MAY 1909. 



No. 628 



(So, 406 of currtnt ueriea). 



A MONTHLY ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OP 



NATURAL HISTORY FOR THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. 



EDITED BY 



T. SMEPPARD, F.Q.S., F.S.A.Scot 



The Museum, Hull ; 



AND 



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



Technical College, Huddersfield. 



with the assistance as referees in special departments of 

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



Prof. P. F. KENDALL. M.Sc, F.Q.S., JOHN W. TAYLOR, 

 T. H. NELSON, M.B.O.U., WILLIAM WEST, F.L.S. 



RILEY FORTUNE, F.Z.S. 



Contents : — 



Notes and Comments :—Speeton and South Africa; African Fungi ; Seeds from Peat 



The Present State of Our Knowledge of Carboniferous Geology— Z)). Wheelton Hind, 



F. R.C.S., F.G.S 



'Thrush Stones and Helix aemoralis L.—E. Adrian Woodrnffe-Peacock, F.L.S. , F.G.S. ... 



Proceedings of Provincial Scientific Societies (Illustrated) 



Recently Discovered Fungi in Yorkshire— C. Crossland, F.L.S 



New Botanical Books 



Geological Papers 



The Phytoplankton of the English Lake District {Illustrated^— U rn. West, F.L.S., and 



G. S. West, M.A.,D.Sc., F.L.S 



Some British Earthmites (Illustrated)— C. F. George 



Remains of a Chimaeroid Fish from the Coral Rag of North Grimston- //. C. Drake, F.G.S. 



Museum News 



News from the Magazines 



The Broad^leaved Wood Garlic or Ramsons (Illustrated)— /^s. E. McDonald 



Field Notes 



Reviews and Book Notices (Illustrated) 162, 195, 196 



Northern News ... 202, 



illustrations 176,187,192, 201, 



Plates IX,, X., XI. 



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161-162 



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