Natural History Transactions of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne, 1890 – 1894

Summary

This volume includes:

• Contents of Vol XI (pp. v – vi)
• List of illustrations (p. vii)
• Memoir of the Life of John Hancock. By Dennis Embleton, Esq., M.D (pp. 1 – 21)
• Address to the Members of the Tyneside Naturalist’s Field Club, May 30th, 1890. Read by the President, Rev. Canon Tristram, F.R.S. (pp. 22 – 32)
• New Members of the Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club 1889 – 1890 (p. 33)
• The Treasurer in Account with the Tyneside Naturalist’s Field Club, from January 1st to December 31st, 1889 (p. 34)
• Office Bearers of the Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club for 1890 -91 (p. 35)
• Report of the Natural History Society Committee, from June 30th, 1889, to June 30th, 1890 (pp. 36 – 41)
• Treasurer’s Report of the Natural History Society for July 1st 1889 – June 30th, 1890 (pp. 42 – 47)
• Officers of The Natural History Society 1890 – 91 (pp. 48 – 49)
• List of Exchanges and Donations to the Museum and Library of the Natural History Society from July 1st 1889 to June 30th 1890 (pp. 50 – 60)
• Note on the Conglobated form of the Magnesian-limestone of the County of Durham by Richard Howse (pp. 60 – 65)
• Miscellanea
  • Note on the curious proceedings of Nuthatch (sitta caesia) observed at Oatlands, 1889 by John Hancock (p. 66)
  • Tracks and Travels of Earth Worms by Thomas Thompson (p. 66 – 67)
  • Varieties of Mole (Talpa Europeus) by Thomas Thompson (p. 67)
  • On the occurrence of the Willow Wren in January, 1890, near Blaydon-on-Tyne by Thomas Thompson (p. 67)
• A Revision of the British Species of Fresh-water Cyclopidae and Calanidae by George Stewardson Brady, M.D., F.R.S.  Plates I – XIV (pp. 68 – 120)
• Address to the Members of the Tyneside Naturalist’s Field Club, May 22nd, 1891. By the President, the Rev. Canon Tristram, F.R.S. (pp. 121 – 140)
• Treasurer’s Report of the Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club, December 31st, 1890 (p. 141)
• Office Bearers of the Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club 1891 – 92 (p. 142)
• List of members of Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club as of 31st December 1891 (p.143 – 150)
• Report of the Natural History Society Committee, from June 30th, 1890, to June 30th, 1891 (pp. 151 – 161)
• Treasurer’s Report of the Natural History Society from 30th June 1890 to 30th June 1891 (pp. 162 – 167)
• Officers of the Natural History Society 1891 – 92 (pp. 168 – 169)
• List of Exchanges and Donations to the Museum and Library of the Natural History Society from July 1st, 1890, to June 30th, 1891 (pp. 170 – 180)
• Terms of Arrangement between the Natural History Society and the Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club (pp. 181 – 183)
• Notes on Agrotis Ashworthii. By Llewelyn S. Brady (pp. 184 – 186)
• On the Erosion and Destruction of the Coast Line from the Lowlights to Tynemouth and Cullercoats during the last Fifty Years. By Robert M. Tate (pp. 187 – 191)
• On certain Surface-Features of the Glacial Deposits of the Tyne Valley by By Prof. G. A. Lebour, M.A., F.G.S. (pp. 191 – 195)
• Note on the Voracity of Cuttlefishes by Richard Howse (p. 195)
• Address to the Members- of the Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club, May, 1892. By the President, G. S. Brady, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S (pp. 196 – 218)
• New Members of the Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club 1891 – 92 (p. 219)
• Treasurer’s Report of the Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club , 21st March 1892 (p. 220)
• Office Bearers of the Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club for 1892 – 93 (p. 221)
• Report of the Natural History Society Committee, for 1891 to 1892 (pp. 222 – 229)
• Treasurer’s Report for The Natural History Society, 1891 – 1892 (pp. 230 – 235)
• Officers of the Natural History Society 1892 – 93 (pp. 236 – 237)
• List of Exchanges and Donations to the Museum and Library of the Natural History Society from July 1st 1891 – June 30th 1892 (pp. 238 – 252)
• A Series of five Lectures given in the Museum of the Natural History Society on Saturday evenings, commencing Feb. 4th, 1893
  • Introduction by D. Embleton  (pp. 253 – 255)
  • Lecture 1. On the Egg. By D. Embleton, Esq., M.D. (pp. 255 –  263)
  • Lecture 2. Frogs and Tadpoles by Prof. M. C. Potter, M.A. (pp. 263 – 269)
  • Lecture 3. The Structure of Timber by Prof Wm. Somerville 269 (pp. 269 – 279)
  • Lecture 4. Parasitism in Plants and Animals. Prof. G. S. Brady, F.R.S. (pp. 280 – 291)
  • Lecture 5. Germs (Abstract). H. De Havilland, Esq., M.A. 291 (pp. 291 – 294)
• Address to the Members of the Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club, May 16th, 1893. By the President, G. S. Brady, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S. (pp. 295 – 314)
• New Members of The Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club 1892 – 93 (p. 315)
• Treasurer’s Account for the Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club 1892  (p316)
• Office Bearers of the The Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club 1893 – 94 (p. 317)
• Report of the Natural History Society Committee from June 30th, 1892, to June 30th, 1893 (pp. 318 – 325)
• The Treasurer’s Report of the Natural History Society from June 1892 – June 1993 (pp. 326 – 331)
• Officers of the Natural History Society 1893 – 94 (pp. 332 – 333)
• List of Exchanges and Donations to the Museum and Library of the Natural History Society from July 1st 1892 to June 30th, 1893 (pp. 334 – 344) 
• On the Occurrence on the North-East Coast of Yorkshire of a Ruffed-Bustard, Otis houbara, Gmelin commonly known as Macqueen’s Bustard, Otis Macqueeni, J. E. Gray. By Richard Howse (pp. 345 – 350)
• Additions to the Catalogue of the Fishes of the Rivers and Coast of Northumberland and Durham and the adjacent Sea. By Richard Howse (pp. 350 – 357)
• Miscellanea—Bird Notices.
  • Bird Life on the Fame Islands. By Win. Branford (pp. 357 – 360)
  • The Hedge-Sparrow’s Song. By Thomas Thompson (p. 360))
  • Singular Nesting of Chaffinches. By Thomas Thompson (p.360)
  • Visit to a breeding place of the Black-headed Gull. By Thomas Thompson (p. 360 – 361)
  • Black-headed Gulls hawking for Moths. By Richard Howse (pp. 361 – 362)
  • Do Gulls dive under water to reach their food ? By Richard Howse (pp. 362 – 363)
  • Note on the nesting of the Peewit. By Richard Howse (p. 363 – 366)
• A List of the Places fixed for Field Meetings of the Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club, from the First Meeting, May 20th,1846, to October, 1893, By Richard Howse (pp. 367 – 378)
• Index (pp. 379 – 382)

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

• Portrait of John Hancock, from a photograph by J. W. Swan, Esq. Frontispiece.
• Woodcuts by John Hancock (between p. 20 and p. 21)
  • Plate Ia. Pipit and Blue Titmouse.
  • Plate IIa. Iceland Falcon.
• Illustrations to Dr. G. S. Brady’s Paper on the Cyclopidae and Calanidae (between p. 182 and 183)
  • Plate I. Cyclops elongatus and C. vicinus.
  • Plate II. Cyclops strenuus and C. signatus
  • Plate III. Cyclops abyssorum.
  • Plate  IV. Cyclops Scourfieldi.
  • Plate V. Cyclops bicuspidatus and C. virdis.
  • Plate VI. Cyclops Thomasi, C. insignis, and C. Scourfieldi var.
  • Plate VII. Cyclops serrulatus, C. macrurus, C. Kaufmanni, and C. Ewarti.
  • Plate VIII. Cyclops affinis.
  • Plate IX. Cyclops crassicornis, C. phaleratus, and Diaptomus serricornis.
  • Plate X. Cyclops aequoreus, C. longicaudatus, and Diaptomus hircus.
  • Plate XI. Diaptomus castor and D. gracilis.
  • Plate XII. Diaptomus gracilis.
  • Plate XIII. Eurytemora Clausii and E. affinis.
  • Plate XIV. Acartia longiremis, Diatomus Sancti-Patricii and D. bacillifer

 

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