YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION. 



THE ANNUAL MEETING FOR THE SECTION OF VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY. 



Prestdeni .—OXLEY GRAB HAM, M.A., M.B.O.U. 



Two Meetings will be held in Room C 7, at the Leeds Institute, Leeds, at 3-15 p.m. 

 and 6-30 p.m. respectively, on Saturday, November i6th, 1912. 



BUSINESS AT THE AFTERNOON MEETING — 



To consider and pass sectional reports for 1912, and to elect Officers for 1913 : — 



To consider and pass the General and Financial Reports of the Yorkshire Wild Birds' 

 and Eggs' Protection Acts Committee, for 1912, and to elect the Officers and Committee 

 for 1913. 



To consider and pass the Report of the Yorkshire Mammals, Amphibians, Reptiles, 

 and Fishes Committee for 1912, and to elect this Committee for 1913. 



Papers (mostly illustrated by lantern slides or specimens) will be read by the following 

 gentlemen : — Afternoon — " Notes on the Cuckoo," Mr. W. H. Parkin, Shipley ; Evening — 

 "Home Life of the Peregrine Falcon," Dr. Francis Heatherley, F.R.C.S. ; "Moorland 

 Birds," Mr. E. Wilfred Taylor, York. 



Any Member or Associate of the Y.N.U. is invited to attend, and to bring notes, 

 specimens, lantern slides, etc., and is requested to bring forward matters of interest con- 

 nected with the work of the section, and to take part in any discussion. 



Will Officials of Affiliated Societies kindly notify their Members. 

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