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JANUARY 1905. 



(Published 2nd January 1905. J 



No. 576. 



(No. 354 of current series.} 



MONTHLY ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF 



NATURAL HISTORY FOR THE NORTH OF ENGLAND, 



EDITED BY 



T. SHEPPARD, F.Q.S., and T. W. WOODHEAD, F.L.S., 



Mi'SEfM, Hull; 



Technical Collegk, Huddersfield ; 



WITH THE ASSISTANCE AS REFERKHS IN SPECIAL DEPARTMENTS OF 



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

 Prof. P. F. KENDALL, F.G.S., 

 T. H. NELSON, M.B.O.U., 



GEO. T. PORRITT, F.L.S. , F. 

 JOHN W. TAYLOR, 

 WILLIAM WEST, F.L.S. 



Contents: — 



Notes and Comments (IllustratedX: -Weardale Naturalists, Coast Erosion, Cost of 

 Protecting- the Coast, Lancashire Borings 



Weeds— ^. H. Pait'son. J.P., F.L.S., F.G.S 



The Fossiliferous Drift Deposits at Kirmington, Lincolnshire—/. W. S father 

 F.G.S " .. 



Yorkshire Naturalists at Leeds - 7". S. 



Notes on Good King Wenry—Arthui' Bennett, F.L.S 



Nature Study : Ideal and Real— r. 5. 



Lincolnshire Freshwater Mites (Illustrated)— C. F. George, M.R.C.S 



Yorkshire Earthquakes— CAa^r/e-^ Davison, Sc.D., F.G.S 



Field Notes 



Reviews and Book Notices (Illustrated) 



Northern News 



Illustrations .../, 2, 25-, 29, 



4-14 



15-18 

 18-20 

 20-21 



22-2S 



25- 26 



26- 28 

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29-31 

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