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the Cove. The waters collected in Malham Tarn from the hilly district 

 beyond form the source of the river Aire, and half-a-mile from the 

 lower end of the Tarn the stream which issues from it sinks into one of 

 the pot-holes so characteristic of the mountain limestone. In this 

 instance the orifice is filled to the top with loose round stones. The 

 opening is exactly on the line of one branch of the Craven fault. 

 Proceeding from the " Water Sinks," the party passed between the great 

 clifis worn by the stream, which had made its way in that direction 

 before finding its present channel. The geologists came out at the top of 

 the Cove, and having passed over the limestone pavement, they made a 

 slight detour to the right, and descended to the valley, making the best 

 of their way along the course of the stream to Malham village. Here all 

 parties met, and tea was served, and the usual meetings held at the Buck 

 Hotel. The general meeting was presided over by Mr. ^\^alter Morrison, 

 High Sheriff of Yorkshire. The minutes of the previous meeting were 

 taken as read. Fourteen societies were found to be represented, viz : — 

 Beverley, Bradford (Naturalists'), do. (Scientific Ass.) Dewsbury, Elland- 

 cum-Greetland, Halifax, Keighley, Liversedge, Leeds (all three), Wake- 

 field, Shipley, and York and district. The individual attendance was 

 about 50 or 60. Eleven new members were elected, viz : — Mr. Geo, W. 

 Oldfield, M.A., Harrogate ; Mr. John W. Morkhill, Eallingbeck Lodge, 

 Mr. R. M. JaqueS; Easby Abbey, near Richmond ; Rev. Canon J. J. 

 Pulleine, Kir by Wiske, near Thirsk ; Mr. Wm. Bethell, J. P., D.L., 

 Pise Park, near Hull ; Mr. P. D. Home, Leyburn ; Mr. A. D. H. 

 Leadman, Boroughbridge ; Mr. John Hutton, Solberge, near North- 

 allerton ; Mr, T. E. Buckley, F.Z.S., Millerton, Invernessshire ; Mr. ■ 

 Henry Wilson, Cottingham, near Hull ; and Mr, Robert Mortimer, of 

 Fimber, East Riding. A new Society was unanimously admitted into 

 the Union on the motion of Mr. P. F. Lee, seconded by Mr. J. W. 

 Davis, viz., the Doncaster Juvenile Naturalists' and Scientific Society, 

 numbering 24 members. A hearty vote of thanks was then presented to 

 Mr. Morrison for his kindness and hospitality to the members, and for 

 the permission granted to the Union to ramble over his estates. This 

 was proposed by Mr. J. W. Davis, seconded by Mr. Washington Teasdale, 

 F.R.M. S,, of Leeds, and, after being unanimously adopted by the 

 meeting, was responded to by Mr, Morrison. The Sections were then called 

 upon to report, the first being the Geological, for which its president, 

 Mr. J. W. Davis, F.S.A., F.L.S., F.G.S., of Halifax, gave the account 

 which we summarise at the beginning of this article. In the absence of 

 the ofiicers of the Vertebrate Section, Mr. Leonard Gaunt, of Farsley, 

 reported that of birds had been observed 19 resident species — the rook, 

 kestrel, merlin, mallard, lapwing, snipe, kingfisher, chafiinch, linnet, 

 sparrow, redbreast, hedge sparrow, meadow pipit, ringdove, dabchick or 

 little grebe, coal tit, blue tit, pied wagtail, and wren — and four migrants 

 — the wheatear, redstart, swallow, and house martin. In mammalia only 

 a field-mouse had been reported ; of amphibians the frog only, and of 



