2 54 Braim : Pied FlycatcJio' in Vorks/iirc. 



Marlstone ; the illustration (Fig-, i) .shows a good anticlinal 

 fold near Hough Mill, west of Caythorpe, and the sandy clays 

 of the Middle Lias are well-exhibited beneath the bent rock. 



Numerous type fossils o^ the Marlstone can be collected 

 from heaps of road-metal along the Pottergate Road, and these 

 include several interesting examples of Tercbratula punctata, 

 showing the brachial loop when broken open. 



Several fine examples of early British pottery have been 

 dug up in the Ironstone workings. One small ' Incense Cup ' 

 of particular interest is illustrated below. 



Two Views of ' Incense Cup ' found at Caythorpe Ironstone Workings. 



It is a thick, coarse, partially baked vessel about ]'-2 inch thick, 

 the internal diameter being 2 inches, and i inch deep. With 

 the exception of the inside, it is covered with short, zig-zag 

 lines of ornamentation, the design being made with a pointed 

 stick or similar instrument. Besides the early British urns and 

 other vessels, various Roman and Saxon bronze fibulce and 

 other personal ornaments have been turned up in the workings, 

 manv of whicl: are now in the Nottingham Castle Museum. 



PIED FLYCATCHER IN YORKSHIRE. 



J. BRAIM, 

 Pickei-ing. 



I FIRST made the acquaintance of this interesting little bird in 

 April in the early fifties on a bitterly cold Sunday afternoon. 



I noticed a bird drop to the ground, so light, so fluffy, and 

 so unlike any I had seen before that I started from my seat by 

 the fire, rushed to the window, jumping over obstacles on the 

 way, and was in time to see a beautiful male of the above 

 species on the sloppy road. 



That stormy night a tragedy happened in the bird-world, 

 and on the following morning I, who until that time had never 



Naturalist, 



