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Stuart, of Staincliffe, seconded by Mr. Thomas Lister, of Barnsley. 

 On introducing the subject of new members, the chairman made an 

 effective and telling speech, in which he pointed out that the Union made 

 excursions into different parts of the county, not only for investigation 

 and social enjoyment, but also to draw public attention to the work which 

 it endeavours to do, and thereby enlist support. A gratifying result of 

 this speech, and of the personal efforts of members present, was that the 

 list of four new members which the secretaries had brought with them 

 was increased on the spot to twenty. The following were elected : Rev. 

 R. M Norman, Yicar of Maltby, Rev. W. T. Travis of Roche Abbey, 

 Dr. W. H. Crossley of Maltby, Dr W. J, Lancaster, president of 

 Barnsley Nat. Society, Messrs. Thomas Carter of Masham, W. Hoffman 

 Wood of Leeds, Edward Birks (president Sheffield Nat. Club), F. 

 Brittain, F. H. Colley and J. W. Mclntyre of Sheffield, Isaac Walker 

 (president Rotherham Nat. Society), F. W. Dickinson, S. H. Bennett, 

 Thomas E. Denham, James Rhodes, Geo. Eskholme, J.P. , and R. 

 Marsh, jun., of Rotherham, and H. Somerset, M. H. Stiles, and J. M. 

 Kirk of Doncaster. Thanks were then unanimously voted, on the 

 motion of Mr. Councillor F. Brittain of Sheffield, seconded by Dr. 

 Burman of Wath-on-Dearne, to the Earl of Scarborough for permission to 

 visit his estates during the day, and to the Revs. Norman and Travis, 

 and Messrs. Bennett and Dickinson, for acting as leaders of parties. 

 The Sectional reports were then given. Mr. James Backhouse, jun., of 

 York, secretary, reported on behalf of the Vertebrate Section. Very 

 little was observed excepting birds, of which an unusual number were 

 noted. The resident species seen numbered 36, of which may be 

 mentioned jay, creeper, nuthatch, heron, coot, great-crested grebe, and 

 little grebe (the two latter species nesting in Sandbeck Park). The 

 summer visitants noted were as follows : Redstart, whinchat, wheatear, 

 chiffchaff, willow wren (abundant), wood wren, whitethroat, lesser white- 

 throat, blackcap, sedge warbler, grasshopper warbler, yellow wagtail, 

 tree pipit, swallow, martin, sand martin, cuckoo, swift, and corncrake. 

 The only reptile seen worthy of note was a viper about 3ft. in length. 

 For Conchology the Rev. W. C. Hey, M.A., of York, president of the 

 Section, reported that not very much had been done. No water-shells 

 had been found at all, while of land moUusca 18 species, as follows, had 

 been collected :— *Helix aspersa, H. rotundata, *H. lapicida, H. nemo- 

 ralis, H. hispida, Zonites cellarius, Z. crystallinus, *Z. purus, Z. niti- 

 dulus, Clausilia rugosa, Pupa umbilicata, Cochlicopa lubrica, "^Corychium 

 minimum, Arion ater, A. hortensis, Limax agrestis, Bulimus obscurus, 

 and *Yertigo edentula. Those marked * were additional to the list 

 already printed in the circular. The Entomological Report was given by 

 Mr. G. T. Porritt, F.L.S., of Huddersfield, president of the Section, 

 who recorded that very little had been done. Among lepidoptera- 

 Messrs. George Rose and W. E. Brady had taken larvge of Thecla W- 

 album, and Xanthia gilvago (?), and Mr, W. Hewett of York had secured 



