Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-Upon Tyne, 1960 – 1963

Summary

This volume includes:

• Ornithological Report for Northumberland and Durham for 1960. By J. C. Coulson, B.Sc., Ph.D. (pp. 1- 36)
• Blue-winged teal on Cowpen Marsh in 1881. By P. J. Stead (p. 36)
• Salinity Fluctuations and the Fauna in a Salt Marsh, with special reference to Aquatic Insects. By D. W. Sutcliffe, B.Sc., Ph.D (pp. 37 – 56)
• Ornithological Report on the Farne Islands for 1960. By J. C. Coulson. B.Sc., and Grace Hickling, M.A. (pp. 57 – 75)
• Gosforth Park and its Bird Sanctuary. A history, description and map By H. Denis Briggs, F.R.S.A. (pp. 77 –  89)
• The Grey Seals of the Farne Islands. A report on observations made between July 1st, 1960, and September, 1961. By J. C. Coulson, B.Sc., Ph.D., and Grace Hickling, M.A. (pp. 90 – 100)
• Ornithological Report for Northumberland and Durham for 1961. By D. G. Bell, B.A., M.B.O.U. (pp. 101 – 124)
• Additions and Corrections to the 1960 Ornithological Report (pp. 125 – 126)
• Ornithological Report for the Farne Islands for 1961. By Grace Hickling, M.A. (pp. 127 – 139)
• British Carboniferous Palaeocorynidae By J. Ferguson, F.G.S. (pp. 141 – 162)
• A Note on Some Collections of Corixidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) from Lowland Durham. By D. T. Crisp, B.Sc., Ph.D. (pp. 163 – 169)
• The Grey Seals of the Farne Islands. Report for the period 1 October 1961 to 30 September 1962. By J. C. Coulson, B.Sc., Ph.D., and Grace Hickling, M.A.(pp. 170 – 178)
• The Grey Seals of the Farne Islands. Supplementary Report: the 1962 breeding season. By J. C. Coulson, B.Sc., Ph.D., and Grace Hickling, M.A. (pp. 179 – 183)
• Ornithological Report for Northumberland and Durham for 1962. By D. G. Bell, B.A. (pp. 185 – 211)
• Ornithological Report for the Farne Islands for 1962. By Grace Hickling, M.A. (pp. 212 – 224)

Illustrations

• Plate 1. Marsden Rock, a breeding place of sea-birds near South Shields (facing p. 1)
• Plate 2. A salt marsh at Seaton Sluice, Northumberland (facing p. 37)
• Plate 3. Gosforth Park bird sanctuary (facing p. 77)
• Plate 4. Collared doves (facing p. 101)
• Plate 5 – 6. Ashes East Quarry, Stanhope, Co. Durham (between p. 139 and p. 141). Illustrations of:
  • Fig. 1. Claviradix ashfellensis PD.4036 holotype
  • Fig. 2. C. cruciformis PD.3837 holotype
  • Fig. 3. cf. Claviradix sp. PD.3924
  • Fig. 4. P. radiatum  PD.1078
  • Fig. 5. C. cruciformis PD.3838, vine collection, side view.
  • Fig. 6. C. cruciformis PD.3838, Vine collection, upper surface
  • Fig. 7. P. radiatum PD.4002, East Kilbride, Lanarkshire
  • Fig. 8. P. scoticum D.54
  • Fig. 9. P. vinei: PD.1076, Vine Collection, side view
  • Fig. 10 and Fig 11. C. ashi PD.3854, Ashes East Quarry, Stanhope, Co. Durham
• Plate 7. Barn Owl with long-tailed field mice (facing p. 185)

Maps, Diagrams and Figures

• Ornithological Report for Northumberland and Durham for 1960
  • Fig. 1 Model record card (p. 3)
• Salinity fluctuations and the fauna in a salt marsh
  • Fig. 1. The distribution of pools in the salt marsh at Seaton Sluice (p. 37)
  • Fig. 2 Temperature and fluctuations in salinity during the period September, 1957 –  June, 1959 (p. 42)
  • Fig. 3 Fluctuations in salinity during the period September, 1957 –  June, 1959 (p. 43)
  • Fig. 4 Fluctuations in salinity in pools affected by fresh water seepage during the period September 1957 – June 1959 (p. 44)
• Gosforth Park and its bird sanctuary
  • Map of Gosforth Park Bird Sanctuary (facing p. 80)
• British Carboniferous Palaeocorynidae
  • Fig. 1. Reconstruction of (A) Palaeocoryne sp. (B) Claviradix sp. (p. 142)
  • Fig. 2. Palaeocoryne (A) P. radiatum (PD.1078)  (B) P. scoticum (D.54) (C) P. vinei (PD.3915) (D) P. vinei (PD.1076) (p. 146)
  • Fig. 3. Claviradix cruciformis (p. 149)
  • Fig. 4. Correlation of Viséan and Namurian strata (p. 151)
  • Fig. 5. Comparison of the internal structure of Palaeocoryne and Fenestella (p. 154)
  • Fig. 6. Junction of Palacocoryne and Claviradix with Fenestella (p. 157)
  • Fig. 7. Fenestella root processes (p. 159)

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