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the ver>^ third-rate block on plate XLVI., with its extraordinary descrip- 

 tion, managed to squeeze its way in between the very fine illustration of 

 Corals, by Dr. Dwerryhouse, without being chipped by the Editor's 

 geological hammer. 



The Fifty-sixth Annual Report and Transactions of the Notting- 

 ham Naturalists' Society for 1907-8, was issued on February igth, 1909. 

 It contains a well-illustrated presidential address on ' Adaptation,' by J. 

 Golding. Prof. J. W. Carr records Selhiium Carvi folia for the first time in 

 Nottinghamshire, the plant being first discovered as British in 1880, at 

 Broughton Wood, Lines. ; and there are two pages of short notes on 

 Nottingham birds, mammals, flowering plants, hepaticae and fungi. Some 

 of the botanical records are new to the county. 



No. 19 of the Bradford Scientific Journal, for January, 1909, has 

 appeared, and besides containing the reports of the Bradford Natural 

 History and Microscopical Society, referred to elsewhere, has a further 

 instalment of Mr. S. Margerison's notes ' On the Vegetation of some Dis- 

 used quarries,' an interesting 'Note on the Cockchafer,' by Mr. W. P. 

 Winter, and an account of an ' Exploration ' of Mounds near Cullingworth. 

 From the description given we are inclined to agree with the opinions of 

 ' several practical men ' who have seen them and pronounce them to be 

 quarries. The only mound that yielded any ' relics ' contained pieces of a 

 pipe stem, and we agree with Dr. Villey that from this evidence ' it is 

 fairly clear that the work was not pre-historic' 



The Seventy-fifth Annual Report of Bootham School (York) Natural 

 History Society (32 pp.), is an excellent record of an excellent year's work. 

 In all branches (with the possible exception of geology), there seems to 

 have been a steady desire for useful work, and the sectional reports are 

 most encouraging. There are also accounts of the School's exhibit at 

 the Franco-British Exhibition, and its Christmas Exhibition, both of which 

 were highly successful. Instead of a list of rare eggs collected, we are 

 glad to notice the more innocent ' oology has also prospered ! ' For some 

 unrecorded crime we notice that one youth is advised to ' stick to insects I ' 



The Eighty-sixth Annual Report of the Whitby Literary and Philo- 

 sophical Society records a year of steady progress. More footprints have 

 been secured by Mr. Brodrick, who read ' a most satisfactory paper on 

 the whole subject before the British Association.' Mr. Buckman is examin- 

 ing the Liassic fossils in the collection, and doubtless good will result. 

 A long-tailed duck, ' the first of its species ever taken in Whitby,' was 

 secured in November last, and is now in the Museum. The Report also 

 contains the Meteorological Records for 1908, and a list of additions to 

 the library, 1899-1909. 



The Scarborough Philosophical and Archaeological Society has issued 

 its Annual Report for 1908, and it includes the report of the Scarborough 

 Field Naturalists' Society. A report of a useful paper on ' Pre-historic Man 

 in the Scarborough District,' by Mr. Rowntree, is included, and amongst 

 the additions to the Museum we notice a timepiece mounted in carved jet, 

 which has apparently been purchased for £5 5s. od. The Society has a 

 balance in hand of £245. We are glad to see that Mr. M. C. Peck is now 

 the President. The Recorders of the Naturalists' Society print useful 

 accounts of their work during the year. Would not the list of local non- 

 marine mollusca have been better printed locally, instead of being sent 

 elsewhere, where ' it is hoped they will be able to publish it during the 

 coming year ? ' We are glad to notice that a careful eye is kept upon the 

 local rare plants. A Power Cod, jw inches in length (rather longer than the 

 average), was caught from the East Pier, and is believed to be the first 

 record for the county. 



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