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A YEAR'S SCIENTIFIC WORK IN YORKSHIRE: 



BEING 



THE YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION'S 

 FIFTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 



For 1916. 



[Presented at Selby, 2nd December, igi(>.) 



The Fifty-Fourth Annual Meeting was held at Keighley 

 on Saturday, December 4th, 1915. The Naturalist for January, 

 1916, contains a report of this most successful gathering, or- 

 ganised by the Keighley, Crosshills, and Earby Naturalists' 

 Societies. The Presidential address of Mr. Riley Fortune, 

 F.Z.S., on ' The Protection of Wild Life in Yorkshire ' has 

 likewise appeared in the same Journal, pp. 53-59 ; 92-95 ; 

 124-131 ; 151-154 ; 183-188. 



The Field Meetings for the year have been six in number. 

 The Excursion fixed for the August Bank Holiday week-end 

 to Wentbridge was, owing to the withdrawal of that particular 

 holiday, curtailed to a single day. Despite the strenuous 

 energies which are called forth on behalf of our country in 

 connection with the greatest war in history, and the continued 

 absence of cheap travelling facilities, the majority of these 

 meetings were well attended. The Excursions were as follows — 



Malton (Easter week-end), April 22nd to 24th. 

 Bolton Woods, Saturday, May 20th. 

 Middleham (Whit week-end), June 10th to 12th. 

 Driffield, Saturday, July 8th. 

 Wentbridge, Saturday, August 5th. 

 Buckden (Mvcological Meeting), September 23rd to 

 28th. 



The usual programmes have been printed and circulated 

 prior to each meeting, and reports of the Excursions have 

 appeared in the pages of The Naturalist. 



Successful Sectional meetings have also been held during 

 the autumn and winter months. Permission to visit estates 

 has readily been granted by various landowners, to whom 

 thanks have been accorded at the close of each Excursion. 



1917 Jan. 1. 



