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Northern News. 
The Selborne Magazine, No. 349, covering the period February to 
May, contains a number of interesting natural history items, including 
London Birds in 1921, Bees and Snail Shells, Woodpeckers in London, etc. 
Natural History : the Journal of the American Museum of Natural 
History, is a sumptuous publication, and No. 1 of Vol. XXII., recently 
issued, contains, among many other papers, the following : ‘ Phosphor- 
escent Animals and Plants,’ by U. Dahlgren ; ‘ The Birth of Sculpture 
in Southern France,’ by H. F. Osborn ; ‘ Some Features of Museum 
Progress during the past Fifty Years,’ by F. A. Lucas ; ‘ Biological 
Work on Mount Desert Island,’ by R. W. Miner ; ‘ Shackleton,’ by R. 
C. Murphy ; ‘ A Visit to Rapa Island in Southern Polynesia,’ by R. H. 
Beck ; ‘ The Unforeseen in Indian Vocabulary Work,’ by C. H. Merriam ; 
‘ Decrease of Fur-bearing Animals in Alaska,’ by E. W. Nelson ; and 
Rains of Fishes and of Frogs,’ by E. W. Gudger. 
Man for April contains a note entitled ‘ The Ice-Age and Mail : A 
Note on Man, 1922, 5.’ In this Mr. J. R. Moir states that ‘ As regards 
the detritus-bed beneath the Red Crag, I would point out that, in view 
of the larger number of striated flints which it contains, and the fact 
that a considerable series of foreign rocks occur with these flints, it 
would seem not unreasonable to assume that the deposit in question is 
intimately connected with glacial conditions. After a very careful 
examination of large numbers of striated flints from beneath the Red 
Crag, I have come to the conclusion that the scratches were imposed 
after the specimens were flaked and patinated, and that, in consequence, 
the pressure to which these flints were subjected has had nothing to do 
with the flake-scars to be seen upon them.’ 
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The Guide to the Prehistoric Room of the London Museum (12 pages, 
3d.) has reached its third edition. 
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has issued a Report of the 
Methods of Fish Canning in England (25 pp., 2/6 net). It deals ex- 
haustively with the subject, and also contains information of value to 
Zoologists. 
The death is announced of Professor G. S. Boulger, at Richmond, 
Surrey, in his sixty-ninth year. Professor Boulger took an active part 
in the work of the scientific societies in the south, and was the author of 
a number of popular books on botanical and geological subjects. 
The Report of the Norwich Museum includes a reference to the ac- 
tivities of a society known as ‘ The Friends of the Museum,’ which 
subscribes funds for the purchase of specimens which otherwise would not 
be obtained for the collections. In this way our Norwich friends receive 
considerable assistance. 
With the title ‘ A Peep into the Past,’ a description is given of a 
fine pair of antlers of the Red Deer recently found at Withernsea, in 
No. 1 of ' Our Magazine,’ which is the magazine of the Withernsea Council 
School. Another article is entitled ‘ Sport Among the Girls,’ so that 
the staff is doing its best to make things attractive ! 
The Annual Meeting of the Hull Geological Society was held recently. 
The officers’ reports showed the Society to be in a prosperous condition, 
and that very good geological work had been done, and an interesting 
volume of transactions containing noteworthy local matter had been 
issued. Prof. Percy F. Kendall, M.Sc., was elected President ; Dr. 
Walton, F.G.S., Messrs. G. W. Lamplugh, F.R.S., Alfred Harker, LL.D., 
F.R.S., Vice-Presidents ; Mr. T. Sheppard, M.Sc., Editor ; Mr. C. 
Thompson, B.Sc., Recorder ; Mr. W. Ennis, B.Sc., Excursion Secretary ; 
Mr. J. W. Wilson, Treasurer ; Messrs. J. W. Stather, F.G.S., and W. H. 
Crofts, Secretaries. A good programme of field work was especially 
arranged for the summer months, with a view to the meeting of the 
British Association in Hull in September next. 
Naturalist 
