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^n old pre-g]acial ravine in the chalk filled with drift, the loose deposits having 

 been gradually withdrawn i)y the waves. The drift beds below the Lighthouse are 

 largely comjjosed of masses of Speeton Clay, Kimmeridge Clay, Red Chalk, etc., and 

 the characteristic fossils of these formations can be obtained in considerable numbers.- 



BOTANY. — The Eoinnical Section will be ofiicially represented by its 

 Secretaries, Messrs. A. II. J'awson, and M. B. Slater, F.L.S., and the iMycological 

 Committee by its President, Rev. W. Fowler, .M.A. 



Mr. J. Frazer Robinson (Mull) writes that in Phanerogamia the list made by 

 ^he Y.N.U. in 1886, and incorporated in 'Flamborough Village and Headland,' is 

 fairly comprehensive. Jxanunculus hederacctis, R. hirsutiis^ Menyanthes, Tripjo- 

 ^xi^" ^{['■'/^^'■^'^^^^'^^ ^^'^^ Carex distans, may be added as found by members of the 

 Hull Scientific Club. In Marine Algae there is a rich held in the various 'wicks' 

 <bays) of the headland. Besides the commonest, still beautiful and interesting, 

 forms wdiich alone are mentioned by Mr. West in the gnide book, they have noted 



beautiful Delcsscriu arc to be found, viz., D. {Maiigcrid) sa?tgiiuua, B. alala, and 

 ■D. nisafolia. There aie two or three distinct varieties of 7\V^t?i'^//A'6V//a /i?/wrt/iZ, 

 ^vith A', nhaia. Lauroicia ctTspitosa (Pepper dulse) is as common or commoner 

 than Chylodadia nrticidala. Ptiloia f-hwwsa is rare at Flamborough, Gnffithsia 

 ■setacea is sometimes cast up. 



The Rev. Robert Fisher, :\r.A., writes that the date is early for this district. 

 It would be the best plan to work from the road at Marton by the old fish ponds to 

 the southern end of the Dane's Dike, and work northwards along it as far as time 

 allows. No complete list of the flora has been published, and it would be useful to 

 thoroughly investigate the parts named as a contribution towards that end. Snme 

 01 the best phanerogams of the district have disappeared owing to drainage and culti- 

 vation. The best ones he has found are mentioned in 'Flamborough Village and 

 Headland.' It is to be hoped that some botanists will follow other parties, so that 

 ^ full list may be obtained for the whole district. 



VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY.— The Vertebrate Section will be officially 

 represented by one of its Secretaries, Mr. Thomas Bunker. 



Birds.— ^Fr. Matthew Bailey's full list in I\Ir. Fisher's book on Flamborough 

 should be referred to. 



Mr. F. Boycs writes that Flamborough Head with its famous sea-cliffs is at all 

 times mteresting to the naturalist, and during the summer months when the sea- 

 low) are breeding there it is particularly so. The 'sea-birds' of Flamborough 

 practically consist of three species : the Guillemot, locally called 'Skoot,' the Razor- 

 ^^[^^h called 'Auk,' and the Pifffin, known as the ' Sea- Parrot'— their numbers are 

 simply incalculable. A few Kiitiwake Gulls nest there, and of late years they have 

 increased considerably. A few pairs of Herring Gulls also breed on the clifis, 

 <:hjefly near f^iley. No other sca-l)irds breed there, l3ut the cliffs afford nesting 

 sites for a number of so-called landd)irds, chief amongst which are the Rock-Dove 

 and Stock-Dove— the former seems to be giving way to the Stock-Dove. Many 

 Jackdaws find a congenial breeding-ground in the clefts, and do much damatre 



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amongst the sea-fowls' eggs. The following species also breed in the cliffs in spar- 



, viz., Starlings, House -Martins, Sand-Martins, Rock Pipits, Tree 



ing numbers, ,_.. ^.,, ..,.,.,._,.. 



oparrows, and a pair or two of Carrion Crows. It would be useless giving a list of 

 the_ migratory birds which occasionally touch at P^lamborough, as at the time of the 

 *Jnion's visit they will be absent. 



Of Mammals, Reptiles, and Fishes there seem to be but few records. 



. _ CONCHOLOGY. — The Concliological section wdll be officially represented 

 by Us President, Mr. ]. Darker Butterell, and its Secretary, Mr. F. W. Ficrke. 



Mr. F. W. Fierke writes :— Numerous isolated records have l)een made of land 

 and freshwater mollusca by different observers who have visited Flamborough but 

 no very systematic work has so far been undertaken ; there can, however, be little 

 <ioubt that the coast between Speeton, Bempton and Flamborough presents features 

 ^vorthy of more extensive and thorough investigation than the district has hitherto 



