Natural History Transactions of Northumberland and Durham 1868-1870

Summary

Natural History Transactions of Northumberland and Durham; being papers read at the meetings of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle-upon-Tyne and The Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club 1868-1870

This volume includes:

• I – Meteorological Report for 1867 Edited by the Rev. R.F. Wheeler M.A. (pp. 1-32)
  • Rainfall Returns (pp. 15-18) with a Rainfall Chart for 1867 (Wear District, Tyne District, Coquet, Wansbeck and Aln Districts, Coast Districts) (attached before p. 15)
  • Depth of Water in the Tyne (p. 15)
  • Barometer (pp. 19-20) with a Chart of Mean Monthly Barometer Readings with ranges for Alston, Allenheads, Bywell, Wylam, North Shields and Sedgefield
  • Temperature (p. 21) with a Table of Temperature 1867 for Allenheads, Bywell, Wylam, North Shields, Wallington, Whitfield, Alston, Sedgefield, and Cragside, Morpeth (attached opposite p. 21)
  • Wind (pp. 21-23)
  • Climatological Tables Relative to the Flowering of Plants (p. 23)
  • Notes on the Flowering of Plants, &c. (pp. 23-28) with charts showing ‘In Bud’, ‘In Leaf’, ‘In Blossom’ and ‘Divested of Leaves’ dates for Forest Trees and Shrubs at various locations, ‘In blossom’ and ‘Yield’ information for Standard Fruit Trees at various locations, ‘In Blossom’ dates for Wildflowers at various locations (attached opposite p. 25), and charts showing the blossom and ripening dates 1854-1867 for fruit trees in the gardens at Pierremont, Darlington (pp. 25-28)
  • Notes on Birds and Insects (pp. 28-29) with a chart showing the arrival and departure dates for various migratory birds at various locations, and the ‘First Seen’ dates of various insects at various locations (attached opposite p. 29)
  • List of Contributors of observations recorded in the Meteorological Report and Climatological Tables (pp. 31-32)
• II – An Enquiry into the Origin of certain Terraced Slopes in North Tynedale by the Rev. G. Rome Hall (pp. 32-53) with a ‘Plan of Ancient Terraces in North Tynedale’ (attached opposite p. 32)
• III – Notes on various Species of Ctenodus obtained from the Shales of the Northumberland Coal Field by Albany Hancock F.L.S., and Thomas Atthey (pp. 54-66)
• IV – Notes on the Remains of some Reptiles and Fishes from the Shales of the Northumberland Coal Field by Albany Hancock F.L.S., and Thomas Atthey* (*Read at a Meeting of the Natural History Society of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club, March 12, 1868) (pp.66-120)
  • Plate I (opposite p. 67)
  • Plate II (opposite p. 85)
  • Plate III (opposite p. 96)
  • Explanation of the Plates (pp. 118-120)
• V – On the Crustacean Fauna of the Salt-Marshes of Northumberland and Durham.  By George S. Brady, C.M.Z.S, &c (pp. 120-136)
  • Plate IV (opposite p. 127)
  • Plate V (opposite p. 134)
  • Explanation of the Plates (pp. 135-136)
• VI – A Catalogue of the Insects of Northumberland and Durham (Aculeate Hymenoptera).  By Thomas John Bold, Vice President of The Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club (pp 137-170)
  • Table showing the number of species of each Family/Sub-family of Aculeata for the whole of Great Britain compared to Northumberland and Durham (p. 140)
  • Index to the Genera (pp. 169-170)
• VII – Entomological Notes for the Year 1868. By Thomas John Bold (pp. 170-173)
• VIII – Notice of Some Rare Birds seen recently.  By The Right Hon. Lord Ravensworth (pp. 173-174)
• IX – Miscellaneous Notices and Observations by John Hogg, Norton, September 28th, 1868 (pp. 175-176)
• Address to the Members of the Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club, read by the President, the Rev. Angus Bethune, M.A., at the Twenty-second Anniversary Meeting, held in the Museum of the Natural History Society, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on Thursday, April 23rd, 1868 (pp. 176-195)
  • Elected Officers of the Club 1868-9 (p. 193)
  • List of Gentlemen elected Members to the Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club (p. 194)
  • The Treasurer in Account with the Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club (p. 195)
• Report of the Committee of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, presented at the Anniversary Meeting, held July 9th, 1868, Joseph Blacklock, Esq., in the Chair (pp. 196-198)
  • Ralph Brown, Esq., Treasurer in Account with the Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club (p. 199)
  • Officers of the Natural History Society 1868-9 (pp.200-201)
  • List of Presents to the Museum and Library of the Natural History Society, from April, 1867, to April, 1868 (pp. 202-203)
• X Description of an Entomostracan inhabiting a Coal-Mine. By G. Stewardson Brady, C.M.Z.S., &c. (pp. 203-205)
  • Plate VI (opposite p. 203)
  • Explanation of Plate (p. 205)
• XI Meteorological report for 1868.  Edited by the Rev. R. F. Wheeler, M.A. (pp. 206-285)
  • Table showing monthly meteorological information (pressure, min., max., and mean temperature, mean temperatures of 13 years, excess temperature of 1868, wind, rain, snow, height of River Tyne) (p. 237)
  • Diagram of Temperature, Pressure, and the Direction off the Air, in 1868, showing also the difference of the Mean Monthly Temperatures of 1868 from the
    • Mean Monthly Temperatures of the last 13 years (1868 included) at Wylam
    • The mean Monthly Barometric Pressure at 9am at ditto
    • The mean Monthly Direction of the Wind (from clouds overhead) at ditto (p. 238)
  • Rainfall Returns (pp. 239-258)
    • Table showing monthly depths of water in three wells at Low Lights, North Shields for 1868 (p. 242)
    • The Tyne Salmon Fisheries (effects of rainfall) (p. 243)
    • Tables with Rainfall Returns for Tees District, Wear District, Coast District, Tyne District, and Coquet, Wansbeck and Anne District (pp. 244-258)
  • Temperature (pp. 259-267)
    • Tables of temperatures for North Sunderland, Wallington, Cragside (Rothbury), Bywell, Wylam, Seaham, North Shields, Allenheads, Durham Observatory, Sedgefield and Alston (pp. 263-267)
  • Barometer (pp. 268-270)
    • Table of mean monthly readings for Allenheads, Alston. Wallington, North Sunderland, Wylam, Bywell, North Shields, Durham Observatory, Sedgefield and Seaham (pp. 268-269)
    • Diagram showing the variations of the Barometer during the year 1868, at Greenwich and six different stations in the North of England (p. 270)
  • Wind Returns (Edited by the Rev. R. E. Hooppell, LL.D., F.R.A.S.) (pp. 271-272) with a chart showing ‘Approximate Resultant Direction and Duration of Wind, in Each Month, in 1868, The Duration Reckoned in Days for Stations at North Sunderland, Rothbury, Whitley, Seaham Hall, Seaham, Durham Observatory, Sedgefield, Darlington, Acklam Hall, Alston, Allenheads, Bywell, Wylam, Newcastle, North Shields, and South Shields’ (attached opposite p. 271)
  • Notes on the Flowering of Plants , &c. (pp. 272-274) with a chart showing the ‘In Bud, In Leaf, In Blossom, Divested of Leaves’ dates for Forest Trees and Shrubs at various locations, ‘In Blossom’ dates for Wildflowers at various locations, ‘Arrival, Departure’ dates, and ‘Prevalence’ information for Migratory Birds at various locations, ‘Appearance’ dates and ‘Prevalence’ information for Insects at various locations, ‘In Blossom’ and ‘Yield’ information for Standard Fruit Trees at various locations, ‘Sown, Cut or Gathered’ dates and ‘Yield’ information for Grain Crops at various locations (attached opposite p. 275)
  • Notes on Birds and Insects (pp. 275-277)
  • Conclusion (pp. 277-284)
  • List of Contributors of observations recorded in the Meteorological Report and Climatological Tables (pp.284-285)
• Address to the Members of The Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club, read by the President, E.J.J. Browell, Esq. at the Twenty-third Anniversary Meeting, held in the Museum of the Natural History Society, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on Thursday, April 8th, 1869 (pp. 285-301)
  • Elected Officers of the Club for the year 1869-70 (pp. 298-299)
  • Elected members of the Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club during the year 1868-9 (pp.299-300)
  • The Treasurer in Account with the Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club (p. 301)
• XII A List of Fresh-water Algae collected in Northumberland and Durham. By George Stewardson Brady, C.M.Z.S.  (pp. 302-306)
• XIII On the Occurrence of the Palatal Teeth of a Fish belonging to the Genus Climadoxus, M’Coy, in the Low Main Shale of Newsham.  By Thomas Atthey.  (pp. 306-309)
• XIV On a new Labyrinthodont Amphibian from the Northumberland Coal Field, and on the Occurrence in the same Locality of Anthracosaurus Russelli.  By Albany Hancock, F.L.S., and Thomas Atthey.  (pp. 310-319)
• XV Note on Anthracosaurus.  By Albany Hancock, F.L.S., and Thomas Atthey.  (pp. 319-321)
• XVI On some curious Fossil Fungi from the Black Shale of the Northumberland Coal-Field.  By Albany Hancock, F.L.S., and Thomas Atthey (Plates VII., VIII.) (pp. 321-330)
  • Explanation of Plate VII (p. 329)
  • Explanation of Plate VIII (p. 330)
• XVII On the generic identity of Climaxodus and Janassa, two Fossil Fishes related to the Rays.  By Albany Hancock, F.L.S., and Thomas Atthey. (Plate IX).  (pp. 330-339)
  • Explanation of Plate IX (pp. 338-339)
• XVIII On Janassa bituminosa, Schlotheim, from the Marl-Slate of Midderidge, Durham.  By Albany Hancock, F.L.S., and Richard Howse.  (Plates X, XI) (pp. 339-357)
  • Explanation of Plates X. & XI.  (pp. 356-357)
• XIX Note on the “Geology” of Messrs. Baker and Tate’s New Flora of Northumberland and Durham.  By Jas. W. Kirkby.  (pp. 357-360)
• XX Notes on Entomostraca taken chiefly in the Northumberland and Durham District (1869).  By George Stewardson Brady, C.M.Z.S., &c. (Plates XII-XIV) (pp. 361-373)
  • Explanation of Plate XII and XIII (p. 372)
  • Explanation of Plate XIV (p. 373)
• XXI On the Teeth of the Ballan Wrasse (Labrus maculatus).  By Joseph Wright.  (Plate XV.) (pp. 373-375)
  • Explanation of Plate XV (p. 375)
• XXII Entomological Notes for the Year 1869.  By Thos. John Bold.  (pp. 376-380)
• XXIII Miscellaneous Notices and Observations (pp. 380-382)
• XXIV Note on the Occurrence of the Trunk of an Oak in the Boulder Clay.  By Sir Walter C, Trevelyan, Bart.  (pp. 382-384)
• XXV Meteorological Report for 1869.  Edited by the Rev. R.F. Wheeler, M.A.  (pp. 384-490)
  • Notes on the Months for Greenwich, North Sunderland, Wallington, Wylam, North Shields, Hartlepool including a Table and Diagram showing the fluctuations of the barometer, thermometer, &c., at Wylam for the past year, and also the deviation from the average of the fourteen preceding years.  (pp. 385-429)
  • Rainfall Returns including Tables for Tees District; Wear District; Coast District; Tyne District; Coquet, Wansbeck, and Alne District.  (pp. 430-452)
  • Temperature including Tables for North Sunderland; Alnwick Castle; Wallington; Cragside-(Rothbury); Allenheads; Bywell; North Shields; Shotley Hall; Durham Observatory; Seaham Hall; Sedgefield; Hartlepool; Brinkburn-(Darlington).  (pp. 453-464)
  • Table showing Relative Prevalence of Winds from Different Quarters in 1869.  (opposite p. 464)
  • Table showing Mean Barometer Readings for 1869.  (pp. 465-467)
  • Notes on the Flowering of Plants, &c. (pp. 468-470) with Tables showing the flowering dates of Wild Plants Growing Within Three Miles of Tynemouth, 1869., and the flowering dates of Plants Growing in Gardens near North Shields, 1869. (p. 471); Tables showing the ‘In Bud’, ‘In Leaf’, ‘In Blossom’, and ‘Divested of Leaves’ dates for Forest Trees and Shrubs in various locations. (pp. 472-476); Tables showing the ‘In Blossom’ dates for Wild Plants in various locations. (pp. 476-477)
  • Notes on Birds and Insects with Tables of the Arrival and Departure dates, and Prevalence of Migratory Birds at various locations (pp. 478-484)
  • Tables showing Sown and Cut or Gathered dates, and Yield information for Grain, Root Crops &c., at various locations. (pp. 484-485)
  • Tables showing Appearance dates, and Prevalence information for Insects at various locations.  (pp. 486-487)
  • Tables showing ‘In Blossom’ dates, and Yield information for Standard Fruit Trees at various locations.  (pp. 487-488)
  • List of Contributors of observations recorded in the Meteorological Report and Climatological Tables.  (pp. 489-490)
  • Errata of Wylam Reports in “Notes of the Months”.  (p.490)
• Address to the Members of the Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club, read by the President, the Rev. R.F. Wheeler, M.A., at the Twenty-fourth Anniversary Meeting, held in the Museum of the Natural History Society, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on Thursday, April 7th, 1870.  (pp. 491-513)
  • Elected Officers of the Club for the year 1870-71 (pp. 510-511)
  • Elected members of the Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club during the year 1869-70 (pp. 511-512)
  • The Treasurer in Account with the Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club (p. 513)
• List of Members of the Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club April 7th, 1870.  (514-527)
  • Honorary Members (p. 527)
• Report of the Committee of the Natural History Society read at the Anniversary Meeting May 10th, 1870, Isaac Lowthian Bell, Esq., V.P., in the Chair. (pp. 528-534)
  • Joseph Blacklock, Esq., Treasurer, in Account with the Natural History Society.
    • Current Account, 9th July, 1868, to 31st December, 1868.  (p. 531)
    • Current Account, 1st January, 1869, to 31st December, 1869.  (p. 532)
    • Current Account, 1st January, 1870, to 10th May, 1870.  (p. 533)
• List of Donations to the Library and Museum of the Natural History Society, from May, 1868, to April, 1870.  (pp. 534-537)
• Officers of the Natural History Society, 1870.  (p. 538)
• Honorary Curators. (p. 539)
• List of Members of the Natural History Society, 1870.  (pp. 540-543)
• Subscribing Firms. (p. 543)
• List of Honorary Members. (p. 544)
• List of Associates.  (pp. 545-547)
• List of Illustrations, Volume. III  (p. 548)
• Index to Volume III.  (pp. 549-551)

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