JANUARY 1908. 



No. 612 



(No. 390 of current series) 



A MONTHLY iLLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF 



NATURAL HISTORY FOR THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. 



EDITED BY 



T. SHEPPARD, F.G.S., F.S.A.Scot. 



The Museum, Hull; 



AND \y 

 T. W. WOODHEAD, Ph.D, .F.L.S., 



Technical College, Huddersfield. 



WITH THE assistance AS REFEREES IN SPECIAL Dp;PARTMENTS OF 



J. GILBERT BAKRR, F.R.S. F.L.S., GEO. T. PORRITF, F.L.S., F.E.S. 



Prof. P. F. KENDALL, M.Sc, F.Q.S., 

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



JOHN W. TAYLOR, 

 WILLIAM WEST, F.L.S. 



Contents : — 



PAGES 



Notes and Comments (Illustrated) :— John Phillips; Biology at Liverpool; A Malformed 

 Gurnard; Food of Fishes; South Eastern Naturalists; Concretions; Flowers of the 



Oak ; Trees and their Life Histories 1-4 



Notes on Bibliography, Publication, and Nomenclature— C. Davies Shcrbom 5.9 



Potamogetoa peasylvanicus in England— /I. Bennett, F.L.S 10-11 



Coleoptera in Yorkshire, 1907— E. G. Bayford \ 12-14 



Sphagnum bavaricum in Yorlcshire— IF. Bellcrby 15-16 



Extraordinary Immigrations of Redwings in the West Riding— HciJ'rj i?. 7^oo//j, M.fi. 0.(7. 17-18 



The Orkney Vole and its Parasites (Illustrated)— G. A. Dunlop 19-20 



Interesting Diatoms In Wharfedale (Illustrated)—/?. H. Philip 21-22 



Yorkshire Naturalists at Halifax 23-25 



Field Notes 25-28 



l^eviews and Book Notices (Illustrated) 14, 29^31 



Northern News 9, 1(5, 18, 20, 28, 32 



Illustrations 2, 19; 21 



Plates I., II., III., IV., v., Vi. 



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