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QUEENSBURY GRITS. 

 Southern Uplands of Scotland. 

 Stonegate, Eskdalc— ,1///^. 



RED JASPER. 

 (Radiolarian Chert). 

 Southern Uplands of Scotland. 

 Gristhorpe. — Howarth &> Simpson. 



Robin Hood's Bay. Beach boulder. — Muff 6- Sheppard. 

 Settrington (Vale of Pickering). — Kendall. 



LENY GRITS. 



(Highland Schists, Perthshire). 



Robin Hood's Bay. Upper boulder clay and beach. — Muff 6- Sheppard. 

 Stonegate, Eskdale (?) — Muff. 



BEN LEDI GRIT. 

 (Highland Schists, Perthshire). 

 Egton Brick Works, Eskdale.— 71/ 



EPIDIORITE. 

 (Highland Schists, Perthshire). 

 Robin Hood's Bay. Beach boulder. — Muff 6- Sheppard. 



MOINE SCHIST. 

 Highlands. 



Robin Hood's Bay. Upper boulder clay. — Muff & Sheppard. 



(To be continued). 



Mr. R. H. Yapp has an interesting paper on the ' Vegetation of Wicken 

 Pen ' in the ' New Phytologist ' (Vol. 7, parts 2 and 3.) 



We see from the newspapers that a North-Eastern Railway Natural 

 History and Scientific Society has been formed, with a membership of 

 thirty-two. Mr. W. Hewett, of York, is a prominent member. 



Lord Avebury has introduced a Bill in the House of Lords with the 

 object of checking ' the wanton and wholesale destruction o<" birds which 

 is l3eing earned on everywhere throughout the British Empire, and in all 

 parts of the world, without regard to their agricultural, educational, and 

 aesthetic value.' Lord Avebury's Bill, which it is proposed shall come 

 into operation on January ist next, prohibits the importation into the 

 United Kingdom, for the purpose of sale or exchange, of the plumage, 

 skin, or body of any wild bird. Ostriches, eider-ducks, and wild birds 

 used as articles of diet are the only exceptions. 



Our readers will learn with interest the appointment of Dr. William 

 G. Smith to the lectureship of Biology in the Edinburgh and East of Scot- 

 land College of Agriculture. In the eleven years during which Dr. Smith 

 has been connected with the botanical and agricultural departments of 

 the University of Leeds, he has made a deep and lasting impression on the 

 botany and botanists, not only of Yorkshire, but of Britain as a whole. 

 His work on botanical survey is widely known, and Yorkshiremen have 

 been fortunate in having such an excellent worker in their midst. While 

 we cannot but regret his removaJ, and the consequent loss to the county, 

 all will extend to him the sincerest wishes for a successful career in his 

 new sphere. 



Naturalist, 



