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l^oi1^8biie Batvnalists' mnion. 



president : 



JOHN CORDEAUX, M.J3.0.U., Great Cotes, Lincolnshire. 



1f3on. Secrerarg : 



WM. DENISON ROEBUCK, F.L.S., Sunny Bank, Leeds. 



1bon. Secretary tor this /nSeeting : 



Rev. C. }). ASH, B.A. , Skipwith Vicarage, Selby. 



THE 124th meeting 



Will be held at 



SELBY, 



For the investigation of 



Skipwith Common 



On SATURDAY, June 20th, 1896. 



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RAILWAY ARRANGEMENTS.— Through return tickets at pleasure 

 party rates will be issued at all Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Durham stations on 



p ./"• ^^ ^- "^^ ^^^ L. & v., L. & N. W., IsJ. S. & L., Midland, and N. E. 

 Railways which have booking arrangen^ents for Selby, Riccall, Escrick, Cliff 

 ^ommon, Hemingbrough or Stamford Bridge, to Members and Associates of the 

 V-N.U. producing their signed card of Membership. Tickets taken on Friday or 

 ^aturday, June 19th and 20lh, will be available for return any day up to Monday, 

 J^me 22nd. Stamford Bridge tickets are available for return from Escrick and Sclby. 



BOOKS AND MAPS.— The district for investigation is included in Sheet 

 71 (formerly 93 S.W. ) one-inch Ordnance Map, and the geological route also 

 in Sheet 63 (93 N.E.) (both published geologically coloured, as also\are the six-inch 

 ^^heets 206 and 207, but the Drift edition alone is of any use). Reference may l)e 

 "lade to papers by Dr. H. F. Parsons on the Alluvial Strata of the Lower Ouse 

 Valley (Proc. V.G. and Pol. Soc, 1S77), and on the Trias of the Southern Part of 

 the Vale of York (op. cit., 1879) by P. F. Kendall on the Glacfation of Yorkshire 

 (op. cit. 1893) ; antl by Rev. C. D. Ash on the Lepidoptera of Skipwith (Nat 

 Mch. 1895, p. ^3> and Mch., 1S96, p. 8$). 



^ PERMISSION to visit their properties lias been kindly granted by Lord 

 Wenlock, Mr. Riley Briggs, and Messrs. J. G. and C Parker-Toulson. 



HOTEL ACCOMMODATION.— Members will find ample accommoda- 

 «on at the Londesborough Arms Hotel, Sclby. 



Q-i . ^.^E DISTRICT for investigation is the large heathy tract known as 

 bkipwith Common (out-lined on the map in })]ack) ; the Holly Carrs Wood on the 

 outskirts of Escrick Park, and the Park itself. Naturalists requiring woodland 

 ■"species should take the latter route. 



FRIDAY'S ROUTES.— Entomologists can have an evening's collectitiir 

 ■^n the common (Lepidopterists bringing sugar and lamps). Leave Sclby 6-24 

 P-"!., arrive Riccall 6-^^ ; follow made road to edge of common, where Rev. C. D. 

 ^^hwill meet any who have previously signified to him their intention to co'me! 

 p ^elby member has kindly offered to drive members back to Selby after the 

 nghtswork. Tliose who wish to avail themselves of this privilege must send 

 ^^otice to Rev. C. D. Ash, Skipwith, not later than Thursday morning's post. 



