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supplemented by Mr. Percy Lund, of Ilkley, who had spent the previous 

 two days at Cracoe and Thorpe Hall, where he had found upwards of 50 

 fossils, including Lithostrotion basaltiforme, Phillipsia seminifera, Pro- 

 ductus giganteus, P. semireticulatus, P. scabriculus, P. Youngianus, P. 

 margaritaceus, P. cora, Spirifer glaber, Streptorhynchus crenistria, 

 Terebratula sacculus, T, hastata, Pleurorhynchus abseformis, and Orthis 

 resupinata. In Vertebrate Zoology, Mr. Clarke, the secretary of thi 

 section, made the report. The list of birds included 32 resident species 

 and 18 summer visitants, the most ii^teresting of which were the dipper, 

 grey wagtail, common sandpiper, and curlew. A collection of local birds 

 in the possession of Mr. F, Holmes, of Grassington, included the following 

 additional species : — Stonechat, fieldfare, snow bunting, barn owl, tawny 

 owl, snipe, dotterel, common tern, and teal. It also contained a specimen 

 of the bittern, shot near Grass Wood about 1876. Another bird of this 

 species was shot about the same time near Arncliffe. A pair of short- 

 eared owls, shot upon the neighbouring moors, was seen in another 

 house. In Mammalia, including information gleaned from the game- 

 keeper and others by Mr. Roebuck, there were about 16 species noted. 

 These included a bat, the mole, hedgehog, shrew, fox, otter, weasel, 

 stoat, squirrel, water vole, field vole, common rat, house mouse, hare and 

 rabbit. In addition to these, the red deer may be included in the fauna, 

 inasmuch as those in Buckden deer-park have existed there uninter- 

 ruptedly from the time at which the deer of Wharfedale were walled in. 

 The reptiles noted were the common lizard, frog, and toad. It was stated 

 that there were no vipers in Grass Woods. For the Conchological 

 Section, its president (Mr. Cash) occupying the chair of the general 

 meeting, called upon Mr, W. Denison Roebuck to report, as follows : — 

 During the day 39 species and varieties of mollusca had been collected, 16 

 of which were additional to the previously recorded fauna of the district. 

 The best captures were the variety gibbosa of Ancylus fluviatilis, taken 

 by Mr. Roebuck in the Wharf e at Deepdale Bridge, 15 miles above 

 Grassington ; Zonites radiatulus and Clausilia laminata, found in Grass 

 High Wood ; the varieties tumidula of Clausilia rugosa, Nouletiana of 

 Cochlicopa tridens, and lubricoides of C. lubrica. The full list of shells 

 fs as follows, those marked * being new to the district list : — *Pisidinm 

 fontinale, *Planorbis spirorbis, *Limn8ea peregra, *L. palustris, *L. 

 truncatula, "^Ancylus fluviatilis, *ditto var. gibbosa, Arion hortensis, 

 Limax agrestis, *L. maximus (one), *Vitrina pellucida, Succinea putris, 

 Zonites cellarius, Z. alliarius, Z. nitidulus, ^Z. radiatulus, *Z. crystallinus, 

 *Z. fulvus, Helix nemoralis, H. hortensis, H. arbustorum, H. rufescens, 

 H. concinna, H. hispida, H. fusca (one), H. ericetorum, H. rotundata, H. 

 rupestris, H . lapicida (Kettlewell), Bulimus obscurus, Pupa umbilicata, 

 Clausilia laminata (one), C. rugosa, ditto var. dubia, *ditto var. tumidula, 

 ^Cochlicopa tridens, var. Nouletiana, C. lubrica, *ditto var. lubricoides, 

 *Carychium minimum. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded a 

 very pleasant and siiccessful gathering. — W. D. R. 



