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NEWS FROM THE MAGAZINES. 
Mr. R. J. Welsh, M.R.I.A., has joined the editorial board of The 
Irish Naturalist. 
The Lancashire and Cheshire Naturalist has reverted to Mr. W. H. 
Western, of Darwen . 
We see Science Progress refers, more or less appropriately, to the 
Quartz. Journ. Geol. Soc. 
W. J. Lucas’s ‘Notes on British Orthoptera in 1921/ appears in 
The Entomologist for September. 
J . Waterston writes ‘ On the Bird Lice Parasitic upon British Grouse, ’ 
in The Scottish Naturalist, No . 127. 
The Essex Naturalist, issued in September, records the death of William 
Cole, founder of the Essex Field Club. 
Nature for July 22nd contains an account of the Local Arrangements 
for the Hull Meeting of the British Association. 
‘ The Whiskered Tern in Cheshire,’ and ‘ Observations on the Twite 
in the Pennines,’ occur in British Birds for September. 
The Irish Naturalist for June contains ‘ Some Habits of the Red 
Admiral and Painted Lady Butterflies,’ by C. B. Moffatt. 
An account of the Zoological Gardens, by E. G. Boulenger, with a 
view of the Gardens from the air, appears in Nature, No. 2757. 
Dr. R. F. Scharff gives ‘ Notes on the Irish Sheep, ’ and G. H. Carpenter 
on ‘ The Life-history of Warble-flies,’ in The Irish Naturalist for July. 
An illustrated paper on ‘ The Life-history of the Common or Fresh- 
water Eel,’ by E. Tate Regan, F.R.S., appears in Science Progress for 
July, 
E. A. Butler gives ‘ A Contribution towards the Life-History of 
Dictyonota strichnocera Fieb.,’ in The Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 
for August. 
In a note in Nature recently. Dr. A. Smith Woodward considers that 
the tooth of the ‘ supposed ancestral man in North America ’ is probably 
that of a bear ! 
The Problem of Provincial Galleries and Art Museums, with special 
reference to Manchester, by Lawrence Haward, appears in The Museums 
Journal for July. 
‘ The Broadland Water-vole,’ by A. H. Patterson, and ‘ Nesting 
Habits of the Long-tailed Titmouse,’ by E. M. Nicholson, are among 
the contents of Natur eland for July. 
The Entomologist’ s Record recently to hand contains, notes ‘ On some 
Abnormalities in Ants,’ by H. Donisthorpe ; and ‘ Formicidae : a new 
species and variety,’ by W. C. Crawley. 
No. 3 of The Nature Lover contains among other items, Japanese Bird 
Study ; Notes from a Nature Lover’s Diary ; Gorse ; Scent in the 
Plant World ; The Hare ; and the Moon. 
Taxette, the organ of the Association of Women Tax Clerks, contains 
an occasional natural history note, and the number for July includes 
‘ The Country in July,’ by Arthur A. Thompson. 
Prof. E. J. Garwood writes ‘On a Freshwater Shale with Viviparus 
and Associated Beds from the base of the Carboniferous Rocks in Ribbles- 
dale, Yorkshire,’ in The Geological Magazine, No. 697. 
The recent Journal of Conchology , among many other matters, con- 
tains ‘ Notes on the Nomenclature of Hygromia, Helicella, etc.,’ by H. 
Watson, and ‘ Two Molluscan Associations in North-east Staffs,’ by 
W. E. Alkins. 
Among the many valuable memoirs in The Journal of Ecology for 
May, we notice ‘ The Concept of Habitat ’ and ‘ The Dovey Salt Marshes 
in 1921,’ both by R. H. Yapp ; ‘ The Ecology of the Gorse,’ by E. G. 
Skipper ; and 4 Changes in the Coast Vegetation near Berrow, Somerset,’ 
by H. S. Thompson. There are the papers on Spitzbergen, Greenland, 
and South Africa, and several plates. 
Naturalist 
