204 A^o/es nuii (^mniicnfs. 



this there was a plentiful supply of bones and carcases. The 

 nest was left with a nicely covered trap set.' 



No doubt Messrs. Ormrod and Sutton have been exceedingly 

 clever, and it is not surprising- that their g;rand achievement 

 should be chronicled in the press. But what is perhaps 

 astonishing- is the apathy of the police I Howe\er, if they 

 cannot see their way to take the case up, someone else must. 

 It is in consequence of the doing's of such individuals as Messrs. 

 Ormrod and Sutton that we are losing- — for ever — some of our 

 finest birds. 



THK protp:ctio.\' of birds. 



The Yorkshire Wild Birds' and I'^ggs' Protection Committee, 

 supported by the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, is determined 

 to use every possible effort to protect the birds of the county. 

 In addition to watching- such instances as these referred to 

 above, it will also look after the colony of terns at Spurn, and 

 pay watchers to look after the nests and egg's of rare birds in 

 other parts of the county. This will require financial assistance 

 — though not of a very serious character^ — and subscriptions 

 for this purpose will be gladly received by the Secretary of the 

 Union, at the Museum, Hull, or by any of the members of the 

 Birds' Protection Committee. Without any request whatever, 

 some amounts have already been received, and others proniised, 

 particulars of which, as well as of, the way the funds are 

 disposed of, will appear in due course. In the meantime, will 

 those who are willing to help kindly inform Mr. Sheppard. 



\A.\I).\LIS.M AT FLAMHOROfC.H. 



The following letter was sent to the press by the Secretary 

 of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union imn'\ediately after the 

 Flamborough excursion : — 



' I am requested by the niembers of the Yorkshire Nat- 

 uralists' Union, considerably over a hundred of whom were 

 present at the meeting at Flamborough on Monda\ last, to 

 draw yoiu' attention to a hideous method of spoiling the land- 

 scape, which has recently been perpetrated on the headland. 

 On the beautiful grassy slopes of North Landing, l-Maniborough, 

 one of the most charming pieces of clitT scenery on the Kast 

 Coast, a certain lirm's starch and another's lung tonic are 

 advertised by means of large while chalk boulders forming 

 letters of some five feet in height. These can be seen at a 



Naturalist, 



