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mentioning the anticlinal of Yoredale rocks, forced to the surface south- 

 west of the town, the numerous faults in connection with which gave rise 

 to the several springs for which Harrogate is so famous, and the general 

 arrangement of the kinder scout grits, whose outcrop may be seen, for 

 example, at Birk Crag. The party then proceeded by rail to Otley ; the 

 weather had cleared up, and the valley of the Wharfe was seen to great 

 advantage — the outcrop of the sandstone at Great Aimer CliflP, and the 

 undulating but hilly country to the north of the river, and the precipitous 

 cliffs constituting Otley Chevin on the south, presenting a very pleasing 

 picture. The ascent of Otley Chevin was made, the exertion being well 

 repaid by the magnificent view obtained from the summit. The whole of 

 the hills opposite are composed of kinder grit, which dipped southwards 

 under the Chevin ; the third grit series being exposed on the slope of the' 

 hill, surmounted by the upper thick-bedded grit of that -series, being the 

 same bed of rock of which the Cow and Calf are composed. The south 

 slope of the Chevin dips under the rough rock and coal measures beyond 

 Yeadon. For vertebrate zoology Mr. W. Eagle Clarke, F.L.S., as 

 secretary of the section, reported that most of the resident and summer 

 visitants amongst the birds of the district had been observed, but no 

 additional species had been added to the list furnished in last month's 

 Naturalist A kingfisher had been observed at Lindley — a fact which is 

 worthy of mention, as the bird is extremely rare in the Washburn. In 

 the other classes of vertebrates, no species had been added to the lists 

 given in the August number of the Naturalist. In the absence of the 

 oflicers of the Conchological Section, Mr. W. Denison Roebuck stated 

 that two additions — Limax Isevis and Pisidium pusillum, both from 

 Blubberhouses — had been made to the Washburn shell-list, but that the 

 species (and individuals) observed during the day were very few in 

 number, including only Limax agrestris and L. arborum, Arion ater, 

 A. hortensis. Helix rufescens, Limnsea peregra, Ancylus fluviatilis, a 

 Zonites, and Cochlicopa lubrica, all from Blubberhouses except the 

 H. rufescens, which was from the lower part of the valley. For the 

 Entomological Section, its president, Mr. Geo. T. Porritt, F.L.S., of 

 Huddersfield, who had been obliged to leave before the general meeting, 

 left a report to the effect that the weather had considerably spoilt 

 collecting, but that in any case the locality would probably have proved 

 very unproductive. One party had worked Washburndale, but only very 

 common species had been noticed, and those who went over Otley Chevin 

 had found the ground equally unproductive. Some species, usually 

 common on such ground, were quite absent. The only noteworthy 

 species was Penthina sauciana, which he had found rather common on 

 the bilberry hills at Otley Chevin. He also noticed the following, 

 hitherto unrecorded for the district : — Metrocampa margaritata, Larentia 

 pectinitaria, Cidaria immanata, Sciaphila virgaureana, and Ablabia 

 pratana, common. —A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the 

 meeting.— W. D. R., W. E. C. 



