Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-Upon Tyne, 1980 – 1986

Summary

This volume includes nine sections:

• A History of the Society, from 1929 – 1979, by Grace Hickling, in recognition of the 150th anniversary of the founding of the society.
• A Catalogue of the Carboniferous Amphibians in the Hancock Museum (with supplememt)
• Grey Seals at the Farne Islands and the Isle of May: 1979 and 1980, edited by Grace Hickling
• Notes of the Silurian (Wenlock) strata of Coquet Head, Northumberland and Roxburghshire and A Urocordylid nectridean (amphibia) from the Westphalian of Northumberland, edited by Grace Hickling
• Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumbria Vol. 49 (1982)
• Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumbria Vol. 50 (1983)
• Grey Seals at the Farne Islands 1981 and 1982
• Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumbria Vol. 52 (1984)
• Grey Seals at the Farne Islands 1983 – 1985

The details of each section are noted separately, below.

The Natural History Society of Northumbria 1929 – 1979

• Foreword (p. 1)
• Introduction (pp. 3 – 4)
• After the centenary 1929 – 1939 (pp. 5 – 9)
• The war years and after: 1939 – 48 (pp. 10 – 14
• The modern Society: 1949 – 79 (pp. 15 – 24)
• Fifty years of change (pp. 25 – 49) 
  • Buildings (pp. 25 27)
  • Museum grounds (pp. 28 – 29)
  • Organisation (p. 30)
  • Sections and activities (pp. 31 – 33)
  • The library (pp. 33 – 35)
  • Publications (pp. 35 – 37)
  • Conservation (pp. 37 – 41)
  • Farne Islands grey seals (pp. 41 – 42)
  • Bird ringing (pp. 42 – 44)
  • The Farne Islands study centre (pp. 44 – 45)
  • The Hancock Prize competition (pp. 45 – 46)
  • Legacies (pp. 46 – 49)
• Postscript: the 150th anniversary celebrations (pp. 50 – 52)
• Index (pp. 53 – 54)

A Catalogue of the Carboniferous Amphibians  in the Hancock Museum 

• Introduction (pp. 5 – 8)
• Characteristics of the catalogue (p. 9)
• Acknowledgements (p. 9)
• Systematic general catalogue of the Amphibia (pp. 10 – 19)
•  The Namurian amphibians (p. 20)
• References (pp. 21 – 22)
• Index (pp. 23 – 24)
• Supplement to the catalogue of the Carboniferous Amphibians in the Hancock Museum (pp. 3 – 8)

Grey Seals at the Farne Islands and the Isle of May: 1979 and 1980 (edited by Grace Hickling)

• The grey seal Halichoerus Grypus at the Farne Islands: 1979 and 1980 by Grace Hickling and Peter Hawkey (pp. 2 – 12)
• Breeding grey seals on the Isle of May, 1980 by J. H. Prime (pp. 13 – 16)

Notes of the Silurian (Wenlock) strata of Coquet Head, Northumberland and Roxburghshire and A Urocordylid nectridean (amphibia) from the Westphalian of Northumberland edited by Grace Hickling 

• Notes on the Silurian (Wenlock) strata of Coquet Head, Northumberland by P. W. L. Clough (pp. 3 – 8)
• A Urocordylid nectridean (amphibia) from the Westphalian of Northumberland by Michael J. Boyd (pp. 9 – 12)

Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumbria volume 49 (1982)

• The fish fauna of the estuary of the River Blyth
  by P S Davis and Judith L. Dunn (pp.1 – 13)
• Altitudinal comparison in the ecology and reproduction of the common frog (Rana temporaria temporaria L.) by P Holms (pp. 14 – 23)
• Short communications (pp. 23 – 24)
  • Rare fish caught off Amble by P S Davis (pp. 23- 24)
  • Unusual recoveries of arctic terns Sterna paradisaea by Grace Hickling and Peter Hawkey (p. 24)

Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumbria volume 50 (1983)

• Some correspondence between John Gould and the Natural History Society of Northumbria by P S Davis (pp.1 – 15)
• Short communications (pp. 16 – 19):
  • The site of the Hancock Museum by R F Walker (pp. 16 – 18)
  • Stones from the Whitefriars Monastery by Grace Hickling, P. S. Davis and A. M. Tynan (pp. 18 – 19)

Grey Seals at the Farne islands 1981 and 1982

• The grey seal Halichoerus Grypus at the Farne Islands: 1981 and 1982 by Grace Hickling and Peter Hawkey (pp. 3 – 11)

Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumbria vol. 52 (1984)

• Vegetation survey of Chillingham Park, Northumberland by S J G HALL and R G H Bunce (pp. 5 – 14)
• The food and feeding habits of gulls on Coquet Island, Northumberland by Trevor D Charlton (pp. 15-18)
• The raven Corvus Corax in Northumberland by B Harle (pp. 19 – 23)
• Harmotome from Northumberland by B Young and T F Bridges (pp. 24 – 26)
• Scanning electron micrographs of some common heavy minerals from the sandstones of the Northumberland trough by D A Robson (pp. 27 – 34)
• Short communication: A note on the occurrence of a swordfish Xiphias gladius L. by P S Davis (p. 35)

Grey Seals at the Farne Islands 1983 – 1985

• The grey seal Halichoerus Grypus at the Farne Islands: 1981 and 1982 by Grace Hickling and Peter Hawkey (pp. 3 – 12)

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