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Field Notes. 
British Mosses, and find that I gathered this rare and interest- 
ing moss at Wvresdale. in April. 1903. This I believe is the 
first and only record of this species for the County of Lancaster. 
— W. W. Mason, Melmerby Rectory, Cumberland, March 
14th, 1914. 
SHELLS. 
Rare Shells at Filey. — In examining some shell-sand 
found at Filey I came across the following, which were not 
found at the Marine Biological Meeting last year: — Nuculana 
pygmcea, Montacuta substriata, Lepton nitidum var. convexuyn, 
Syndosmya nitida, Sphenia binghami, Rissoa inconspicua. 
With the exception of Sphenia binghami they are all very rare 
on the Yorkshire coast and have been seldom recorded. — 
F. H. Woods, Bainton. 
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FISHES. 
Large Perch at Stamford Bridge. — A fine perch, 
weighing if pounds, was caught in the River Derwent on 
February 28th, 1914, by a York angler. I obtained it and 
it is being preserved. — Sydney H. Smith. 
Large Grayling in Yorkshire. — A brace of fine Grayling 
was caught in the river Derwent at Ganton, on February 
28th. One of which, weighing 3 lbs. 4 ozs., is the largest I 
have any record of for Yorkshire streams. The second 
weighed 2\ lbs. a very fine fish for Yorkshire, where such a 
weight is not usually attained. — R. Fortune. 
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The Annual Report of the Salford Art Gallery and Museum shows 
there has been a marked increase in the attendance at the Museum, 
‘ due to a large extent to the removal of the stick room restrictions, 
the opening of the Museum on Fridays, and to the fact that through 
the kind co-operation of the Education Authorities, it has been widely 
made known that the visits of well-behaved school children are always 
welcomed.’ 
A Manual of Petrology, by F. P. Mennell. London : Chapman and 
Hall. 25O pp., 7s. 6d. net. The present work is founded on the same 
author’s ‘ Introduction to Petrology,’ published in 1909, but as the 
changes have been so extensive, according to the author, it has seemed 
advisable to give it another title. Personally we think the author has 
made a mistake, and should have called it a revised edition of his former 
work, which would have been quite accurate. We do not think English 
petrologists will find much in this that cannot be found in many other 
well-known works. There is, however, a strong South African flavour 
about it, and most of the illustrations are drawn from that locality. 
To English geologists in Africa we recommend the work. 
Naturalist, 
