VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY.— The Vertebrate Section will be officially 

 represented bv its President, Mr. Kenneth MacLean; and Secretaries, Messrs. 

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



Birds. — Ml". J. Braim writes that the Spotted Crake has been picked up 

 several times during the last few years on the railway, killed by the telegraph wires 

 near Fen Bogs ; that the Dipper, Snipe, and Heron, with other Moorland species 

 are common m this locality. The Pied Flycatcher breeds in Wheeldale, and the 

 Merlin on the higher moors. 



Mr. Peckitt adds : — Cuckoo, Green Woodpecker, Red Start, Spotted Fly- 

 catcher, Pied and Grey Wagtail, KingfisTier, Sandpiper, Ring Ousel. 



Reptiles. — Mr. Peckitt records : — Adder, Grass Snake, Slow-worm, Smooth 

 Newt, Lizard. 



CONCHOLOCY. — The Conchological Section will be officially represented 

 by its President, Mr. J. W. Taylor, F.L.S., and Secretary, Rev. E. P.'Blackburn. 



Land and Freshwater Mollusca. — The Rev. J. Hawell writes : — I have 

 taken in the ditch b}- the side of the old railway Pisidiiim pudllum and Linncca 

 trtincatula. At Fen Bogs I have noted Limax agresiis, Hyalinia niiidiua, 

 H. cjystallina, H. fiilva, Coclilicopa lubrica, and Carychiitin minimum. 



ENTOMOLOGY. — The Entomological Section will be officially represented 

 by Messrs. W. Hewett and J. Waddington, F.E.S. 



Lepidoptera. — Mr. Braim, of Pickering, mentions that C. bicitspis and C. 

 davus occur in the district. Mr. Sewell also mentions C. davits as occuring at Fen 

 Bogs. He also says that one or two good " Skippers" should be found now, also 

 possibly the small Pearl and Pearl-bordered Fritillaries, A. selene, and A. euphrosyne. 



]\Ir. T. Ashton Lofthouse writes that he has not worked in the exact locality 

 proposed to be worked on this occasion, but he has notes of the following insects 

 that have been taken in the district : The Green Hairslreak, T. rubi, C elpenor, 

 N. mitndana, P. similis, A. menyanikidis, O. suipecia, C. xeranipilini, common 

 [will now be in pups], H. glanca, P. intenvga/ionis, G. papilionaria, L. ccesiaia, 

 AI. trisiata, C. silaceaia, etc. The district generally is one in which good insects 

 should be turned up, and well worth working by entomologists. 



Coleoptera. — Tlie Yorkshire Coleoptera Committee will be officiall}- repre- 

 sented by its Secretary, Mr. M. L. Thompson, and Mr. H. Ostheide. 



Mr. M. L. Thompson, F.E.S., writes :- — The Vale of Goathland should 

 prove a good locality for beetles. Such interesting species as Carabits 



aivetisis, Geolnipes typceus, and Ancistranycha ahdominalis have been found on 

 these moors, whilst Helodes ?narginaia occurs on the alders growing by the beck 

 side. The whitethorn blossom on the hill sides vv^ill prove very productive, and 

 some good species ought to result from a careful investigation of the marshy 

 hollows and fosses along the route. 



The Members of the General Committee (including Delegates from Societies) 

 are summoned to attend the meeting at 4-45 p.m., to consider a resolution 

 respecting the Union's library. 



PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS.— 



4-0 p.m. — Meat Tea, 1/6 each ") .^^1 \- .ii 1 u . 1 

 ^ , ^ ^ 1 i\T ^- ^ At the Goathland Hotel. 



4-45 p.m. — General Meetmg 3 



5-37 p.m. — Train leaves for North. 



6-40 p.m. — Train leaves for South. 



In order that an early account of the excursion may appear in the "Naturalist," 

 notes and reports should be forwarded before July 7th to the Secretary of the 

 Y.N.U., the Museum, Hull. 



