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MARCH 1908. 



No. 614 



(No. 392 of cumnt series) 



A MONTHLY ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF 



NATURAL HISTORY FOR THE NORTH OF ENGLAND, 



EDITED BY 



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



The Museum, Hull ; 



AND 



T. W. WOODHEAD, Ph 



.D, .F.lX^*41. ...•J?^ 



Technical College, Huddersfield. 



Contents : — 



Notes and Comments: — Manx Beetles; Sir John Evans; The Marten [in Britain; The 

 Pre-Glacial Flora of Britain; Nature of Deposits; Methods of Preparation; Pillo 

 Lava and Slag; Yorkshire Geology; The Palacontographical Society; The Chalk o! 

 the Isle of Wight 



The Advancement of Geographical Science by Local Scientific Societies—//. /. Mac 



kinder, M.A 



Oaks and the Caterpillar Plague— G. W. Mason 



The Chemistry of some Common Plants— P. Q. Keegan, LL.D 



The Study of Fungi in Yorkshire— C. Crossland, F.L.S 



The Ice-borne Boulders of Yorkshire—/. H. Howaith, J.P., F.G.S 



A New Coprinus— r/zo;;ms Gibbs 



Algae from Austwick Moss, West Yorks.— If;;;, ajul G. S. West 



Additions to the List of Yorkshire Diptera— /e/nj H. Ashi.'orth 



The British Willow Tit in Yorkshire—//. B. Booth, M.B.O.U 



The Protection of Wild Birds in Yorkshire 



Field Notes 



Reviews and Book Notices (Illustrated) 69, 76, 80, 103 



Northern News 106, lOy 



Illustrations 



I Plates IX., X., XI., XII., XIII. 



65-69 



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 75-76 

 77-80 

 81-96 

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 101-103 

 104-106 

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 108-109 

 110-112 



112- 125 

 126-128 



113- 122 



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