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NEWS FROM THE MAGAZINES, etc. 
In The Zoologist for March, Colonel C. E. Shepherd has an interesting 
paper on ‘ The Location of the Sacculus and its Contained Otoliths in 
Fishes.’ 
Under the heading of ‘ Naturalists on the Xidd,’ The Yorkshire 
Observer for April 14th, contains an admirable account of the Easter 
excursion of the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union. 
The Royal Society for the protection of birds has issued a special 
Plumage Bill number of Bird Xotes and Xews, as No. 1 of Yol. VI. It 
should be consulted by anyone interested in the subject. 
The Irish Naturalist for April is almost entirely devoted to a notice 
of the work of the late Major G..E. H. Barrett-Hamilton, and includes a 
lengthy list of his writings which date from 1887 to 1913. 
In the Journal of Conchology for April, Messrs. A. E. Boycott and 
J. W. Jackson give observations on the Anatomy of Helicella ‘ heripensis 
Mabille,’ and Mr. J. T. Marshall contributes additions to ‘ British Con- 
chology. ’ 
In the Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (Part 4 for 
1913, issued March 31st, 1914), Mr. Fred Enock has a note on a new 
genus of Mymaridae, Xeurotes iridescens Enock, from Hollington Wood 
Hastings. 
The Lancashire Xaturalist for March includes some additions to 
Ashton-under-Lvne District Flora, by Mr. F. Collier ; Myriapoda of the 
Chester District, by Dr. A. Randall Jackson ; Early mining Implements 
by Mr. T. Sheppard ; and Chelijer ( Chernes) panzeri in Cheshire, by Mr. 
R. Standen. 
The Journal of the Board of Agriculture for March contains papers on 
American Gooseberry Mildew : Spraying Experiments against Sphoero- 
theca Mors-uvee, together with some observations on the Life-History of 
this Mildew, by E. S. Salmon ; Some Douglas Fir Plantations ; and the 
Cultivation of the Seakale, by E. Beckett. 
In The Micrologist for April, published by Messrs Flatters, Milborne 
and McKechnie, Manchester, are included notes on Fungi by Herbert 
Gunnery, and notes on Section Cutting, Mounting, etc., by Abraham 
Flatters. There is also an excellent plate showing parts of Phantom 
Larva, Larva of Common Gnat, and Daphnia. 
The Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association of London, Yol. XXV., 
Part 2, 1914, contain an illustrated account of the excursion to the 
Nottingham District, by Professors J. W. Carr and H. H. Swinnerton, 
and in the same journal Messrs. H. Dewey and R.A. Smith describe 
‘ The Palaeolithic Sequence at Swanscombe, Kent.’ 
The Journal of the Derbyshire Archcealogical and Natural History 
Society, Yol. XXXVI., contains many valuable papers, most of which, 
however, hardly come within the scope of this journal. There is an elabor- 
ate account of the Place Names of Derbyshire, by Mr. B. Walker. The 
Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain contributes Derbyshire Zoological Notes for 1913, 
and Mr. H. C. Hayward writes on the local Lepidoptera in 1913. 
The Library Circular for ‘ Spring, 1914,’ issued by the Sunderland 
Public Library, includes an illustration of a case presented by Lord Dur- 
ham to assist Mr. Deas to lead the blind. It contains a leopard, a bear, 
and a fish-eating crocodile, all apparently grabbing for the same ‘ Indian 
Antelope or sasin.’ Judging from the illustration, we should put our 
money on the leopard. The objects are ' displayed in jungle scenery, 
which most effectively shows them in their more or less (sic) natural 
haunts.’ 
Naturalist, 
