38 BOROUGHBRIDGE EXCURSION, AUG. 7, 1876. 
F.L.S.) ; Wakefield (Mr. Joseph Wainwright, F.L.S,, president also 
of the West Riding Consolidated Naturalists’ Society) ; Barnsley 
(Mr. Thomas Lister) ; and by other of their most active members. 
In giving the following lists it must be remembered that almost 
their only interest lies in the fact of the locality being almost virgin 
ground, very little information on the subject of the fauna and flora 
of the district being on record. In such cases it is necessary that 
even common species should be enumerated, in giving a list for the 
first time. The weather, although in good condition as far as regards 
the physical comforts of the excursionists, was yet against any success 
in the collection of insects, &c., and the necessarily limited amount of 
time, combined with the large extent of country and the numerous 
objects of archeological interest, rendered it very improbable that any 
very large amount of natural history work could be accomplished. 
Observations on the ornithology of the district were made by 
Messrs. T. Lister and Wm. Talbot, of Wakefield, and other members, 
Mr. Lister reporting that of summer migrants, the swallow, martin, 
and swift were all most abundant, especially over the Ure at Borough- 
bridge, and the Nidd at Knaresborough, while the sand or bank 
martin, the willow warbler, redstart, and spotted flycatcher were 
observed. Of resident birds were noticed the yellow-hammer, 
common wren (the only birds that sang), thrush, blackbird, green- 
finch, pied wagtail, rook, chaffinch, blue tit, great tit, spotted fly- 
catcher, coot, partridge, long-tailed tit, ring-dove, kingfisher, golden- 
crested wren, sparrow, robin, jackdaw, wild duck, skylark, and water 
hen or moor hen—the totals being eight summer migrants and 23 
resident birds. 
Messrs. William Nelson and John W. Taylor, of Leeds, who were 
the leaders of the conchological party, report that owing to the extent 
of ground covered by the excursion, the necessarily limited time did 
not allow of much close searching. The following species were seen 
during the day by various members of the party :—In ponds at 
Staveley, specimens of Bithynia tentaculata, Planorbis albus, P. contortus, 
Physa fontinalis, Limnea peregra, L. palustris, and Ancylus lacustris were 
obtained. From various other places in the vicinity examples of 
Arion ater, Limax agrestis, Succinea putris, Vitrina pellucida, Zonites 
cellarius, Z. alliarius, Z. nitidulus, Z. purus, Z. crystallinus, Helix 
