4IST ANNUAL REPORT, I902, l8r 



inland, and ar short distances apart. At the apex of each of 

 these g-uUies, the drain pipes indicated the initial cause of the 

 sea cutting- the cliff in the manner shown. No official excursion 

 of the Union has been paid to the coast during- the year. 



It is recommended that the Committee be re-elected as 

 follows : — .Rev. E. Maule Cole, M.A., Wetwang, chairman ; 

 F. F. Walton, F.G.S., Hull, convener; J. T. Sewell, Whitby; 

 T. Sheppard, F.G. S., Eastgate, Hessle ; J. W. Stather, F.G.S., 

 Hull; and W. Y. Veitch, M.R.C.S., F.G.S., Middlesbrough; 

 and that Mr. Walton be its representative on the Executive of 

 the Union. 



The Yorkshire Marine Biology Committee. — Mr. J. 

 Darker Butterell and INIr. F. W. Fierke, the joint conveners, 

 have to report that as there have been no meetings of the Union 

 on the coast this year this committee has had no scope for its 

 work, and little or nothing- has been done by private 

 investigators, except that attention may be drawn to a list of 

 Marine MoUusca at Sandsend, by Miss M. V. Lebour, of 

 Corbridge-on-Tyne, which has been printed in the ' Naturalist.' 



It is recommended that the Committee be re-elected as 

 follows : — H. C. Sorbv, LL.D., F.R.S., Sheffield, chairman ; 

 J. D. Butterell, Wansford, Hull, Fred. W. Fierke, M.C.S., 

 Hull, joint conveners ; Rev. W. C. Hey, M.A., West Ayton ; 

 E. Howarth, F.R.A.S., F.Z.S., Sheffield; Geo. Massee, 

 F.R.M.S., Kew ; T. H. Nelson, M.B.O.U., Redcar ; T. 

 Fetch, B.A., B.Sc, Hedon ; S. Lister Petty, Ulverston ; 

 J. Fraser Robinson, Hull ; W. Denison Roebuck, F.L.S., 

 Leeds; Rev. Henry Smith, M.A., Redcar; and Arnold T. 

 AVatson, F.L.S., Sheffield ; and that Mr. E. Howarth continue 

 to be its representative on the Executive of the Union. 



Wild Birds' and Eggs Protection Acts Committee. — 



The convener, Mr. Thos. H. Nelson, reports : — It is to be 

 regretted that a most wanton and disgraceful outrage was 

 perpetrated at Bempton Cliflfs on 5th July last, by a party of 

 shooters in a coble, apparently from Filey. The " sportsmen " 

 deliberately fired at the breeding- guillemots and razorbills on 

 the cliffs, and although, perhaps, they did not kill many of the 

 old ones, yet the destruction caused amongst the young birds 

 and eggs was most deplorable. The frightened parents in their 

 haste to escape from the shots aimed at them knocked off 

 hundreds of eggs and young, which fell on to the rocks below, 

 It is to be hoped the authorities will prevent a repetition of this 

 cruel slaughter. 



It is recommended that the Committee be re-appointed as 

 follows : — Thos. H. Nelson, M.B.O.U., Redcar, chairman 

 and convener ; F. Boyes, Beverley ; T. Bunker, Goole ; H. 



