1938 - The Vasculum

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24 At the annual meeting held at Hexham in November it was decided to develop the marine side. The existing officials were re-electedthe Rev. E. Percy Blackburn, president; R. Hope Lowe, secretary. . Species, observed at Broadwood: Limax maximus L., Agriolimax agrestis reticulata Mull., Vitrea crystallina Mull., Oxychilus cellarius Mull., O. alliarius Miller, Retinella nitidula Drap., Euconulus fulvus Mull., Arian ater L., A. subfuscus Drap., A. intermedius Normand., A. circumscriptus G. J ohnson, Goniodiscus rotundatus Mull., Trichia hispida L., Arianta arbustorum Leach in Turton, Helix (Cepaea) hortensis Mull., Cochlicopa lubrica Mull., Clausilia cravenensis J. W. I., Ancylastrum fluviatilis Mull., Limnaea peregra Mull., Pisidium spp. THE WALLIS CLUB. FIELD WORK. July 10th.-We had a run out to the familiar spot Whittle Dene. The weather was very wet at the starting hour and the brave few who came went, not to the Dene, but to the Reservoirs and were rewarded by having a beautiful afternoon and evening. A small reservoir which had been drained for cleaning and repairs was covered with a crop of annual plants. Among them was found a rare snail (Zonitoides nitidus), which has only been recorded in South Northumberland three times in a hundred years. As the party passed to the lower road the sides of the reservoir were found to be swarming with Helix nemoralis and' Helix hortensis, which are seldom found together. The chief botanical finds were mosses and lichens. July 24th.-This was the third of 'the series of expeditions to Dipton Wood and although the day was wet, and the attendance poor, some good work was done. Sept. 18th:-This was the last of the Dipton series and the party took the Stokoe Wood and Temperley Grange route. The whole party were kindly entertained to tea by the Misses and Mr. Randal B. Cooke at their home in the area, with its lovely garden full of rare and beautiful plants and trees.
25 INDOOR MEETINGS. Sept. 20th.-We met at the Hancock Museum by kind permission of the Natural History Society. The exhibits were chiefly botanical: Mr. Watson showed some galls, Dr. Blackburn some very bright yellow pansies (Viola lutea) from the Welsh mountains, Mr: Cooke a series of plants from Raasay, and Mr. Temperley specimens of a freak plantain (Plantago major) with monstrous inflorescences. Some snails were also shown by Mr. Blackburn. Oct. 18th.-We held the first meeting of the Autumn Session, a members' night, in King's College, with a good attendance. Mr. C. W. Willoughby exhibited an ant's nest with the ants working in it; Mr. Steele a chameleon, Mr. Watson a flower of the Angel's Trumpet (Datura suaveolens) from Brazil, and Dr. Blackburn flowering specimens of, the water-plants Limosella aquatica and L. subulata from South Wales. Mr. Drury gave an account of a flight of Red Admiral butterflies coming in from the sea at Tyne- mouth and also of an Aurora display which he had seen. Oct. 25th.-Mr. J. W. Watson gave a very interesting and instructive lecture on Rock Gardens, with excellent lantern illustrations. A lively discussion followed. Nov. 8th.-A members' night. Professor Hobson showed some living Brine Shrimps (Artemia salina) and two species of barnacles from the Hebrides. Mr. Pittendrigh spoke about two pairs of the rare Great Black Woodpecker, which he saw this year in Finland, and of other birds and butterflies seen in the Baltic area. Dr. Blackburn showed Ivy-leaved Bellflower from Glastonbury, Brown Beak-rush (Rynchospora fusca) from Tregaron Bog, Cardiganshire, a white Chrysanthemum showing somatic segregation to red, on some branches, and also two species of the alga Batrachospermum to show the mode of branching. Miss D. Blackburn brought a specimen of the bivalve Mollusk Spondylus avicularis, to show its extraordinarily strong hinge. On Nov. 18th the Annual Dinner was held. This unusually early date enabled us to have Professor Harrison with us and to give a good sendoff to him before-he left on his visit to India
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Page 7 and 8: 5 The reason for this general ignor
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Page 17 and 18: 15 TREE SPARROWS IN SUNDERLAND. D.
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Page 21 and 22: 19 MIGRANT LEPIDOPTERA IN 1937. F.
Page 23 and 24: 21 THE SOCIETIES. NORTHERN NATURALI
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89 ORNITHOLOGICAL REPORT FOR NORTHU
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91 RINGED PLOVER (Charadrius hiatic
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97 Mr. J. E. Nowers exhibited six m
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99 May 17th.-Two members reported S
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101 A NEW COUNTY FLORA OF CERTAIN A
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107 Punctum pygmamm (Drap.). 68 Ber
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113 Zygiella atrica, Philodromus au
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115 THE PROGRESS OF PLUSIA MONETA.
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119 II.-AN OSPREY. On April 30th, 1
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123 THE CHRONICLES OF THE KING'S CO
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129 The Rev. E. P. Blackburn writes
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135 August 23rd.-Mr. R. H. Sargent
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137 the county has been divided. Su
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139 Simonburn Castle, Northumberlan
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143 Pandion h. haliastus (L.). The
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