264 YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS’ UNION AT GRASSINGTON. 
The Reports of the several Sections were presented, and the 
following accounts have been supplied for publication. 
For the Vertebrate Section Mr. Riley Fortune, F.Z.S., supplies 
the following report :-—-The Section was well attended, and included 
its President, Mr. James Backhouse, F.Z.S.; one of its Hon. Secre- 
taries, Mr. Riley Fortune, F.Z.S.; Messrs. Edgar R. Waite, F.L.S., 
. Whitaker, J. Braim, and others. The excursion, so far as the 
Vertebrate Section was concerned, was very successful, the only 
drawback being the weather, which was excessively hot. Birds were 
very plentiful, Wood Warblers and Garden Warblers especially being 
abundant in Grass Wood and neighbourhood. Sandpipers were also 
common along the banks of the Wharfe, and a nest containing eggs 
was found. Yellow Wagtails were also very common ; two or three 
nests of young Dippers were met with, and many others, containing 
either eggs or young birds, marked in the following list. 
At Kilnsey Crag House Martins were breeding in very large 
numbers, the nests attached to the face of the cliffs making a very 
pretty and interesting sight; both the Kestrel and the Redstart were 
noted as breeding there, and a great number of Swifts were also 
observed, many of them, no doubt, having nests in the crevices of 
the rocks. Fifty-four species of birds were observed in all ; of this 
number 34 are residents and 20 summer visitors. 
The waters of the Wharfe were very low and exceedingly clear, 
so that large numbers of Grayling—some of them very fine speci- 
mens—were seen to the best advantage. 
ay’s work resulted in two species new to the district being 
widded to the list, viz., the Dormouse, seen by Mr. Fortune in Grass 
Wood, and the Whiskered Bat, an example of which most oppor- 
tunely and considerately dropped out of the trees right into the 
midst of several officers of the Union during the progress of the 
general meeting, which, on account of the de a, spent was 
held in the large garden attached to Grassington Hou 
The following is a complete list of the vaiietieutis observed 
during the excursion. The asterisks (*) denote that eggs, and the 
daggers (+) that young birds were observed :— 
Mammals. Birds. Great Tit. 
Whiskered Bat. RESIDENTS. Blue Tit. 
Weasel. +Missel Thrush. + Wren, 
Squirrel +Song Thrush. +Pied Wagtail 
Dormouse Blackbird. tGrey Wagtail 
Water Vole. en *Meadow l’ipit. 
Field Vole. Gold *Greenfinch. 
Hare. Peace & aa *House Sparrow: 
Rabbit. +Dipper. *Chaffinch. 
Frese es eT 
Naturalist, 
