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Among the other plants occurring was the Shrubby Sea- 

 Purslane {Atriplex portulacoides), which grew in shrubby masses 

 dispersed over the whole of the area. The Sea-Pink or Thrift 

 {Armeria maritinia) formed an inner belt between the Statice zone 

 and the embankment. Beneath the larger plants grew a close 

 growth of ' Samphire ' [Salicornia herbacea), which vied with the 

 Sea Meadow Grass {Glyceria maritima) in distribution over the 

 whole area. The grass, however, seemed to have the best of it 

 on the edges of the mud-flats. Salicornia grew in especial pro- 

 fusion in a series of large rectangular shallow pits made for the 

 purpose of repairing the banks, and each pit was bordered by 

 a large mass of the Atriplex. The Sea Aster [Aster Tripolium) 

 and Sea Arrow-grass [Triglochin niaritimum) occurs over the 

 wdiole ground, the Aster not of course being so conspicuous as 

 it will be later in the year. Artemisia maritima occupied its 

 usual belt on the dry embankment above the Armeria zone. 



In the angle formed by the embankment I found scattered 

 specimens of a species of a Scurvy Grass (Cochlearia) , which Mr. 

 J. F. Robinson identifies as Cochlearia anglica. Further towards 

 the mud-flats, at the side of one of the gullies by which the 

 ground is intersected, a small clump about four feet square, of 

 the same plant in full flower, was met with. The record of 

 this Cochlearia in the Flora of the East Riding is as follows : — 

 ' Brough, " introduced " (C.W.) ', so that apparently the Wel- 

 wick station where the plant occurs is its natural habitat, and 

 where there is no reason to believe that it can have been ' in- 

 troduced ', is the first satisfactory record of the plant in East 

 Yorkshire. 



Changes in the conditions pre\ ailing on the Humber shore, 

 owing to natural and^artificial causes, are so rapid and frequent 

 that it behoves local naturalists to keep this interesting piece 

 of Salt-Marsh under continual observation. 



Pine Marten near Hebden Bridge. — On May nth I 



went to Far Greave, Wadsworth, near Hebden Bridge, to 

 see an animal 2^ feet long which Lord Savile's gamekeepers 

 had caught in a ' figure four ' trap, and which they thought 

 was a 'mart.' Unfortunately it had been dead some days 

 when discovered, and was quite unlit to bring away. Anxious 

 to supply some evidence of the occurrence,. I cut off the tail and 

 despatched it to Mr. H. B. Booth, F.Z.S.. of Ben Rhydding, 

 and he kindly informed me that it was undoubtedly the tail of 

 a Pine Marten {Mustela niartes). My records shew that a 

 Pine Marten was killed at Hebden Bridge on April 2nd, 1858, 

 after many fruitless attempts had been made to trap it. — 

 Walter Greaves. 



Naturalist, • 



