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fifteen societies : — Wakefield, Leeds (four societies), York, Malton, Hull 

 (three societies), Halifax, Practical Naturalists' Society, Harrogate, 

 Ackworth School, Craven, Scarborough. On the motion of the 

 Secretaries, Mr. William Fletcher was elected Local Treasurer for 

 Pickering. On the motion of Mr. J. C I'Anson, F.S.A., of Saltburn, 

 seconded by the Rev. B. Irvin, M.A., Vicar of Saltburn, the following 

 resolution was unanimously adopted : — ' That the best thanks of the 

 Union be given to Sir Charles Strickland, Bart., and Mr. A. Marshall 

 for permission to visit their estates, to Major Woodall for the use of 

 his steam yacht, to Mr. W. H. Hudleston, and all who have con- 

 tributed to the working of the excursion.' 



The sectional reports were then taken. 



The Rev. E. P. Knubley, who represented the Vertebrate Section, 

 stated that he appeared to be the only member of that section present. 

 He reported that he had not seen any objects which called for 

 special remark. He had observed 27 species of birds, of which 

 23 were residents and 4 were summer visitants. The following is 

 the complete list : — Missel Thrush, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, 

 Whitethroat, Willow Wren, Hedge Accentor, Wren, Pied Wagtail, 

 Meadow Pipit, Rock Pipit, Swallow, House Martin, Sparrow, Chaf- 

 finch, Common Bunting, Yellowhammer, Skylark, Starling, Magpie, 

 Jackdaw, Rook, Kestrel, Rock -dove, Common Gull, and Herring 

 Gull. The mammals were represented by the Rabbit and the 

 amphibians by the Frog. 



For the Conchological Section, in the absence of all its officers 

 and other collectors, Mr. W. Denison Roebuck, F.L.S., of Leeds, 

 reported that from the unfavourable character of the geological 

 formation at the Peak, and in part from the very fine and dry weather, 

 only seven species of terrestrial mollusca had been noted, viz., 

 Arion ater, Limax lavis, L. agrestis, Zonites cellar his, Helix nemoralis, 

 H. hortensis, and H. arbustorum, none of these being of very special 

 interest, while of fluviatile species none had been noted. 



The Entomological Section was represented by one of its secretaries, 

 Mr. J. H. Rowntree, and by Mr. J. Eardley Mason, who reported that 

 although sallow and mountain ash, together with broom and heather, 

 among the trees and shrubs, were well searched, and the lower vegeta- 

 tion diligently swept, and though the soil and mouldering cliffs were 

 examined, not a single Heteropterous insect was seen ; very few 

 Coleoptera ; rather more Diptera were noted, but not a single 

 aculeate Hymenopteron was observed ; not an individual of the 

 fossorial Hymenoptera appeared, and but three of the phytophagous 

 section. Of the Homoptera, the ' cuckoo-spits ' were the only 

 evidence ; while Neuroptera wholly failed to present themselves. 



Aug. 1889. 



