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the Union. Here, after the sectional meetings had taken place, the 

 general meeting was held, under the chairmanship of the Rev. W. C. 

 Hey, M.A., York. The minutes of the previous meeting were taken 

 as read, and confirmed. The following new members, who had been 

 duly proposed and seconded, were elected: — J. J. Marshall, Market 

 Weighton ; J. D. Taylor, Halifax ; James Downe, Malton ; Rev. Wm. 

 Spiers, M.A., F.G.S., F.R.M.S., etc., Hull, one of the editors of the 

 * Wesley Naturalist'; William Stonehouse, Whitby; John T. Stewart, 

 Scarborough ; and Miss Ada Maria Spiers, Sheffield. The following ten 

 Societies were represented at the meeting : — Liversedge, Bradford, 

 Leeds (three societies), York, Malton, Doncaster, Practical 

 Naturalists' Society, Harrogate, and Hull Geological Society. 

 Mr. Robert Cook then proposed a motion, calling upon the mem- 

 bers of the Union to give their best thanks to Mrs. St. Quintin for 

 the kind permission which she had given them to visit Kirkham 

 Abbey; to Sir Charles Strickland, who had allowed them to range 

 Howsham Woods; and to Mr. E. C. Taylor, for permitting them to 

 investigate Firby Woods. They were also indebted to the 

 Rev. E. Maule Cole, Mr. A. H. Taylor, and Mr. T. P. Longster for 

 their services as guides, and to the several gentlemen who had made 

 contributions to the programme. Their thanks were also due to the 

 members of the Malton Literary Institution for the use of their 

 rooms. The vote of thanks having been seconded by Mr. W. Dixon 

 of Hull, and put to the meeting, was carried unanimously. 



For the Vertebrate Section, its secretary, Mr. James Back- 

 house, jun., F.Z.S., of York, reported that twenty-three birds (nine- 

 teen residents and four migrants), four mammals, two amphibians, 

 and a fish had been reported, the list being as follows : — 

 Resident Birds. Columba palumbus. 



Turd us musicus. Gallinula chloropus. 



Turdus merula. 

 Erithacus rubecula 



Migrants. 



Phylloscopus collybita. 

 Accentor modularis. Phylloscopus sibilatiix. 



Motacilla lugubris. Hirundo rustica. 



Troglodytes parvulus. Cotile riparia. 



Parus creruleus. 



Parus biitannicus. Mammals. 



Linota rufescens. 

 Certhia familiaris. 

 Fringilla ccelebs. 

 Pyrrhula europrea. 



Emberiza citrinella. Amphibia. 



Alcedo ispida. Frog. 



Corvus corone. Newt. 



Corvus monedula. Fish. 



Garrulus glandarius. Pike. 



Shrew. 

 Mole. 

 Rabbit. 

 Hare. 



Nov. 1889. 



