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*Merlin, ^Kestrel, ancl*Sparrow-hawk breed every year, while the Buzzard and Ilcn 

 Harrier did so in former times. He has one of three eggs of Montagu's Harrier 

 which were taken out of a nest in the vicinity. The following birds are residents 

 or visitors :— *Long-eared and *Tawny Owls, Great Grey Shrike/Pied Flycatcher, 

 ""Dipper, *Ring Ouzel, Stonechat, "Long-tailed Tit, *Pied and Grey Wagtails, 

 Snow Bunting, Black-headed Bunting, Twite, *Green and CJreat Spotted Wood- 

 peckers, "Kingfisher, *Nightjar, *Stock Dove, *Red Grouse, *Golden Plover, 

 Dotterel, ''Curlew. Redshank, *Snipe, Woodcock, Spotted Crake, Mallard, Teal, 

 and Black-headed Gull, besides the commoner species of the moorlands. 



Mr. J. W. W'heldon notes that the Heron occasionally nests in Kingthorpe 

 Wood and the Twite on Saltersgate Brow ; also that his sons have found between 

 Bickering and the north end of Newtondale the eggs of all the birds marked with 

 an asterisk in Mr. ]iraim's list, as well as of the Spotted Flycatcher, Missel and 

 Song Thrushes, Blackbird, Hedge Accentor, Robin, Redstart, Wheatear, White- 

 throat, Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, ChilTchaff, Goldcrest, Wren, 

 Creeper, Great, Blue, Cole and Marsh Tits, Tree and Meadow Pipits, Skylark, 

 Chafhnch, Tree and House Sparrows, Greenfinch, Lesser Redpoll, Linnet, Bull- 

 finch, Starling, Carrion Crow, Rook, Jackdaw, Magpie, Jay, Cuckoo, Swallow, 

 House and Sand Martins, Swift, I'heasant, Partridge, Peewit, Sandpiper, Water 

 Rail, Moorhen, Grasshopper Warbler, and Lesser W'hitethroat. 



Of Mammals, Mr. Braim has noted the Fox, Stoat, Weasel, and Water Vole ; 

 of Reptiles, the Adder and Common Lizard ; and of Fishes, the Trout, which is 

 common in the streams. Mr. J. W. Wheldon notes also the Grayling, Minnow, 

 Loach, and Millers'-thumb. 



CONCHOLOGY.— There arc no mollusca whatever on record for the area of 

 the present excursion, but the district is a promising one, and conchologists who 

 will work their way up the stream-side, from Levisham Station northwards, may be 

 encouraged by the remembrance of the great success of the Union's former visit to 

 the district in 1886, when the valley was explored southwards from Levisham. 



ENTOMOLOGY. "The Entomological Section will be officially represented 

 by its President, Rev. W. C. Hey, M.A., and its Secretaries, Messrs. A. E. Hall, 

 F.E.S., and W. E. Baker, E.E.S. 



Lepidoptera.— Mr. Braim has noted lliecla rubi 2ir\(\ Chortohius davus in tlie 

 upper part of Newtondale. No other records appear to be available. 



Coleoptera.— Rev. W. C Hey, M.A., writes that the whole of this moorland 

 waste is productive of Coleoptera. The sandy roads have yielded such species as 

 Pterostifhus zitreus, P. ccthiops, Carabus nitcm, and C. m-vcnsis. The mossy 

 pools (which are however few in number and dry up before summer) yield abundance 

 of Hydropori, especially 11. melanarius, PI. tristis, and H. gylknhalli. If the 

 weather is sunny, great numbers of beetles, may be taken on the wing, especially 

 Pochimva caprece and species of Aphodii. The thick moss which grows among the 

 heather is very rich in insects, yielding Calathus, Ocypus, Myriucdoma, Brady ccihis., 

 and many other genera. 



Other Orders.— Nothing known, but specimens collected may be sent to 

 Messrs. G. T. Porritt, E.L.S., Crosland Flail, Huddersfield, (Neuroptera, Tn- 

 choptera, or Orthoptera), and R. H. Meade, i. Mount Royd, Manninghani, 

 (Diptera), or P. PL Grimshaw, F.E.S., Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art, 

 (Diptera). 



PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS.— 



3-52 p.m.— Train leaves Levisham for Pickering. 



A-C p.m.— Meat Tea, 2/- each . , ■ 



5-0 p.m.— Sectional Meetings \ At Longhorn's Black Swan Hotel, Pickering. 



5-30 p.m.— General Meeting 



NOTE.— At Pickering ^^r. Thos. Mitchelson will be pleased to allow members 

 to visit his private Museum of Antiquities and Natural History, and Mr. J. W . 

 Wheldon will be glad to explain his system offish-hatching. 



ANNUAL MEETING.— The Yoi-k Society will on this occasion have a 

 series of Exhibits in the Museum to illustrate the work done by the Union and all 

 its Sections, Committees, and Members during the season of 1895 ; and they hope 

 to rely on all workers to support them in making a successful display. 



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