CiRC. 150. 



Waterhen, Water Rail, and Mute Swans. Othei birds likely to be met with are 

 Reed Warblers (breeding in large numbers), Sedge Warblers, Reed Buntings, Tree 

 Creeper, and numerous Warblers, etc. , etc. 



Mr. T. Audas mentions that the Reed Warbler and the Black-headed Bunting 

 breed in the reeds, and that other birds breeding in or about the Mere include the 

 Coot, Moorhen, Mallard, Pochard, and Mute Swan, which are common ; and the 

 Water Rail and Shoveller, which are rare. The Heronry, which now contains over 

 25 nests, has been increasing of late years. One or two pairs of the Great Crested 

 Grebe still breed, but this bird has of late years suffered much by persecution. 



^rThe Mere is strictly preserved — and rightly so — and it is particularly enjoined 

 on Members that no nesting is allowed. 



Reptiles and Amphibia. — No records. 



Fishes. — Mr. H. W. Foster writes that Trout is entirely absent from the district, 

 and that Hornsea Mere yields Pike, Perch, Roach, and Eel. 



CONCHOLOGY.— 



Land and Freshwater Moliusca. — The first list published is that in The 

 Naturalist for July, 1881, p. 196, recording the results of the first visit of the Union 

 to Hornsea. Fretwell's Illustrated Guide to Hornsea, N.D. , contains a full account 

 by Mr. F. W. Fierke. In this he points out that the Mere is unusually rich in fresh- 

 water species, that the southern margin might be very appropriately described as 

 * the cemetery of the Mere ' by reason of the thousands of dead shells apparently 

 washed from other parts of the Mere, that search should be made in the sheltered 

 parts and marshy ground ambushed by the tall reeds and grasses, or (by means of 

 a boat) in the deeper parts amongst an immense entanglement of pond weeds. 

 Segiiie7ttina nitida is here to be found in its only East Riding station. Planorbis 

 fontanus is common and P. carinatiis is exceedingly fine. Mr. Clement Reid, 

 F.G.S., in his Memoir on the Geology of Holderness c\\.ts LimncBa glabra as occur- 

 ing in the Mere, but the record has not been confirmed by conchologists, and is in 

 fact a very doubtful one ; L. atii-icularia occurs in the deeper parts, and Physa 

 fontinalk reaches unusually large dimensions. Both species of Bithinia are com- 

 mon, and Velletia lacustris, not yet on record, should be searched for. The swan 

 mussel, Anodonta cygiiea, is very abundant. Piiidiinn milium has been taken, and 

 Sphcerium corneum and S. lacusire are plentiful, and S. rivicola is recorded by Mr. 

 Reid, but is doubtful and requires confirmation. As to land shells Hyaliiiia nitida 

 and others should be found amongst damp mosses by the water side. Vertigo anti- 

 vertigo and V. edentida also occur in this situation ; H. alliaria occurs on Swan 

 Island. At the Wassand end of the Mere the woods are fairly productive, and have 

 yielded H. pnra, H. fulva. Helix aatleata, and H. arbustortitn. H. aspersa var. 

 exalbida occurs sparingly in one locality near Hornsea, and towards the coast H. 

 •virgata and H. itala and var. alba are found, and H. virgata var. hyalozonata is in 

 great abundance on the cliffs between Hornsea and Skipsea. 



Marine Moliusca. — In Fretwell's Guide, p. 53, Mr. F. W. Fierke remarks 

 that the Marine Moliusca cannot be so advantageously studied, as on this part of 

 the Coast there are no rocky pools. 



ENTOMOLOGY.— 



Lepidoptera. — There do not appear to be any records of Lepidoptera, except 

 that on the Union's former visit in June 1881, Acidalia emarginata, Mela?tippe 

 montanata, and Emmelesia decolorata were taken (Nat., July 1881, p. 195). 



Coleoptera. — Mr. M. Lawson Thompson writes that Hornsea Mere is known 

 to Coleopterists as one of the best localities in Yorkshire for some of the Geodephaga 

 affecting wet places. Among the species that have been taken there the following 

 may be cited : — Bembidiiim aneiim, B. assimile, B. obliquum, Pterosticlms 

 anthracimis , P. gracilis, P. minor, Trechus discns, Taphria nivalis, Anchovienus 

 picetis, A. puellus, Oodes helopioides, Chlcenius 7iig)-icornis, C. holosericeus. On the 

 Union's former visit, in June 1881. Athous hejnorrhoidalis, Otiorrhynclms picipes 

 and Hister bimaculatus were taken by Mr. T. E. Holder. 



Other Orders. — No records. 



PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS.— 



5-0 p.m. — Meat Tea, 2/- each 1 



6-0 p.m. — Sectional Meetings |- All at Alexandra Hotel, Hornsea. 



6-30 p.m. — General Meeting J 



7-0 and 7-35 p.m. — Trains leaves for Hull. 



