CiRC. 108. 



Gyninadeiiia are found on a piece of waste ground near Middleton, lesser Tw.iyl)]ade 

 among the Garsdale heather. Several species of Iliciv.ciiiiii, Galiiini and Epilohium 

 have been found. Lamiuni albuiii is curi(.)usly absent within some miles. Viola 

 Iiitea occurs on the limestone. Other species worthy of mention are Yeliow Poppyr 

 Mallow, Genista aii;;^lica^ Yellow Iris, Seditm aiiiiliciijii, Cireica alpiiia, Kosa spin- 

 osissivia (a few bushes, Geranium phicuui (introduced?), Cardaiiiine a?iiara, Marsh 

 Cinqucfoil. The following are also likely to be found on the I.une and Kawthey 

 route : — Scnccio sarace?i-ici!s, Nai-theciiini ossifragujn^ Galiiii/i doreah', G. nioUui^o, 

 JJyperictini dnhiiini^ Carduus JicleropJiyUiis, Scrraliila tincforia^ Habemiria I'iridisy 

 Orchis pyrauiidalis^ Epipaciis latipolia^ I.atlira-a squaviaria^ I/icracii//'/ i/iinvnini^ 

 If. iridcntafu)!!^ II. crocatin/i, and //. iiinbdlatuin. 



Ferns. — Parsley Fern is conunon on the Silurian h'ells. Filmy P^ern is- 

 recorded for Cautley vSpout and Black Force. TricJionuiiies and Wall Rue are 

 found on bridges; A.viridc and C.frngilis on the limestone. /'. diyopfcris -Wi^ 

 pJiegopteris are plentiful in the thickets. HotrycJiiiiui and Cctcrach have been found- 



Mosses and Hepatics. — Three clubmosses are found on the fe Is. Two or 

 lliree species of Niiella or CJiara await identification. At the last Sedbergh 

 meeting eighty-nine mosses, twenly-one hepatics, and fifty lichens were recorded. 

 Mr. Martindale's list of lichens contained tea species then new to the West Riding 

 Flora. 



VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY.— 



Mr. Hugh Richardson, M.A., writes: — ^The following birds among others have 

 bred in the district within recent years i-^Teregrine, Kestrel, Merlin, Spotted Fly- 

 catcher, Dipper, Ring Ouzel, Whinchat, Wheatear, Curlew, (lolden Plover, Snipe, 

 Sandpiper, Wood Warbler, Raven, Crow, Mcigpie, Kingfisher, Heron, (irey Wag- 

 tail, Swift, Sandinartin, Redstart, Tree Pipit, Red Grouse, Cuckoo, Waterhen, 

 Teal, Blackheaded Punting. There is no satisfactory record for Slonechat, and na 

 recent record for Dotterel. 



Mr. Riley Fortune has also found the following breeding in the district withiii 

 the last half-dozen years: — Common Buzzard, Sjiarrow I lawk, Yellow Wagtail, 

 I'ied Flycatcher, Goldcrest, Creeper, all the Tits, and Mallard. 



ENTOMOLOGY.^The Entomological Section will be represented, in the 

 absence of its officers, by Mr. Walter F. Baker, F.F. S. 



Lepidoptera. — Mr. Hugh Richardson states that over loo species of Lepidop- 

 tera are on record ;~ some require confirmation, but among those less easily mistaken 

 are the Poplar, Death's Head, and Humming Bird Hawks, Northern and Ghost 

 Swifts, Clouded Buff, Wood Tiger, Fox Moth (iarvx-), Fmperor {larva'). Clouded 

 Mag])ie, Red Admiral, Painteil Lady, Pearl Bordered Frilillary [A. cuplirosync). 

 The mountain species C. daims has been looked for, but there is no satisfactory record. 



Coleoptera. — Mr. Walter F. Baker, while in the district about a month ago, 

 found, considering the season of the year, a great number of species. The nature 

 of the country is unfavourable to a(|uat!C species, but the semi-aquatic Dianoils and 

 Eliiiis were eonnnon, and the various species of CocciuelUdic were common in the 

 pine woods, and CoryDibitcs cuprens and C. puiiin'i'oniis were abundant. 



CONCHOLOGY.-— This section will be represented, in the absence of its 

 officers, by Mr. W. Denison Roebuck, I''. L.S. 



Mr. Hugh Richardson, M.A , writes that the limestone to the east will probably 

 be the best hunting ground, as there is but little standing water and the streams are 

 mostly too rough and rapid for bivalves. limnica peregra, Anryh/s JIuriafih'St 

 Helix m-buslorwiif II. hoiteiisis, Ilyalinia fulva^ II radiatula^ II nitidiila^ Azeca 

 fiidenSj Helix riipestris, Veriip^o pygmwa, Arioii aicr:, A. eijricfnscripliis, Agriolisnax 

 agrestis, Helix rnfcscois^ Il.rotiuidata^ ClaiisHia rugosa, and Coeliiieopa liibrica are 

 recorded. But the district has hardly been worked yet, and such things as Balea 

 should be sought for. 



Wtr MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE are hereby 

 specially convened to attend this meeting for the purpose of completing the business 

 of the Annual Meeting, by receiving and considering the Balance Sheet and vState- 

 ment of Accounts for 1893, which, having been duly audited, will be submitted 

 by the Hon. Treasurer. 



PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS.— 



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