YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS’ UNION AT HAYBURN WYKE. 285 
were first held, and at 7.0 o’clock were followed by the General 
Meeting, Mr. Charles P. Hobkirk, F.L.S., presiding. The minutes 
of the previous meeting being taken as read, the following four new 
members were elected, viz.:—Messrs. Thomas Carnell, Halifax ; 
R. F. Dawson, Bradford; H. S. Holmes, BSc., Skipton; and 
A. C. Holtby, Boroughbridge. On calling the roll of Affiliated 
Societies, it was found that the following were represented : 
Liversedge, Bradford, Leeds, Sheffield, Dewsbury, Malton, Hull, 
Halifax, Cleveland, and Scarborough Naturalists’ Societies; Leeds 
and Hull Geological Societies; Scarborough Philosophical Society ; 
and the Conchological Society. 
On the motion of Mr. F. Fielder Walton, F.G.S., seconded by the 
Rev. A. Powys, M.A., a vote of thanks was passed to Messrs. J. W. 
Woodall, M.A., J.P., Peter Tissiman, and S. Day for granting 
permission to visit their respective holdings ; and to Messrs. Edward 
R. Cross, W. J. Clarke, C. Fox Strangwayes, F.G.S., M. B. Slater, 
F.L.S., George E. Massee, F.R.M.S., Rev. W. C. Hey, M.A, 
Jas. H. Rowntree, Charles D. Head, and J. A. Hargreaves fit 
leading parties or contributing to the excursion-programme. 
The Sectional Reports were then presented, and the following 
accounts have since been supplied. 
_ For the Vertebrate Section, Mr. Edgar R. Waite, F.L.S., one of 
the ex-Secretaries, furnishes the following report :—It is a very rare 
occurrence that the Vertebrate Section is not represented by one or 
more of its officers, but such was the case on the present excursion, In 
accordance with the arrangements stated on the excursion-programme, 
the party, nine in number, was conducted by Mr. W. J. Clarke, of 
Scarborough, and included, in addition to its leader and the writer, 
Messrs. W. Gyngell, H. Simmonds, and younger followers attached 
to the Scarborough Societies. After leaving the hotel the party 
crossed the Hayburn Beck, and proceeded along the cliff top to the 
north of the Wyke. Many Common and Herring Gulls were either 
flying a short distance from the land, or following the plough in the 
neighbouring fields. Mr. Clarke, who was some distance ahead, saw 
a single Great Black-backed Gull. Occasionally a Cormorant would 
Sail past beneath the cliff, looking scarcely larger than the Jackdaws 
nesting freely beneath the summit, in company with a Kestrel, which 
€w out on the approach of the party. It was expected that the 
Stock Dove would be seen, but such was not the case ; and although 
House Martins were very numerous, it was not certain that they 
were breeding in the cliffs. After proceeding for about’ two miles, 
the word was given to descend, and then began a somewhat 
orga undertaking, the party moving slowly in Indian file, 
