8 JNIR. EDWIN BURNUPS REPORT OF 



Viviparous Bistort, Polygonum vivipanim. 

 Spotted Orchis, Orchis inaculafa. 

 Marsh ,, ,, lad folia. 



Purple ,, ,, mascula. 



Sweet-scented Orchis, Gyinnadenia Concpsea. 

 Tvvayblade, Listera ovata. 

 Scottish Asphodel, Toficldia palu&tris. 

 Blue Grass, Sesleria cantlca. 



Ferns. 



Adder's Tongue, Opkioglossw/i vidgatum. 



Moonwort, Botrychium lunaria. 



Common Spleen wort, Aspleninm trichomanes. 



Wall ,, ,, Riita-imiraria. 



Green ,, ,, viride. 



Brittle Bladder Fern, Cystopteris fragilis. 



Oak Fern, Polypoditim Dryopteris. 



Beech ,, ,, pheyopteris. 



Polypody Fern ,, vulgar e. 



Blechnum, Blechmim spicant. 



Shield Fern, Aspidiiim acideatum. 



Male ,, ,, filix-jnas. 



Female ,. Asplejiitim Jilix-foemina. 



Bracken, Pteris aqtcilina. 



Parsley Fern, Allcsoriis crispis. 



The following were among the birds seen or heard : — 

 kestrel, curlew, snipe, golden plover, green plover, redshank 

 and nest, sandpiper, dipper, king ousel, wheatear, whinchat, 

 meadow pipet and young, wren and young, pied wagtail and 

 nest, yellow and grey wagtail, spotted flycatcher, swallow, 

 house martin, grouse and young. 



The Fourth Meeting was held on Saturday, July 26th, at 

 Edlingham. On arrival at Edlingham Station the party were 

 met by Mr. J. H. Holmes, who most kindly acted as guide. 

 Leaving the station and proceeding a short distance along the 

 road towards Rothbury, a good view of Edlingham village, 

 Norman Church and ruined Pele Tower was obtained ; then 

 striking up a rough track through luxuriant growth of heather 

 and bracken we made our way across the moors to Black Lough, 

 a small sheet of water in the wild moorland, on which 



