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POLYZOA FOUND AT CLEETHORPES 
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GEORGE ROBERT VINE. 
AT the present time, when the Yorkshire coast is being mapped out 
for the study of natural history, as well as for dredging operations, 
I feel sure that Lincolnshire, if properly searched, would yield a fair 
proportion of interesting objects for study. No place, however, 
could have justice done to it unless local residents would help in the 
furnishing of material from the beach which is not of every-day 
occurrence. I am not a frequent visitor to seaside resorts, and, 
since the few days’ rest in 1875, I have only been at Cleethorpes for 
a day’s outing on the two other dates given above. On these three 
occasions, however, I gathered Zoophytes and Polyzoa in abundance, 
and I am convinced that if a good search was made amongst the 
débris which old ocean is constantly throwing upon the beach, much 
good material could be obtained. I nevertheless believe that the 
fact of certain species being common on one occasion by no means 
involves a guarantee that the same species will be found in the beach 
débris on a second or third visit to the same place. My best examples 
of Polyzoa were gathered in September 1875, and although I have 
added to them from time to time, I have very rarely been able to 
excel the first collection ; and some species which were obtained then 
I have rarely met with since. This year, however, I found, while 
examining the dead shells which had been gathered by my children 
in their rambles along the beach, two or three species which I had 
not previously met with, whilst other encrusting forms—such as the 
Membranipore—are much finer and far more abundant than in my 
first collection. 
One of the reasons for delaying the publication of any remarks 
on the Polyzoan fauna of Cleethorpes has been the paucity of 
knowledge as to how many or how few species could be found there. 
I have thought, over and over again, that perhaps some resident in 
the neighbourhood would be better qualified to do the work than 
I was, but seeing that nothing, in all these years of waiting, has been 
forthcoming, I willingly commit myself to the task, in the hope that 
someone else, with fuller knowledge of the locality, will be able to 
add considerably to my initial list. 
Jan. 1892, 
