§8 REPORT OF THE MEETINGS FOR 1899 



in a storm are churned into spray, which rises to such a 

 considerable height as to be visible from the mainland. 



The present Chapel of St. Cuthbert stands upon the site 

 of a much older building, and was restored to its present 

 condition by the late Archdeacon Thorp in 1848, his memory 

 being perpetuated by a stained glass window in the chancel 

 representing the figure of St. Aidan, the first bishop. Another 

 window of equal beauty shows St. Cuthbert, with King 

 Oswald's head in his hand, and is dedicated to the memory 

 of that saint ; while a third, in remembrance of Grace 

 Horsley Darling, who died on 20th October 1842, and who 

 was buried in Bamburgh Churchyard, shows the figure of 

 St. Ethelwald. 



Suspended over the flowers of the Sea Campion {Silene 

 maritima), which everywhere clothes the rocks with its 

 pleasing green foliage and white blossoms, one or two 

 specimens of the Humming Bird Hawk Moth {Macroglossa 

 stellatarum) attracted attention, and we were told by the 

 watchers that they " had observed several of these moths 

 during the previous week or two. This insect had appeared 

 in the district, and indeed all over the country, in great 

 profusion in the early part of this month, many having 

 been seen or captured in different places ; and during a 

 visit to the Fames on the 8th inst., I noticed them upon 

 more than one of the islands. Upon that occasion also two 

 Painted Lady Butterflies {Vanessa cardui) were observed 

 upon the Wawmses. 



Although the sea to-day most unfortunately prevented any 

 serious work, from an ornithological point of view, being 

 attempted, the following observations, made in the course of 

 several visits to the islands during recent years, will suffice 

 to bring up to date Mr Selby's notes upon the birds, as 

 given in Mr Tate's paper already referred to. 



Thanks to the protection now afforded by the Wild Birds' 

 Protection Act, and to the meritorious efforts of the Association 



