i^4 YORKSHIRE XATURALLSTS' UNION. 



Birds of Yorkshire. — A year ag-o }our Executive took 

 into consideration the desirability of accelerating" the publication 

 of the "Birds of Yorkshire" of which Mr. T. H. Nelson had 

 been appointed author in succession to'Mr. W. Eagle Clarke, 

 and decided to issue proposals for publishing" it as a volume 

 by subscription in the event of there being" a sufficient response. 

 Circulars with subscription forms have been circulated, and a 

 considerable number of promises received. The work is in 

 active preparation by Mr. Nelson, but the list of subscribers 

 has not so far reached the point which would justify 

 publication, and it will be needful for circulars to be ag^ain sent 

 out. It may be added that the title of the work has been 

 reg"istered at Stationers' Hall as the property of the Union. 



"The NaturaUst" has been published monthly during 

 the year, under the sole editorship of Mr. W. Denison Roebuck, 

 F.L. S., under whose direction it has fulh^ sustained the reputa- 

 tion which it has for many years enjoyed as the recog'nised 

 medium for the publication of natural history observations for 

 the whole of the North of Eng"land. 



Your Executive and the Editor would ag'ain take this 

 opportunity of reminding" members that the journal has always 

 been sufficiently catholic in its scope to welcoi'ne articles dealing" 

 with the life history of animals and plants as observed in the. 

 northern counties, as well as with any biological and general 

 considerations that the local observations g"ive rise to. 



In accordance with the reconimendations made earlier in 

 this report, vour Executive has unanimousl}^ appointed Messrs. 

 Thos. Sheppard, F.G.S., Hull, and T. W. Woodhead, F.L.S., 

 Huddersfield, as joint Editors of the " Naturalist." They will 

 be assisted by the following" as Referees : — Vertebrate Zoology, 

 Mr. T. H. Nelson, M.B.O.U., Redcar ; Invertebrate Zoology, 

 Mr. J. W Taylor, F.L. S., Leeds ; Entomology, Mr. Geo.' T. 

 Porritt, F.L.S., F.E.S., Huddersfield; Phanerogamic Botany, 

 Mr. J. Gilbert Baker, F.R.S., Kew ; Cryptogam ic Botany, 

 Mr. Wm. West, F.L.S., Bradford; Geology, ^Mr. Percy F. 

 Kendall, F.G.S., Leeds. 



Flora of West Yorkshire. — Your Executive has decided 

 to olfer the remainder of the stock at 5 - per copy (post free for 

 5/6), in order to gain space in -the Library, and it is trusted 

 that a speedy clearance may be made of the copies remaining'. 



The Library continues to grow by accretion of books pre- 

 sented and received in exchange. The labour of re-arranging 

 the books necessitated by the hasty removal of the library to a 

 new room uientioned iii the last report, has not been completed, 

 and has in fact been almost wholly interrupted by reasori of 

 pressure of other business on the part of the executive officials. 



