much alteration takes place in their character, just before they are lost beneath the 

 waters of the North Sea. From Filey Brig northwards, the middle Oolites 

 gradually rise in the cliff, and lower lieds come out, so that at Cunstone Nab at the 

 south end of Gristhorpe Bay, where the cliff' has an elevation of 250 feet, the whole 

 thickness of the Oxford Clay and the Lower Calcareous Grit is exposed with a , 

 considerable amount of Boulder-clay on the top. 



In Gristhorpe Bay we have an almost complete section of the greater part of 

 the Lower and Middle Oolites, including all the beds from the Lower Calcareous 

 Grit down to the Millepore Bed. Rounding the point at the north end of the bay, 

 we reach the magnificent section of Red Cliii" at the south end of Cayton Bay. 

 Here nearly the whole of the Oxfordian beds ai"e exposed in one of the grandest 

 sections of the Yorkshire coast. At the top, the Lower Calcareous Grit rises in a 

 beetling crag, beneath which the Oxford Clay forms a somewhat less precipitous 

 slope, the Kellaways Rock occupying the base of the cliff, while the Cornbrash 

 forms a ledge on the shore. 



BOTANY. — The Botanical Section will be officially represented by its 

 President, Mr. J. Farrah, F.L.S. ; and Secretaries, Messrs. H. H. Corbett, 

 J. F. Robinson, C Crossland, F. L.S., and W. Ingham, B.A. The Botanical 

 Survey Comuiiitee will be represented by its Secretary, Dr. W. G. Smith. 



Flowering Plants. — Mr. ^I. B. Slater, F.L.S., writes: — Amongst the 

 flowering plants that grow in the Filey neighbourhood are : Geranium sanguineum, 

 Rosa piinpinellifolia, Parnassia palustris, Matricaria inaritima, Caki/e mariiima, 

 Triglochin viaritimuin, Plantago Coioiiopiis, Plantago mariiima. 



Mosses and Hepatics. — The Yorkshire Bryological Committee will be 

 ■officially represented by its President, Mr. M. B. Slater, F.L.S., and Secretarv, 

 Mr. W. Ingham, B.A. 



Mr. W. Ingham, B.A , writes : — On the clay cliffs, a few minutes' walk 

 south of Filey, are Barbula iopkacea, forma luxiirians Braithw., very tall; 

 Hypnum cupressiforine var. tectorum Brid., and var. resupinatum Schimp ; 

 Ditrichum flexicaule Hoppe, on dry sands ; Ceratodon purpureiis Brid. ; Dicranclla 

 heteromalla Schimp ; Fissidens taxifolius Hedw-. ; Tortula subniata Hedw. : 

 Barbula unguiculata Hedw. Within a distance of about i\ miles south of Filey, 

 as far as the " Happy Valley," are the following Mosses : — IVeisia viridula 

 Hedw. ; Trichostomnm crispulum Bruch, on dry ground near the beach ; Zygodon 

 viridisiimus R. Br., on trees in the " Hajipy V<dley ; '' Ulota phyUantha Brid., on 

 trees in the same valley : Bryum psezido-tricjuetru)n Schwaeg. ; Bryum capillare 

 L., near vat rostdatum Mill, on dry ridges ; Thuidium iainariscinum B. & S. ; 

 Pleuropus sericeus Dixon ; Camptothecium lutescens B. & S., on dry sandy ridges ; 

 Brachytheciuin albicans B. & S. ; B. veluiinum B. & S. ; \Eurhynchitim praelongtim 

 B. & S ; E. .striatum B. & S. ; E. 7Usciforme Milde, on wet clay; Amblystegium 

 serpens B. & S. ; A. filicinum De Not. ; Hypnum polygamum Schimp ; H. 

 stellatum Scliimp, a very interesting small form, witli very widely ovate leaf bases 

 and exceedmgly long leaf points ; and H. cuspidatum L. 



Hki'ATIcs. Frullania dilatata L., on trees in the "Happy Valley;'' 

 Diplophyllum albicans L. ; Jungermania iurbinata Raddi ; Blasia pusilla L. ; 

 ;ind Aneuia latifrons Lindb. 



Fungi. — The Yorkshire Mycological Committee will be represented by its 

 .Secretary, Mr. C. Crossland, F.L.S. 



Mr. C. Crossland writes: — At the Filey excursion, June nth, 1883, Mr. 

 Soppitt reported noting about 40 species of fungi, one-third of which wert; 

 placed on record, mostly plant parasites. Should eight or ten days of warm 

 weather follow the close of the excessive spring rainfall, a good crop, especially 

 of micro-species, may be looked for. 



VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY.— The Vertebrate Section will be officially 

 represented by its President. Mr. Kennetli MacLean; and Secretaries, Messrs. 

 Riley Fortune, F.Z.S., T. H. Nelson, ALB.O.U., and Alfred White, F.Z.S. 

 Mr. Nelson also represents the Wild Birds Protection Committee. 



Mammalia. — Mr. Riley Fortune, F.Z.S., has noticed the following in the 

 (Hslricl :— Hare, Rabbit, Hedgeiiog, Stoat, Weasel, Fox, Water Vole, Mole, 

 Long-tailed I'Meld Mouse, Field Vole, Pipistrelle, and Noctule Bats. 



Birds. — Mr. Riley Fortune, F.Z.S., writes: — The Ornithologists will not fail 

 to visit the Cliffs at Bempton and Speeton. Climbing will be in full progress, and 



