TEANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



YORKSHIRE 



NATURALISTS' UNION" 



Series C : 



INVERTEBRATA; 



(EXCLUSIVE OF THE ARTICULATA). 



The Conchological Section of the Yorkshire Naturalists' 

 Union was founded by a vote of the Council of the Union on the 

 2nd of December, 1876, and at the same time Messrs. WilUam 

 Nelson of Leeds and Joseph Wilcock of Wakefield were appointed 

 the nucleus of the committee, v\'ith power to add to their number. 



The Section first met at Pontefract on the 2nd of April, 1877, 

 v/hen Mr. Nelson was elected president, and Mr. Henry Crowther, 

 of Leeds, secretary; and a small committee was also appointed. 



Other meetings were held in the year 1S77, at Wetherby 

 (May 22), Wakefield, for Nostell Priory (June 16), Saltaire, for 

 Shipley Glen (July 14), Goole (August 6), and Copley, for Norland 

 andOreetland Moors (September 8). 



The First Annual Meeting of the Section was held at 

 Wakefield, on the 6th of October, 1877, v/hen the President and 

 Secretary were re-elected. The annual report of the Section 

 stated that 28 species and varieties of recent and 6 species of 

 fossil mollusca had been observed at the meetings. 



Mr. Crowther afterwards resigned the secretaryship, and on 

 the 22nd of April, 1878, at Pontefract, Mr. John W. Taylor, of 

 Leeds, was elected to that office. 



It was arranged that prior to commencing the series of 

 annual reports, a preHminary review of the present state of 

 knowledge should be prepared by the Officers of the Section, for 

 publication in the ' Transactions.' 



Trans.Y.N.y., isrr, CI 



