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most noteworthy. The excursion to Brimham Rocks on Sept. 

 24th was peculiarly unproductive, onh- one species, Vitrina 

 pelltLcida, being recorded in the immediate neighbourhood, 

 though Fell Beck and the woods adjacent were carefully 

 examined. 



Botanical Section. — The secretaries report that the 

 extraordinary season has had a great effect upon flowering 

 plants. Many have bloomed very poorl}^ and all have been 

 delayed beyond their usual flowering season. The continued 

 wet weather has also had a deterrent effect upon out-door 

 work, and consequentl)' there is not much to report in this 

 section. The only records worthy of note that have been reported 

 are — As/mgr/lus danicus in 'ts old station at Pigburn ; 

 Ridnis ci'inigc)\ W'heatley Wood ; Rubus jnacrophyllus, 

 Edlington Wood. Neither of these Rubi appear to have been 

 recorded previously for v.c. 63. 



Geological Section. — Rev. J. Hawell, F.G.S.,and Messrs. 

 J. H. Lofthouse, and T. Sheppard, F.G.S., write : — During the. 

 past year excursions have been made to Roulston Scar, 

 North Grimston, Bawtry, Baugh Fell, and Brimham Rocks. 

 On these occasions the geological section was represented 

 bv one or other of the secretaries, and in one instance (North 

 Grimston) the report of the geological section has already 

 appeared in the "' Naturalist." Reports of the other excursions 

 have been sent to the various gentlemen preparing full reports 

 of the . excursions, and doubtless these will appear in due 

 course. 



The Committees of Research have continued their investi- 

 gations during the 3'ear with more or less satisfactory results. 



The Yorkshire Micro-Zoology and Micro-Botany Com- 

 mittee. —Mr. M. H. Stiles, F.R.M.S., the secretary, writes 

 that during the past year no concerted work has been done in 

 this department. The members were looking forward to a good 

 day at Bawtr}-, which was unfortunately spoiled by a pitiless 

 dowuipour of rain. Some work has been privately carried out 

 by the secretary, resulting in an extension of the local Alga- 

 Flora, and he, in company with Messrs. H. Moore and H. H. 

 Corbett, had an interesting afternoon at Cusworth, but nothing 

 of special importance was found. A considerable addition to 

 the Diatom l-'lora of Yorkshire has been made by the recent 

 publication of a very complete List of Diatoms under the 

 auspices of the Hull Scientific Societv and the able editorship of 

 Mr. F. W. Mills, F.R.M.S., and Mr. R. H. Philip. A novel 

 feature of this list are the illustrations representirjg eveiy 

 recorded species. More workers in this department are 

 lu'gently required. 



