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FIELD NOTES. 



GEOLOGY. 

 r Halysites catenularia at Craggr Hill, Yorks. — On April 

 15th, 1911, Mr. G. F. Townend of Earby, found the ' chain 

 coral ' Halysites catenularia in the Coniston Limestone Series 

 at Cragg Hill, near Horton-in-Ribblesdale. This coral is not 

 included in the list of fossils from the Bala Beds given by Prof. 

 McKenny Hughes in the ' Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geo- 



logical Society,' Vol. XIV., No. III., pages 249 and 351, and 

 does not appear to have been previously recorded from this 

 locality. Mr. J. Hartley, of Nelson, has kindly photographed 

 the specimen. — J. Holmes, Crosshills, 13th December, 191 1. 



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BIRDS. 



Black^beliied Dipper at Bridlington. ^On 14th Decem- 

 ber 191 1, a male Black-bellied Dipper was shot at Bridlington, 

 and sent to R. Stuart of Beverley for preservation. He says 

 that in thirty-one years' experience this is the only specimen 

 he has handled, and his opinion of its rarity is borne out by 

 ' Birds of Yorkshire,' in which only four previous occurrences 

 in the county are recorded. — E. W. Wade, Hull. 



The Feeding Habits of Gulls in the Scarborough 

 District. — On several occasions during recent years I have 

 found on the rocks where gulls congregate, pellets of woody 

 fibre, the nature of which I could not determine. Subsequent 

 observation led me to believe that this substance might be the 

 more indigestable parts of turnip ; but tnis seemed to be such 

 an unlikely thing for gulls to feed upon, that I hesitated to 

 decide without proof positive. I noticed, however, that the 



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