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NORTHERN NEWS. 



We regret to record the death of Dr. W. T. Blanford, past-president of 

 the Geolog-ical Society of London, in his 73rd year. 



The Rev. E. M. Cole reprints a short paper 'On the Place-Name 

 Wetwang-' from the Saga Book of the Viking Club. 



Mr, J. W. Tutt is proposing to issue a new history of British Butterflies, 

 'The paper on which the notes are written weighs possibly more than 

 a quarter of a hundredweight.' 



By order of the Royal Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture, Otto Herman 

 (Editor of 'Aquila') has issued, in English, ' Recensio critica automatica 

 of the Doctrine of Bird Migration,' with Map. 



Amongst the donations to the Newcastle Museum we notice ' Fine antler 

 of Red Deer, with part of skull attached, from the submerged forest, 

 Hartlepool ; found in 187- ' — presented by C. T. Trechmann. 



A Montagu's Harrier was shot at Rainworth (Notts) in June. The 

 Merlin nested in North Derbyshire this year. A Rustic Bunting [Emheriza 

 riistica) is recorded near Seaton Sluice, Northumberland ('Zoologist,' July). 



A significant ' N.B.' appears at the foot of a notice recently issued by a 

 south Lancashire Field Naturalists' Society, viz. : — ' Members who omitted 

 to pay for refreshments at the last meeting would oblig-e by doing so,' etc. 



A full-g-rown example of Vertigo substriata m. sinistrorsnm, found at 

 Shipley Glen in 1898, is recorded in the 'Journal of Conchology ' for July. 

 The same publication contains particulars of a sinistral form of Vivipara 

 contecta from Southport. 



Together with Mr. R. Shore, Mr. G. F. Atkinson (who joined the York- 

 shire Fungus Foray at Helmsley)has written a useful pamphlet, ' Mushroom 

 Growing for Amateurs.' This is well illustrated, and is issued as Bulletin 

 227 of the Cornell University. 



Mr. W. Harrison Hutton (Leeds) contributes a short note on 'The 

 Banded Shell, Helix nemoralis,' to the July ' Nature Study,' and Mr. D. W. 

 Bevan (Scarborough) writes on 'Seaweed: a holiday paper for Field 

 Botanists,' to ' Knowledge and Scientific News ' for August. 



' Pamphlet L Suggestions for beginning Survey Work on Vegetation,' 

 is reprinted from the ' New Phytologist ' for the Central Committee for the 

 Survey and Study of British Vegetation. It has been sent to us by 

 Dr. W. G. Smith, of the University of Leeds, who is Secretary of the 

 Committee. 



' Nature Study ' for Aug^ust is largely occupied by reports of the excur- 

 sions of the Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union, by Mr. A. Smith (Grimsby). 

 The boulders of 'augatite' and 'Labrador Porphyry' recorded at South 

 Elkington seem to be unfamiliar to us, and we doubt if much good results 

 from recording such plants as ' Bellis perennis.' 



Mr. G. W. Gibson, of 26, St. John's Street, Bridlington, sends us a 

 dozen excellent photographs taken on the occasion of the recent visit of the 

 International Ornithological Congress at Bempton. In addition to views 

 of the cliffs and the 'dimmers,' there are photographs of the members of 

 the Cong-ress and others. They are half-plate size, and sold at 5s. the set. 



In his address delivered at the Anniversary Meeting- of the Geolog'ical 

 Society of London, Prof. J. E. Marr directed attention to the Classification 

 of the Sedimentary Rocks. Prof. Marr opines that ' In a,n ideal classifica- 

 tion of the sedimentary rocks we require a triple nomenclature, in order to 

 subdivide the rocks according to lithological characters, organic contents, 

 and periods of formation.' 



1905 September i. 



