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NORTHERN NEWS. 



Amongst the recently elected Fellows of the Royal Society we notice 

 the names of Mr. J. Stanley Gardener and Mr. C. J. Forsyth Major. 



Amongst the ' Country Side Hints ' given in a w^eekly newspaper, we 

 notice the reader is instructed how ' to stalk a weary bird ' ! The ' bull 

 of concussion ' on flint flakes is also referred to in the same publication. 



In answer to numerous enquiries : there is no mistake with regard to 

 Plate XI. (Woodcock on Nest) in our IVIarch issue. The bird is in the 

 centre of the picture, and a line drawn from the top left-hand corner to 

 the bottom right-hand corner of the plate would cut through its eye, and 

 along its bill. 



We have received the four parts of the Journal of the Northampton- 

 shire Natural History Society and Field Club for 1907. The publication 

 contains man}' useful contributions to the natural history, geology, and 

 archaeology of Northamptonshire and Leicestershire. We notice that 

 ' the rare shell of Baile Perversa ' [sic], is recorded from Ecton. 



At the recent annual meeting of the York Philosophical Society, Dr. 

 Solloway was appointed joint curator of Archaelogy ; and the Rev. W. 

 Johnson was appointed Hon. curator of Geology in the place of the late 

 J. F. Walker. Dr. Tempest Anderson w'as re-elected president, Mr. 

 Edwin Grey, hon. treasurer, and Dr. Tempest Anderson and Mr. C. E. 

 Elmhirst, hon. secretaries. 



Amongst the valuable leaflets distributed free by the Board of Agri- 

 culture and Fisheries, three have just been received, dealing with the 

 American Gooseberry Alildew, the Frit Fly, and the Pine Disease. The 

 first refers to a disease which is likely to spread rapidly in this country, 

 and seriously interfere with the crops. These pamphlets can be obtained 

 free of charge on application to the Secretary of the Board, 4 Whitehall 

 Place, London, S.W. 



In the recently issued ' Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester 

 Literary and Philosophical Society ' (Vol. LIL, pt. I.), Mr. D. M. S. Watson 

 has two interesting notes dealing with Palaeobotany. The first refers to 

 a cone of Bothrodendron mundum (Will.), and describes a specimen in the 

 Halifax hard bed. His second note is on the ' Ulodendroid scar,' which 

 is found on the stems of certain species of coal plants. Both papers are 

 illustrated by excellent photographs. 



We have received the recorders' reports for 1907 of the Bradford Natural 

 History and Microscopical Society. There are some useful lists of additions 

 to the flora and fauna of the Society's district. The notes are as under : — 

 Cryptogamic Botany, M. Malone ; Phanerogamic Botany, J. Beanland ; 

 Entomology, J. W. Carter ; Diptera, J. H. Ashworth ; Hymenoptera 

 (first list of species), R. Butterfield ; Conchology, F. Rhodes ; Vertebrate 

 Zoolog}', H. B. Booth ; and Geology, J. H. Ashworth. We notice that one 

 mammal and four birds have been added to the local list. The member- 

 ship of the Society is now ninety-six. 



A meeting of the Vertebrate section of the Yorkshire Naturalists' 

 Union was held at Leeds on Saturday, the 15th February. Mr. St. 

 Quintin showed some wonderful living leaf insects which he had reared ; 

 also some eggs of the Waxwing, laid by birds in his aviaries. Mr. H. B. 

 Booth show^ed the Marsh and Willow Tits, referred to elsewhere in these 

 pages, and a lot of photographs and lantern slides were exhibited by 

 Messrs. S. H. Smith, \\\ Denison Roebuck, H. B. Booth, and R. Fortune. 

 Mr. Roebuck handed round some fine carvings of Antelopes, etc., executed 

 by natives of Africa. It was decided to hold future meetings of this 

 section. The meeting was in every way a thorough success, and the plan 

 might be commended to other sections and committees of the Union. ^ 



4 APR. 1908 



