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10 Sir R. Payne-Gallwey's Duck Decoys, 1885. 



11 The Rev. J. K. Miller, Vicar of Walkeringham, Notts., 1819-1855. 

 Seventh wrangler in 1808, and sometime fellow of Trinity College, Cam- 

 bridge. ' A splendid botanist for his day, and my own mother's trainer 

 in it.' The Naturalist, 1895, pp. 159-171. 



12 The Rev. Canon W. Fowler, of Liversedge, Yorks., President of 

 the L.N.U. in 1884. 



13 Samuel Hudson, the late, of Epworth. 



14 William Casson, the late, of Thome. 



15 The Rev. N. C. Harris, then curate of Crowle. Now Vicar of Holy 

 Trinity, Gainsborough. 



16 H. H. Corbett, physician, of Doncaster. 



17 H. F. Parsons, the late, physician, of Goole. 



18 George Miller, the late, son of the Rev. J. K. Miller, of Holcombe, 

 Bath. 



19 W. A. E. Ussher's Geology of North Lines, and South Yorks., 

 p. 152 ; and Drift Map Sheet 86. 



C. = Central Moor. E.=East Moor. N. = North Moor. S. = South 

 Moor. W.=West Moor. ' Side ' understood with the last four. 



The exposed peat is now all in Yorkshire, but its original east side, 

 now wholly covered by warp, was in Lincolnshire. i, 2, 18. 



BIRDS. 



Late occurrence of House Martin in Yorkshire. — 



On Sunday, November 21st, I saw a single House Martin, 

 at a few yards distance, flying feebly along the ground near 

 the trout stream at Lowthorpe. There was a dense fog at the 

 time, and the thermometer stood at 34 degrees on the north 

 wall of the house at 4 p.m., followed by the sharpest frost 

 of the autumn, so far. No doubt the poor bird perished that 

 night. — W. H. St. Ouintin. 



Large Migration of Wild Geese in Yorkshire. — During 

 the week i8th-25th November, a very considerable migration 

 of Wild Geese took place along the Yorkshire coast. The 

 first flocks were seen on the i8th, when a few Brent Geese were 

 passing, calling as they flew. Their voices could be heard in 

 increasing numbers all night, and on the 19th, flock after 

 flock, numbering from fifty to two hundred birds in a pack, 

 passed in quick succession all day until late afternoon, when 

 they slackened off. Many thousands must have passed during 

 this time. Most were I3rent Geese, but there were a few 

 flocks of Grey Geese, which kept apart from their smaller 

 relatives. Owing to the height at which they flew it was 

 impossible to determine the species, probably they were 

 Pink-footed Geese. Smaller flocks of both species were 

 noted on November 20th, 21st, 22nd and 25th, on the latter 

 date only Grey Geese being seen. — W. J. Clarke, F.Z.S., 

 Scarborough. 



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