Yorkshire Naturalists' Union. 



SECTION FOR VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY. 



(President — Mr. Riley Fortune, F.Z.S.). 



Two Meetings of the above Section will be held at the Leeds 

 Institute, Leeds, at 3 p.m. and at 6-30 p.m. respectively, on Saturday, 

 February 13th, 1909. 



Short lectures will be given as follows: — Dr. C. J. Patten, M.A., 

 on ' Four Hours' Continuous Observations of the Feeding Habits of 

 Richardson's Skua,' Mr. E. E. Gregory on ' The Pleistocene Vertebrate 

 Remains of the West Riding,' Mr. A. Whitaker on 'Our British Bats' 

 (illustrated by lantern-slides), and Dr. E. S. Stewart, M.B.O.U., 'A 

 Recent Ornithological Expedition into Spain.' 



The following gentlemen will exhibit lantern-slides : — Mr. Jasper 

 Atkinson, Mr. Riley Fortune, F.Z.S., Mr. Oxley Grabham, M.A., 

 M.B.O.U., Prof. C. J. Patten, M.D., Sc.D., Mr. Walter Wilson, and 

 Mr. W. Hewett. 



Ag'enda : — 



At 3 p.m. there will be a meeting of the Wild Birds' and Eggs' Protection 

 Committee. Members will then be at liberty to exhibit specimens, contribute notes, 

 or ask questions. Dr. Stewart and Mr. Gregory will then give their papers. 



The evening meeting (6-30 p.m.) will commence with Prof. Patten's lecture, 

 and will be followed by Mr. Whitaker and Mr. Hewett, and concluded by the 

 exhibition of lantern-slides. 



All members and associates of the Yorkshire Naturalists' L^nion 

 interested in Vertebrate Zoology are invited to attend, and to bring any 

 notes, specimens, photographs, lantern-slides, etc. ; and are requested 

 to bring forward any matters of interest connected with the work of the 

 Section, and to take part in any discussion. 



Any member or associate is at liberty to introduce a friend. 



Please Note. — As it is desired to make these meetings as representative as 

 possible of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union and of the County of Yorkshire — 

 it is particularly requested that officials of the .Affiliated Societies will draw the 

 attention of their members to this notice. 



Any further particulars can be obtained from the Honorary Secretary of the 

 Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, at the Museum, Hull ; from Mr. H. B. Booth, ' Ryhill," 

 Ben Rhydding ; or from any of the officials of the \'ertebrate Section. 



