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THURSDAY'S ROUTES.— 



I. — Leave Doncaster by 11.30 a.m. train, arriving at Bawtry at 11.43, thence 

 under the leadership of Mr. Jordan, investigate northwards through Auster- 

 field and Finningley Park to Rossington, leaving for Doncaster by train at 

 5.38 p.m. from Rossington Station. Walking distance about seven miles. 



II. — Leave Doncaster by 11.35 ^•'"- train, arriving at Finningley at II. 46, thence 

 under the leadership of Messrs. M. H. Stiles, F R.M.S., and H. H. Corbett 

 investigating the country about Blaxton and Auckley, and walking home 

 through Cantley to Doncaster. Walking distance about eight or ten miles. 



III. — Entomologists will take the 8.40 or 11.35 a.m. trains for Haxey, then drive 



to Epworth, where Mr. Samuel Hudson will lead them in search of Lycana 



acis ; returning to Doncaster by train from Haxey. 



Members wishing to have more time for collectmg may take earlier trains from 



Doncaster, and profitably employ their time pending the arrivals of themain bodies. 



FRIDAY'S ROUTE.— 



Yorkshire members leave Doncaster at 10. 10 a.m. or Crowleat 10-32, arriving 

 at Scunthorpe and Frodingham Station at 10-48 a.m. Certificates for 

 railway privileges to be obtained of Rev. E. A. W. Peacock, Sec. L.N. U., 

 Cadney Vicarage, Brigg, by whom this day's work will be arranged. 



THE DISTRICT.— Mr. H. H. Corbett writes that the area to be visited 

 lies on the South-Eastern boundary of our county adjoining Notts. It is wholly 

 situated on the Triassic Sandstone, which is generally covered with gravel, warp, 

 or peat. jNlost of it is under cultivation, but there are a few small patches of 

 unreclaimed bog and moor where naturalists will find much to interest them in the 

 surviving flora and fauna of the old fen-land that occupied much of the district pre- 

 vious to the beginning of the igtli century. Numerous woods afford shelter to all such 

 birds and l^easts as do not come under the ban of the keeper. To the south 

 of the district a tongue of Nottinghamshire projects into the county of York, but 

 the whole of the country to be traversed is within the Yorkshire boundary. 



GEOLOGY. — Mr. H. H. Corbett writes that the country around Bawtry and 

 extending to Doncaster presents little attraction to thegeologist, except he be interested 

 in local post-glacial matters. The bed rock is wholly Bunter Sandstone and seldom 

 comes to the surface. This is covered to a varying depth with gravels, the con- 

 tained pebbles l:)eing chiefly derived from the Triassic Quarlzite pebble beds. 

 Along with these are a few Chalk Flints and Coal Measure Rocks. The gravels 

 have always a strong current-bedded dip towards the S.W. Large boulders of 

 Canister, Whin Sill etc., are frequent, probably bourne on floating ice during the 

 'pluvial period' at the close of the ice age. 



The Geological Section will be ofticially represented by its Secretary, Mr. T 

 Sheppard, P.G. S. 



BOTANY.— 



Flowering Plants. — Mr. H. H. Corbett writes that the district presents many 

 attractions to botanists. The sandy and gravelly soils support a great number of 

 Psammophiles such as Teesdalia, Plantago coronopiis and Cerastimn quaternellum, 

 while numerous aquatic and subaquatic species are to be found in the ponds and 

 ditches. A bit of uncultivated marshy land by the side of the River Tome, between 

 Auckley and Cantley, is very rich in species. Here may be found Stellariapalustris, 

 Carduus prateiisis, Potamogeton lucens and many other interesting plants. To the 

 student of Rubi the lanes are very attractive, many uncommon species and varieties 

 being found, while the advanced student in Batracliian Ranunculi will be equally 

 pleased with the numerous forms to be found in the ponds and dykes. During such 

 an abnormal season as the present it is impossible to say what may be in flower and 

 what may not, but the following species are sure to be seen in some state: — Thalic- 

 trumflavum, Ranuncuhts circinatus, R. droitetii a.nd var. godronii, R. heterophyllus, 

 R. peltatus and vars. , R. lenortiiandi, R. lingua, Papaver argevione, Nasturtittin 

 palustre, Teesdalia, Viola palustris, V. ericetorum, Cerastium quaternellum, C. 

 semidecandrum, C. arvense, Stellaria palustris, Buda rubra, Hypericum humifusum 

 Rhamnus catkartictis, Trifolium arvense, Ornithopus perpusillus, Vicia lathyroides, 

 Prunus insitiiia, Rubus affinis, R. carpinifolius, R. sylvaticus, R. podopkyllus, R. 

 echinatus, R. hystrix, Potentilla argentea, Rosa tomentosa, Hippuris vulgaris, 

 Callitrichc hamulata, Bryonia dioica, (Knanthe /istulesa, CE. pkella?id7-iuf?i, Galium 

 erectum, Filago minima. Chrysanthemum segetum, Carduus nutans, C. pratensis. 



