YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS’ UNION AT HORTON-IN-RIBBLESDALE. 179 
On the motion of Mr. John Gerrard, seconded by Mr. Geo. 
Webster, and supported by Prof. L. C. Miall, F.L.S., F.G.S., a hearty 
vote of thanks was accorded to Messrs. John Foster, James Farrer, 
J. Hammond, Ald. T. B. P. Ford, John Slinger, and the Rev. Arthur 
Ingilby, for granting permission for their estates to be visited; to 
Mr. J. G. Goodchild, F.G.S., Mr. R. H. Tiddeman, F.G.S., the 
Misses Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Ellwood Brockbank, Messrs. 
Wm. Whitwell, Wm. West, F.L.S., and E. Peake, for leading parties, 
or contributing to the excursion programme. 
The reports of the Sectional officers were next presented, and the 
following accounts have since been supplied for publication. 
Mr. Riley Fortune, F.Z.S., one of the Secretaries of the Vertebrate 
Zoology Section, supplies the following report :— 
The members bent on investigating the vertebrate fauna of the 
district divided into two parties, among whom were the two Hon. 
Secs. : Messrs. James Backhouse, F.Z.S., and Riley Fortune, F.Z.S., 
John Braim, John Gerrard, W. idedalé Edgar R. Waite, F.L.S. 
and others. 
One party started from Horton, worked up the valley of the 
Ribble and joined the other one, which had started from Ribblehead 
Station, in Ling Gill. The combined forces then took across the 
moors to Penyghent, returning to Horton by Douk Gill. The day’s 
work resulted in the recording of 5 species of Mammals, 51 Birds 
(35 residents, 16 migrants), 1 Amphibian, and 2 Fishes. 
The most noteworthy event of the day was the appearance of 
a small party of Fieldfares, an unusually late date for them to be 
seen in this country. The numbers of Yellow Wagtails to be seen 
on all sides was very noticeable, they having apparently quite taken 
the place of the Grey Wagtail. The finding of a Lapwing’s nest 
containing the unusual number of five eggs, excited some amount 
of interest. Dippers were extremely plentiful, many nests being 
met with. The total absence of the Kingfisher in the district 
worked was specially noticeable. The Peregrine Falcon and Raven 
both had young among the inaccessible cliffs of Penyghent. The 
thanks of all naturalists are due to Mr. John Foster, of Horton, 
who affords these birds every protection. The efforts of such 
gentlemen as Mr. Foster for the preservation of these noble birds, 
however, are to a very great extent minimised by such persons as 
the one who shot the Raven in Feizor Wood, and then nailed it 
to his fowl-house, where it was seen by a party of naturalists who 
Stayed over Sunday. 
The following is a complete list ‘of Vertebrates noticed. The 
asterisks (*) indicate nest with eggs, and the daggers (+) young birds. 
June 1892. 1892. 
