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FIELD NOTES 



BIRDS. 



Peregrines at Bempton. — When Ned Hodgson's gang 

 commenced climbing the cliffs at Bempton on the 9th of May, 

 they found the Peregrine Falcons with three young ones at the 

 eyrie which has now been used for three seasons. — E \\'. 

 Wade, Hull. 



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FLOWERING PLANTS. 



Euphrasia Rostkoviana Hayne in Westmorland. — I do 



not know whether Euphrasia Rostkovia)ia Hayne has been 

 recorded for Westmorland, but it may be of interest to know 

 that it grows abundantly at the head of Great Langdale. 

 On July 2nd, 1909, the meadows near Wall End Farm, on the 

 way from the old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel to Blea Tarn, were full 

 of it. The most casual botanist cannot fail to contrast the 

 large corolla of this species with the usual smaller flowered one. 

 I am indebted to Mr. J. A. Wheldon,.F.L.S., for the determina- 

 tion of this. — J. Beanland, Bradford. 



GEOLOGY. 



Lias Fossils in the Drift.— On the occasion of the Easter 

 excursion of the Yorkshire Geological Society to Filey, I ob- 

 tained some fragments of Ammonites from a large mass of 

 transported Lias shale exposed at the foot of the cliffs south of 

 the Filey promenade. One of these was considered by Mr. C. 

 Thompson, who was present, to be Simpson's A. aiirenm. 

 The specimens have been submitted to Mr. S. S. Buckman, 

 who is at present at work amongst the Yorkshire Lias 

 Ammonites, and he identifies them as belonging to Platy- 

 pleuroceras aureum Simpson, and P. hirchoides Ouenstedt, 

 respectively, thus confirming Mr. Thompson's identification of 

 one of the specimens. These two forms are characteristic of 

 the middle beds of the Middle Lias, and definitely denote the 

 horizon from which the transported mass has been derived. 

 These species have not previously been recorded from the drift 

 of East Yorkshire, and are not included in Mr. Thompson's 

 list of derived Liassic fossils now being published by the Hull 

 Geological Society. They are in the museum at Hull. — 

 T. Sheppard. 



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