CiRC. No. T22. 



Lichens, Fungi, and Algse.— There are no records, but Mr. Chas. Crossland 

 (4, Coleridge Street, Halifax) will be glad to receive on behalf of the Mycological 

 Committee any fungi collected. 



VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY.—The Vertebrate section will be represented 

 by its President, Mr. Thos. H. Nelson, M.B.O.U., and one of its Secretaries, 

 Mr. Oxley Grabham, M.B.O.U. 



Mr. James Carter, M.B.O.U., of Burton House, near Masham, who has 

 a most intimate personal knowledge of the vertebrates of the whole district, 

 mentions that Hackfall and its environs are favourite haunts of the Fox, Otter, 

 and Badger. A specimen of the last named was captured quite recently, and is 

 still, he believes, living in a state of activity. The Great and Lesser Spotted 

 Woodpeckers nest there every year as well as most of our spring immigrants, 

 including the Pied Flycatcher and Wood Warbler; the former unusually frequent 

 there owing to suitable surroundings for such species. 



Fishes.— Mr. F. M. Walbran writes that the fish which inhabit the stretch of 

 river which extends from Hackfall to Ripon are Grayling, Trout, Dace, Chub, 

 Barbel, Eel, Perch, Pike, Salmon, Bull Trout. 



CONCHOLOGY.—The Conchological section will be represented by its 

 President, Mr. II. Crowther, F.R.M.S. 



The woods at Hackfall and Mickley are amongst the most productive to be 

 ■ found in Yorkshire, yielding the great bulk of the woodland mollusca, includmg 

 Helix lavi cU ata \Vi profusion, Pupa ringens, Clatisilia la?mnaia, etc., and in the 

 river Ure, at Hackfall, is to be found Neritina Jlitviatilis. 



ENTOMOLOGY.— Fntomologically much ought to be dpne in the woods 



and along the river-banks, but it does not appear that very much is known. 



Mr. J. Waite, signalman, of Ripon, writes that he has found in the district to 

 be investigated the following in the larval state on willow catkins, ^Vz.'.—Eupithcaa 

 (emtiala, Xanlhia ceraoo, X silago, X. ferruginea, Oithosia lota, 7\c-niocampa 

 gothica, T. instabilis, etc. 



Mr. J. Carter writes that the Comma Butterfly {Vanr.ssa c-alhitni) occurs _in 

 the district. Some years ago, when following the otter hounds, he met with quite 

 '■'a flight of them feeding on the Scabious, and he captured four specimens. 



WORK TO BE DONE by members who have no special object_ of 

 investigation. Worms (especially the small aquatic and muddiaunting species) 

 to be collected and sent to Rev. Hilderic Friend, 7, Fern Bank, Cockermouth ; 

 Diptera to P. H. Grimshaw, F.F.S., 26, Montpellier Park, Fdinburgh, or 

 R. FI. Meade, i, Mount Royd, Manningham ; Orthoptera, Trichoptera, NeU- 

 roptera, to G. T. l^orritt, F.L.S., Crosland Hall, Fluddersfield ; and Tubes ot 

 Water containing Freshwater Algffi, to W. West, F.L.S., 15, Horton Lane, 

 Bradford. 



PHOTOGRAPHIC DARK ROOMS. — Mr. H. B. Rudd, chemist, 

 Westgate, and Mr. C. Watson, photographic artist,_ Kirkgate, have each a dark 

 room which is at the convenience of members requiring the same. 



PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS,— 



-Meat Tea, 2/- each, at the Studley Royal Hotel, Ripon. 



-Sectional Meetings \ at the Museum, Ripon, by kind permission of the 



-General Meeting / Ripon Naturalists' Club. 



The chair at the General Meeting will be taken by Mr. FIenrv CrowthkR, 

 F.R.M.S., Vice-President. ■ 



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