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Yorkshire ; (J. Longmuir) Notes on the Ant of Scripture. This is a very interesting 
resume of all that has been written upon this subject. (G. R. Twinn) October’s 
Farewell Week. Miscellaneous Notices ; Querist. 
No. 43, September(J. Dixon) Random Recollections of the Cat. In this 
cleverly-written paper we have a record of many anecdotes of this domestic animal, 
which tend to put “ poor puss” on a little better footing with some of its accusers. 
(H. H. W.) A Young Cuckoo, reared by Wrens ; (J. Dixon) The Common Gull 
(Larus canus); (C. H. Dashwood) Short Notes from my Notebook; (S. Hanna- 
ford) Notes on the Natural History of Melbourne. The absence of fear in birds, 
not yet accustomed to the presence of man, is exemplified in the case of the King¬ 
fisher, which, on being accidentally disturbed on its nest by Mr. Hannaford, flew 
at him many times in great anger, uttering, at the same time, a loud scream. (J. 
Gatcombe) Occurrence of Hoopoes, near Plymouth; (G. R. Twinn) The Ferns 
&c., of Bawburgh Hill; (T. F.) Early Entomological Captures. Reviews—Natu¬ 
ral History Review. We tender our best thanks for the kindly welcome. The 
Cabinet of British Entomology. Proceedings of Societies—Entomological Society, 
July 3. The Querist. 
The Journal of Industrial Progress. Edited by W. K. Sullivan, Chemist 
to the Musuem of Irish Industry. No. 7, July; No. 8, August; No. 9, Sep¬ 
tember. 1854. Dublin : J. B. Kelly. 
Though this periodical continues as interesting as ever to the man of science, still 
there is not much in these numbers of special service to the naturalist, if we ex¬ 
cept an article in the September number, by M.M. Malaguti and Durocher, On 
the Resistance offered by Hydraulic Limes and Cements to the Destructive Action 
of Sea Water. Since tanks for containing salt water are now daily being manu¬ 
factured, for the purposes of Aqua-vivaria, we can recommend this paper to the 
favourable notice of those so employed; they will find in it an account of the 
cements most likely to resist the influence of salt water, which they extensively 
employ for the above objects. 
