Field Note. 193 



On crossing- over the limestone to the Ing-leton beck, a field 

 full of the wood anemone attracted the eye, and in the beck there 

 was a g-ood deal of Myriophyllum alternijioriim , which does not 

 appear to be noted for the Lune drainag^e. Across the foot- 

 bridge the appearance of Sphagnum with sundew was very 

 interesting-, showing- the absence of limestone and presence of 

 the grit rocks. Another ecological fact was shown by the sand 

 wort and Alpine penny cress, which always prefer the lead 

 working's, and were here growing in profusion where the debris 

 from the lead workings was strewn around. 



Near at hand the presence of Erica, Calluna, Vaccinium, 

 and Empetriim showed that the limestone was well covered with 

 drift, either glacial or detrital. 



On the main limestone of the Yoredales the purple saxifrag^e 

 was still in flower, and many plants of the yellow saxifrage were 

 seen The rose root was just starting- for the year's growth. 



Mr. C. Crossland reports that on Monday, in Helk's Wood, 

 he and Mr. Broadhead met with the following Fungi : — Pleiirotiis 

 mitis on dead stump, N^aiicoria seniiorbiciilaris among short 

 g^rass ; Psilocybe siibericcus amongf g-rass ; Xylaria Hypoxylon in 

 very good fruit on stump ; Morchella esculenta on moist grassy 

 bank on stream side ; Uromyces pore on leaves of Ranuucnlus 

 Ficaria. 



{Further reports will appear in our next issue.) 



MAMMALS. 



Strange Behaviour of a Hare. — On April 24th my son 

 Dennis took our spaniel for a walk. He saw an incident the 

 like of which I have never witnessed. Doe hares often drive 

 off cattle when g^razing near their forms, when they have 

 leverets, but I have never heard of them doing this to a dog-. 

 Dennis, however, reported as follows : ' Bogey was smelling in 

 some rough g-rass along a hedg^e side in a ploughed field. A 

 hare ran up wind, and kicked — or rather struck in passing — the 

 dogf with its front paws on the nose and side of the head. The 

 dog- was quite startled and frightened, but, seeing or g-etting 

 wind of its assailant, followed after it at his best pace.' There 

 can be little doubt, I take it, the hare had a form of newly- 

 dropped leverets close by. — E. Adrian Woodruffe-Peacock, 

 Cadney, Brigg, April 24th, 1906. 



1906 June I. 



