228 HULL SCIENTIFIC AND FIELD NATURALISTS’ CLUB. 
In conclusion, I wish to call attention to a remarkable 
phenomenon in Horse Dale, near Fimber Station. On the 
west side of the dale there is a deep and wide trench from 
top to bottom, and at the foot a large semi-circular fan-talus, 
fifty to sixty yards in diameter, spread out on the other- 
wise level floor of the dale bottom. I am of opinion that in 
some ancient days a water-spout burst on the high ground 
above, similar to those which we have been considering, and 
that the sudden rush of water excavated the trench in 
question, and deposited the material where it is now seen. 
For the illustrations which accompany this paper we are 
indebted to the proprietors of Pearson’s Magazine. 
A GAMEKEEPER’S HOARD AT BROCK 0’DALE.—The deadly 
aim of the average gamekeeper is responsible for the rarity 
of many of our birds and animals, as is amply proved by the 
strings of ‘‘ vermin” usually on exhibition near the dwellings 
of the gamekeepers. During the past summer, at Brock 
o’Dale, near Kirk Smeaton, one of these ‘‘hoards”’ was 
noticed suspended from the branches of a tree. It contained 
no fewer than sixteen magpies, three crows, a sparrow hawk, 
three weasels, and eight stoats. They had all been recently 
killed, and were hung by the neck on a cord.—T.S. 
AACRONYCTA ALNI AT BEVERLEY.—On the 6th of June this 
year, I took two Acronycta alnz at rest here. It is its first 
occurrence in my collecting experience here of 25 years, 
except one specimen taken near Hull on the 22nd June, 1899. 
I fancy it is apt to be overlooked by its very early appear- 
ance.—N. F. Dosresg, Beverley. * 
East Ripinc PsEeuposcorpions.— Until quite recently 
there have been no records of the occurrence of these inter- 
esting Arachnida in this=district, but on a recent visit to 
Spurn Point I found a pseudoscorpion under a log of wood 
which Mr. H. Wallis Kew, F.Z.S., of London, has kindly 
identified as Chelzfer Latretilii, Leach. The pseudoscorpions 
are a family of animals somewhat resembling the true scor- 
pions, and belong to the Arachnida which includes the spiders 
and mites. Their chief peculiarity, in addition to their small 
size, is the development of their maxilliary palpi into a pair 
of crab-like claws, by means of which they cling to the legs 
of flies, &c., and are so carried through the air. They live 
chiefly under stones and the bark of trees.—H. E. JOHNSON. 
* Reprinted from the Naturalist. 
