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NOTES AND COMMENTS. 
FOSSIL HIPPOFOTAMUS, STARFISH AND INSECTS. 
The Palaeontographical Society’s Monograph contains three 
important Memoirs, diverse as to subjects, but each con- 
taining figures of north-country specimens. Dr. W. K. 
Spencer gives part V. of his ‘ Palaeozoic Asterozoa ; Mr. 
Herbert Bolton Part II. (conclusion) of his ‘Carboniferous 
Insects ’ ; and Prof. S. H. Reynolds, Vol. IIP, Part I., of 
‘ Pleistocene Mammalia,’ this dealing with the Hippopotamus. 
In each case the plates and other illustrations are all that 
can be desired. 
LIVERPOOL GEOLOGISTS. 
The Proceedings of the Liverpool Geological Society for the 
Sixty-third Session (Vol. XIII., Pt. III.), edited by C. B. 
Travis, have recently appeared, and contain the Presidential 
Address of W. T. Walker, which deals with ‘ Geology in a 
Great Port.’ There are also papers on ‘ The Natural Panning 
of Minerals in Littoral Deposits,’ by N. W. Kennedy; 
‘ Igneous Rocks of the Capel Curig District (North Wales),’ 
by H. Williams ; ‘ Peaty Bands in- the Wallasey Sandhills,’ 
by W. G. Travis ; ‘ Some Fractured Pebbles from Point 
Cranstal, Isle of Man,’ by W. A. Whitehead ; and ‘ Bacteria 
from the Geological Aspect,’ by R. G. Wills. There are 
several illustrations. The first copy of the Society’s medal 
which has not been awarded posthumously has been given to 
Mr. William Hewitt, a frequent contributor to the Society’s 
Proceedings. 
FIELD NOTES. 
BIRDS. 
Wryneck at Scarborough. — A fine adult Wryneck was 
killed at Scarborough on September 9th. It is the first 
record to my knowledge for close upon thirty years. We have 
a specimen in the museum shot in Cayton Bay about that 
time ago. — W. J. Clarke. 
Scarcity of Corn Bunting in the Scarborough 
District. — I have seen one pair of Corn Bunting only in this 
district during the whole of the past season. Corn Buntings 
seem to have been decreasing in numbers for several years 
past, and at present have almost entirely deserted us. — T. N. 
Roberts. 
Yellow Wagtail Nesting at Scarborough. — During the 
past summer a pair of Yellow Wagtails nested and succeeded 
in rearing three young ones in a garden off Seamer Road. 
The nest was built on the ground beneath a spring cauliflower 
plant, and contained five eggs. The Yellow Wagtail is a 
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