Natural History Transactions of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne 1887 – 1890

Summary

Natural History Transactions of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne 1887 – 1890

This volume includes:

• Presidential Address to Members of Tyneside Naturalist’s Field Club, 1887 by the Rev. J. M. Hick (pp. 1-16)
• New members elected, 1886-7 (p. 16)
• Field Meetings, 1887 (p. 16)
• Treasurer’s Report, 1886 (p. 17)
• Officers elected for 1887-8 (p. 18)
• Contributions towards a Catalogue of the Flora of the Carboniferous System of Northumberland and Durham. Part I. Fossil Plants of the Hutton Collection by Richard Howse (pp. 19-153)
• Report of the Natural History Society from August 1887 to August 1888, with Lists of Officers, etc. (pp. 153-181)
• Presidential Address to the Members of the Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club, 1888 by John Phillipson Esq. (pp. 181-214)
• History of the Early Life of a Hedgehog by Miss Abbs (pp. 214-218)
• Note on a curious proceeding Bullfinch by John Hancock (p. 218)
• On two Wild Hybrids recently captured in Northumberland by John Hancock (p. 218)
• Note on the South Durham Salt Borings, with remarks on the Fossils found in the Magnesian-Limestone Cores, and the Geological position of the Salt by Richard Howse (pp. 220-227)
• Catalogue of the Local Fossils in the Museum of the Natural History Society by Richard Howse (pp. 227-289)
• Report of the Natural History Society for 1888-89, with Lists of Officers, Members, etc. (pp. 289-327)
• Catalogue of the Fishes of the Rivers and Coast of Northumberland and Durham and the adjacent Sea by Richard Howse (pp. 327-391)
• Presidential Address to the Members of the Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club, 1889 by John Phillipson (pp. 391 – 432)
• Index (pp. 432 – 434)

 

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