Notes and Comments. 



them and Broken axe heads somewhat Like Sacrificeing axes 

 in Shape. Under a tree near Hatfield was found 8 or 9 Roman 

 coins. Mr. Edwd. Canby father to Late Mr. Thos. Canby of 

 Thorne found an Oak Tree 40 Yards long-, 4 Yards in Diameter 

 at the Great End 3 Yards one foot in the midle Two Yards over 

 at the small End, so that the Tree seems to have been as long- 

 again, for which he was offered twenty pounds.' 



NEWCASTLE NATURALISTS. 



Simultaneously have appeared two publications^ printed by 

 the same printers, and published by the same publishers, which 

 will be a little puzzling to future bibliographers. One is entitled 

 ' Natural History Transactions of Northumberland, Durham, and 

 Newcastle-upon-Tyne,' Vol. 15, Part i. The other is 'Transactions 

 of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, 

 and Newcastle-upon-Tyne' (New Series), Vol. i. Part 2. The 

 first of these is entirely devoted to Vol. 2, Part i, of J. E. 

 Robson's valuable 'Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Northumber- 

 land, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne.' The second volume 

 contains many interesting papers. The Rev. W. J. Wingate 

 writes on ' A Ramble up Burnhope ' (the Hancock Prize Essay 

 for 1902) ; other items are ' On the Migration and Growth of 

 Plaice,' by Alex. Meek ; ' On Copepoda and other Crustacea 

 taken off Northumberland and Durham in July 1904,' by 

 Prof. G. S. Brady; 'Additions, etc., to the Coleoptera of 

 Northumberland and Durham,' by R. S. Bagnall ; 'On Some 

 Lacustrine Deposits in the Drift near Ferryhill,' by J. Coggin 

 Brown; 'Geological Notes for a visit to Rothley Crag,' by 

 Prof. G. A. Lebour, etc. Such papers as ' Ancient Egypt, 

 Part 2,' though they may be very interesting, hardly seem in 

 their right place in publications of this kind. 



BIRDS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



A book which will be welcomed alike by naturalists, tax- 

 idermists, and museum curators has just been issued by the 

 trustees of the British Museum.-'^' This appears to be on a style 

 not previously attempted, and from the reasonableness of the 

 price and the wealth of beautiful illustrations will certainly have 

 a large sale. As will be understood by the title, the volume is 



*' Guide to the Gallery of Birds in the Department of Zoology of the 

 Britisli Museum (Natural History).' London. 1905. 228 pp. and plates. 



Price 2s. 6d. 



Natura'ist, 



