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The Rev. Francis C. R. Jourdain, M.A., reprints two useful lists from 

 the Derbyshire Archseolog-ical and Natural History Society's Journal 

 for J904. One is 'The Lepidoptera of Derbyshire' and the other 'The 

 Hymenoptera Aculeata of Derbyshire.' They are sold at threepence 

 each by Charles Hales, St. John Street, Ashbourne. 



The Annual Meeting- of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union will be held at 

 Leeds, on Saturday-, 17th December. 



A collection of 72 choice photographs issued by the British Association 

 Geolog'ical Photographs Committee has been placed on exhibition in the 

 Bootle Museum. 



The Manchester Geographical Society still continues to issue its valuable 

 Journal, containing- illustrated articles on various subjects dealing- with 

 different parts of the globe. One part (Vol. 19, pts. 7-12, July to December 

 1903) has recently been issued. 



In order that there may be no misunderstanding, we would like to point 

 out that the death we recorded in the November Naturalist (pag^e 352) was 

 of Mr. John Carter, of Bradford. His son, Mr. J. W. Carter, F.E.S., our 

 valued contributor, is still with us, and we hope will be for some time to 

 come. 



Together with Mr. W. B. Wrig-ht, Mr. Herbert Brantwood Muff has 

 prepared a scholarly paper on ' The Pre-g-lacial Raised beach of the South 

 Coast of Ireland.' It has been published as Vol. 10, Pt. 2 of the ' Scientific 

 Proceeding's of the Royal Dublin Society,' and is illustrated by numerous 

 plates. 



Mr. Joseph F. Pickard, Leeds, has handed to the Secretary of the 

 Yorkshire Naturalists' Union a complete ' list of plants seen by the Union 

 during their excursion to Baug-h Fell, Sedbergh, from ist to 5th August 

 1902.' This may be referred to by anyone particularly interested in the 

 district. 



We have received a communication from Mr. Fawcett, of Satle}-, with 

 reference to paragraphs in 'The Naturalist' for December and March last 

 on the occurrence of the Red Spotted Bluethroat and Black Redstart 

 respectively at the Durham side of Tees mouth. Our correspondent states 

 the records referred to are not the first, as he knows of other instances 

 of earlier date in the county of Durham. 



In Vol. 6, pt. 3, of the Proceeding-s of the Malacological Society, 

 Mr. G. C. Crick has a paper ' On a new form of Carboniferous Nautiloid 

 {AuipJioreopsis pancicnmerata) from the Isle of Man.' This is based on a 

 specimen in the collection of Mr. Robert Law, and was obtained from the 

 Poohash Limestone, at Poolvash, on the southern coast of the island. 

 Mr. 1. I u'lx lias not been able to find any record of a similar nautiloid from 

 the Carhonitorous rocks. 



The following note appears in the Natural History column of a recent 

 issue of the 'Yorkshire Weekly Post': — A few davs ag^o a respected 

 poultry dealer in High Bentham exhibited outside the shop a heron that 

 liad been shot in tlie neighbourhood. It was for sale, and the bird is now 

 in the liaiuls i^i a 'stuHer.' The shop in question is a few yards off the 

 local police slativ-iii. whicli b\--lhe-way was probably a safeg-uard against 

 prosecution. As a niatier of fact, the Wild Birds' Protection Act — as we 

 have shown over and o\ er again — is a farce. 



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