History Society about 1839,' by Mr. H. C. Beasley; 'Quartz Dykes, 

 near Foxdale, Isle of Man,' by Mr. J. Lomas (a paper which had previously 

 appeared in the 'Geological Magazine'); and 'The Surface Geology of 

 Cheshire in its Relation to Ag-riculture,' by Mr. W^ Edwards. Of a more 

 g-eneral character is ' The Study of the Volcanic Composition of Rocks 

 (Part II.). The Examination of an Igneous Intrusion,' being- the ])residential 

 address of Mr. C. C. Moore. 



BIRDS. 



Kingfisher at Horncastle. — In the centre of the town of 

 Horncastle, within 100 yards of the Bull-ring-, a Kingfisher is 

 just now (9th January 1904) disporting- itself on a branch of the 

 canal formed by the river Waring-, diving- into the water to 

 regale itself on small fry, to the g-reat interest of the residents 

 close by, on whose g-arden rails it suns and dries itself after 

 these frequent immersions. — J. CoxNWAY Walter, Langton 

 Rectory, Horncastle. 



1904 Februarj' i. 



