Natural History. 15 



Wroot .. ..i Wykeham (E. & W.) 8 Yaddlethorpe. . .. 2 



Wyberton .. 10 and 17 Wykeham (Spalding) 18 Yarborough .. ..8 



Wyche Drain .. n Wykes .. . . 17 Yarborough Camp .. 3 



Wyham .. ..8 Wyville .. -.15 Yawthorpe .. ..5 



LINCOLNSHIRE NATURAL HISTORY. 



By JOHN CORDEAUX, M.B.O.U. 

 Great Cotes R.S.O., Lincolnshire. 



IN rising to address you on this occasion, 1 am not 

 unmindful of the fact that I have been elected first 

 President of the Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union, and I 

 wish now, in the first place, to thank you for having placed 

 me in so honourable a position. The object of our Society is 

 intended to bring about a thorough and systematic investigation 

 of the Natural History capabilities of the county, carried on 

 year by year, a publication, if possible, from time to time, of 

 the results, and an endeavour to create amongst all classes of 

 the population an intelligent interest and correct appreciation 

 of the various natural phenomena which surround them. 



It is somewhat of a reflection on this great county that so 

 little has been done hitherto for the cause of science ; this, 

 indeed, becomes painfully apparent when we consider the 

 excellent results shown by the enterprising naturalists in the 

 two neighbouring counties of Norfolk and Yorkshire. In the 

 former, the " Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society " was 

 formed in 1870, and published their first report ; the number 

 of members is now 250. The " Yorkshire Naturalists' 

 Union" came into existence previous to 1883, and the number 

 of its members is nearly 600. Both these, like our own, had 

 small beginnings ; they have, however, succeeded in extending 

 the knowledge of local Natural History. In looking forward 

 to the future, I can see no reason whatever to think that our 

 own Union will not be equally successful, and certainly in this 

 great and diversified county it will never lack material to work 

 on or fall short in variety and interest of subjects. 



So far, our efforts have been individual ones, and isolated and 

 spasmodic : now, as a united band and numbering specialists 



* An address, delivered at Lincoln, May 24th, 1894, to the Lincolnshire 

 Naturalists' Union, by the First President (1893). 



