CiRC. 155. 



Polypodhim viilgare, and P. dryopteris) and fungi. Here are Epilobumi augiisti- 

 foliiiin, Corydvlis clavictdata, and Digitalis purpunE. At Goathland are Habenaria 

 bifolia, Corniis sjiecica, Trolliiis eicropcstis, and on the moors Drosera, round and 

 iong-leaved, with several heaths. In this district many common plants are singularly 

 wanting ; the poppies and dead-nettles are rare, and while Priimda vulgaris 

 abounds. P. veils is remarkable for its absence. 



Mosses, Lichens, Algae, and Fungi. — No records at hand. 



VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY.— Most of the following information has 

 been kindly furnished by ]\Ir. Thomas Stephenson, of Whitby. 



Mammalia.- — The Squirrel occurs at Mulgrave and in Eskdale ; the Badger, 

 once common, is now very rare, while the Otter is all but, if not quite, exterminated 

 on the river. Of Bats, the Noctule, the Longeared, and Pipistrelle are known. 



Birds. — Ornithologically the district is a favoured one, and most of the 

 following species may be expected to be seen. Of Residents, the Dipper, Stone- 

 chat, Bullfinch, Goldfinch, Creeper, Jay, Rock Pipit, Grey Wagtail, the Tawny, 

 Barn, Longeared, and Shorteared Owls, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, and Grouse. Of 

 Summer Visitants, the Ring Ousel, Wheatear, Spotted and Pied Flycatchers, 

 Redstart, Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, and Blackcap. At Kettleness, in June of 

 the year 1885, some fifty pairs of Cormorants were breeding in their only York- 

 shire locality. Many hundreds of Herring Gulls also breed in the same cliffs in 

 their company, and a few pairs of Rock Pipits on the slopes at Runswick. In the 

 tunnel on the railway many Rock Doves used to breed before traffic commenced on 

 the line. 



Reptiles, Amphibia, Fishes. — No records at hand. 



CONCHOLOGY.— Mr. H. Pollard furnishes the following notes :— The 

 Whitby district is not uninteresting to the conchologist, and in it have been already 

 collected more than fifty species and varieties including some of by no means 

 common occurrence. On the cliff slopes between the saloon and Sandsend may be 

 faund Helix nenioralis, H. arlnistonini, H. ericetoruiii and its varieties alba and 

 minor, H. virgata, H. coHciiiua, H. p^dchella and its variety costata, H. caperata 

 and the varieties ornata, fulva, and bizonalis, H. rotiindata, H. sericea, Cochlicopa 

 bd>rica and its variety litbricoides, Szicciiiea ptUris and it variety llmnoidea, Zotiiies 

 alliaritis, Z. punts, Z. cellarius, Z. nitididus, Vitrina pellucida. Pupa margiitata, 

 Liinnaa peregra, and Li/niitea triincattda. Many of the lanes and hedge-rows 

 abound with Helix aspersa, H. nenioralis in every variety of colour and banding, 

 H. ho'tensis and its variety roseolabiata, and H. hispida. In old walls in Bagdale 

 and Bog Hole Liniax niaxi nms 3.nd L. Jlavtis xe-posQ, whilst Anialia viarginata is 

 found in a wall a little beyond the station. Other molluscs recorded for the imme- 

 diate Whitby district are Ariun ater, Limax agrestis, Pisidium amnicum, P. 

 pusillum, the varieties ovata and decollala oi Liinncea pereg7-a. Helix fiisca, Succitiea 

 pufris var. droiietia, Ctausilia rugosa, Ancylus Jluviatilis , Bidimits obscurus and the 

 variety alba, and Pupa ui/ibilicata. Mr. J. T. Sewell adds that Clausilia laviiiiata 

 occurs in beech woods, and Planorbis nitidus in the Abbey pond, Whitby; while 

 the Whitby Museum contains specimens of Ancylus lacustris from Mulgrave Park. 



ENTOMOLOGY. — The district is a good one for lepidoptera, which are to 

 be found numerously on the cliff's and broken ground near the sea. Mr. J. T. 

 Sewell informs us that near the borders of the moors may be found Argymus paphia, 

 A. aglaia, SatytJis cegeria, S. tithonus, S. hyperanthus, Chortobius davits (amongst 

 reeds on the moors), Ihanaos tages, Hesperia sylvanus, H. coinina, H. linea, 

 Zygiena lonice7-cE (on the cliffs), Etttheinonia russula, Chelonia plantaginis, Bombyx 

 ritbi, B. quercus, Odonestis potato' ia, Saturnia carpini. Abraxas ulmata (in the 

 woods), Fidonia carbonaria, F. atoniaria, F. piniaria (on the heather), Anarta 

 vivrtilli, Plitsia iota, P. interrooationis, Euclidia glyphica, etc. Notodonta dictaa 

 has been taken near Cock Mill Bridge. 



PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS.— 



4-45 p.m. — Meat Tea, 2/- each 1 



5-30 p.m. — Sectional Meetings \ All at the Station Hotel, Whitby. 



6- o p.m. — General Meeting J 



7-10 p.m. — Train leaves Whitby for South. 



8-20 p.m. — Train leaves Whitby for North. 



