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Azotes and Coimneiits. 



LINCOLNSHIRE WATER SUPPLY.* 

 The Geological Survey has issued a useful Memoir dealing- 

 with 'The Water Supply of Lincolnshire from Underg-round 

 Sources,' this being" the third of the county memoirs dealing- 

 specially with w^ater supply. Of the 229 pag-es comprising- the 

 monograph, 164 are occupied by details of borings in various 

 parts of the county. In connection with these it should be 

 pointed out that, although the work is intended to act as a 

 geological guide for the water-bearing strata of Lincolnshire, 

 it has been deemed advisable to include all borings made in 

 Lincolnshire for whatever purpose. Naturally, details of many 

 of these have been previously published. It is nevertheless 

 very useful to have them in this compact form, as, quite apart 

 from questions of water supply, details of borings are always 

 of service to geologists, and can be turned to account in a 

 variety of ways. The list of borings is arranged in alphabetical 

 order, according to locality, and has been prepared under the 

 editorship of Mr. H. B. Woodward. Messrs. W. Whitaker, 

 H. F, Parsons, and Henry Preston have contributed much 

 information, and Dr. H. R. Mill writes on ' The Rainfall of 

 Lincolnshire ' (with map). Mr. H. B. Woodward's ' Outline 

 of the Geology as far as relates to Water Supply ' is a most 

 useful summarv. 



INTERNATIONAL ORNITHOLOGICAL CONGRESS. 

 The fourth International Ornithological Congress was held 

 in England, the headquarters being London, from 12th to 17th 

 June, under the presidency of Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe. This was 

 followed by a number of excursions, that on Wednesday, the 

 2 1 St, being to Speeton and Bempton Cliffs. At this the 

 Yorkshire Naturalists' Union was represented by its Secretary, 

 on the invitation of the Secretaries of the Congress, whilst 

 Messrs. T. H. Nelson and T. Boynton assisted in making the 

 local arrangements. Mr. Nelson had also written a pamphlet 

 on 'Cliff-climbing at Bempton,' which was distributed amongst 

 those present. A party of over fifty drove to Bempton by 

 wag'onette from Bridlington, where they viewed the climbing 

 and obtained a great number of eggs. 



THE 'COLLECTING' FARCE. 

 Fortunately for the reputation of English collectors (though 

 unfortunately from the point of view of providing entertainment 



Published by E. Stanford, 12-14, Long" Acre. 4s. 6d. 



Naturalist. 



