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about a hundred yards from Redmire station, may be searched with 

 advantage for Bulivms obscurics, Helix rufescetis, Claiisilia ?-ugosa, Ztia 

 lubrica, etc. At Bolton Castle have been taken Limax arborum, Zotiites 

 cellarms, Z. glaber, Helix arbustortwi, etc. On walls about Castle 

 Banks and by roadsides leading up to Scarth Nick H. lapicida is 

 abundant, while Balea perversa and Helix rupestris are by no means 

 uncommon along the whole escarpment from Scarth Nick to Leyburn 

 Shawl. Conchological visits to this part of Wensleydale having only been 

 flying ones, there are numerous other species which niay be looked for 

 with full expectation of success. The list for all Wensleydale, published 

 in 1882, included 52 species and varieties, of which 10 only were 

 aquatic forms. 



Vertebrate Zoology. 



Mr. James Carter, of Burton House, Masham, furnishes the 

 following notes : — 



The varied and extensive character of the district of Wensleydale 

 to be visited offers a rare opportunity for observation to all who are 

 interested in its vertebrate fauna. The Mammalia and Fishes are well 

 represented, and the Avifauna is of such a comprehensive character 

 (both numerically and in rarity) that it is a somewhat difficult task to 

 particularize. The river Yore is the resort of the Kingfisher, Dipper, 

 Sandpiper, Heron, etc. The beautiful woods and grounds of Bolton 

 Hall, also the hanging woods and coppices of Leyburn Shawl and 

 Scarth Nick are frequented by most of our warblers and spring migrants, 

 besides manyresidents, whilst on the adjacent moorlands may beseen the 

 Merlin, Curlew, Golden Plover, Grouse, Snipe, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 

 Ring Ouzel, etc. The rarer visitors to the district include the Rough- 

 legged Buzzard, Peregrine Falcon, Hen Harrier, Pied Flycatcher, Wax- 

 wing, Stonechat, Blackcock, Green Sandpiper, and other rare species, 

 including the Sclavonian Grebe, of which specimens obtained a few 

 months ago on the river Yore may now be seen at Mr. Chapman's, at 

 Carperby, where they were sent for preservation. 



Programme of Meetings. 



5- o p.m. — Meat Tea, 2/- each, at the Golden Lion Hotel, Leyburn 



6- o p.m.-Sectional Meetings j^ ^^^ p^^^j^ ^^^^^ 

 6-30 p.m. — General Meetmgs J 



7-35 p.m. — Departure of , Train. 



