14 YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1 896. 



The third meeting was held at Selby for the investigation of 

 Skipwith Common, when the arrangements were made by tlie 

 Rev. C. D. Ash, B.A., Vicar of Skipwith, and Mr. W. Norwood 

 Cheesman, of Selby. On this occasion entomology had a large 

 share of attention given to it, and some collecting of microscopical 

 life was done. The geologists, under the leadership of Mr. Percy 

 F. Kendall, F.G.S., examined the glacial moraine which extends 

 from Stamford Bridge to Escrick, and had the good fortune to meet 

 with a newly made section. 



The fourth meeting was at Roche Abbey, on the nth July, 

 when good work was done in the woods at Maltby, and by micros- 

 copists in the lakes at Sandbeck and Roche Abbey. The 

 arrangements were efficiently made by Messrs. John Howitt and 

 H. Moore of Rotherham, and there was a large muster of 

 members from South Yorkshire. A list of the Diatoms met with 

 has appeared in 'The Naturalist' for Nov. 1896, from the pen of 

 Mr. J. Newton Coombe. 



The fifth meeting was on Bank Holiday Monday, at Staithes, for 

 the exploration of the twin glens of Easington and Roxby, and the 

 neighbouring coast. The geological arrangements were made in 

 conjunction with the Yorkshire Geological and Polytechnic Society, 

 whose headquarters were at Whitby, and whose explorations covered 

 the coast line from Staithes to Whitby and beyond. The naturalists, 

 led by Messrs. Barnes, MacLean, etc., were able to make some 

 interesting observations inland, although the tide was not favourable 

 enough for much shore-collecting. The Rev. John Hawell, M.A., 

 President of the Cleveland Naturalists' Club, assisted your hon. 

 secretary in making the arrangements. 



Regarding the Fungus Foray, held on the 19th to 22 nd September, 

 of which a notice will be given under the Mycological Committee, 

 there needs only be added here an expression of the obligations 

 under which Mr. W. N. Cheesman laid the Union, by his efficient 

 arrangements as special hon. secretary. 



Yorkshire is particularly fortunate in possessing a body of 

 landowners who extend every facility for scientific exploration and 

 natural history investigations on their estates, and the Union has 

 been indebted as usual for leave kindly granted whenever requested, 

 except that on one occasion this year — a rare and exceptional 

 instance in the annals of the Union — permission has been denied. 



Special thanks are also due to the enlightened policy of the railway 

 companies whose lines traverse our county, for the privileges they 

 grant to members and associates attending the excursions and 

 the annual meeting. 



