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Mr. F. W. Branson, F.C.S., showed under microscoiDS a leaf of Drosera 

 rotundifolia, an insectivorous plant. 



Mr. J. Phillips exhibited Melicerta ringens, a building rotifer attached 

 to Anacharis. 



Mr. Hem-y Marsh, F.R.C.I., exhibited a Long-eared Bat and several 

 lepidopterous larvae prepared for the cabinet. 



'excursion to brimham rocks, JULY 6th, 1889. 



The district between Pateley Bridge and Brimham Rocks was the 

 locality selected for this excursion. The party left Leeds by the 11.0 

 a.m. train. Although the weather on starting was sultry and hazy, it 

 was found on arrival at Pateley Bridge that a westerly breeze tempered 

 the sun's rays to a pleasant degree, and eventually dissipated the haze, thus 

 permitting charming views of Nidderdale to be made. It would be difficult 

 to select a time when this particular neighbourhood could be seen to better 

 advantage than in July, much gi-ass — osving doubtless to the elevated 

 position in which it stands — being still uncut, and the Honeysuckle and 

 Dog Rose occurring in great plenty. The party was most efficiently 

 conducted by Mr. William Storey, his accurate local information greatly 

 adding to the interest of the day. The departments of geology, botany, 

 pond-life, entomology, and ornithology were represented. Mr. Storey 

 sup^jlied the following list of birds observed : — Missel and Song Thrushes, 

 Blackbird, Ring Ouz'el, Redstart, Redbreast, Whitethroat, C!hiffchaff, 

 Willow, Wood, and Sedge Warblers, Hedge Accentor, Long-tailed, Great 

 Marsh and Blue Tits, Creeper, Wren, Pied, Yellow, and Grey Wagtails> 

 Meadow Pipit, Spotted and Pied Flycatchers, Swallow, Martin and Sand 

 Martin, Greenfinch, House Span-ow, Chaffinch, Linnet, Twite, Bullfinch, 

 Common and Yellow Buntings, Skylark, Starling, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, 

 Swift, Cuckoo, Sparrowhawk and Kestrel, Ring and Stock Doves, Red 

 Grouse, Landrail, Moor Hen, Golden Plover and Lapwing, common Snipe, 

 Sandpiper, and Curlew — 54, comprising 17 migrants and 37 residents. At 

 a quarry on the hillside, where fossils were found in abundance, several 

 of the members remained some time. At a slightly greater elevation a 

 quarry of millstone grit was found, near the top of which are the remains 

 of a very extensive and, from the method of construction which can still 

 be traced, a veiy ancient location for lead smelting — an industry still 

 carried on in the district. The high road was subsequently left, and a 

 pleasant walk of two or three miles through fields and woods brought the 

 pai'ty to Brimham Rocks, near the summit of which the Bog Asphodel 

 was found. The fantastic shapes caused by the unequal weathering of the 

 large blocks of rocks in this locality result from the strata being of 

 variable hardness ; the softer portions, therefore, disappear first and leave 

 the harder layers projecting. 



