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YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS AT SALTBURN. 



reports were then taken, so far as the very hmited time remaining 

 allowed of its being done. 



The Vertebrate Section report was furnished by Mr. James 

 Backhouse, jun., M.B.O.U., the secretary to the section, who had, 

 however, to leave before the meeting took place. He stated that 

 in all 45 species of birds were observed: 28 Residents and 17 

 Migrants. As the district has not been at all thoroughly searched 

 ornithologically, we herewith append a complete list of those species 

 observed on the excursion, as a reference to facilitate future research. 

 Had the day been somewhat finer, it is probable that a better list 

 would have been the result, but the prevailing mist rendered obser- 

 vation difficult. The list is as follows: — Residents'. Blackbird, 

 Song Thrush, Missel Thrush, Dipper, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Yellow 

 Bunting, Hedge Accentor, House Sparrow, Skylark, Pied Wagtail, 

 Grey Wagtail, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Cole Tit, 

 Creeper, Wren, Rook, Jackdaw, Starling, Pheasant, Ring Dove, 

 Stock Dove, Common Gull, Herring Gull, Kittiwake, Cormorant. 

 Migj-ants : Wheatear, Whinchat, Sedge Warbler, Blackcap, White- 

 throat, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Wood Warbler, Grasshopper 

 Warbler, Tree Pipit, Swallow, Martin, Sand Martin, Swift, Spotted 

 Flycatcher, Cuckoo, Common Sandpiper. 



In the absence of the officers of the Conchological Section, 

 Mr. Baker Hudson reported that a total of 31 land moUusca had been 

 taken during the day, Limncea peregra being the only freshwater 

 species observed. On the arrival of the party at Saltburn, at ten 

 o'clock, and pending the departure of the Guisborough train at 11-40, 

 a short examination of the sea-banks below the Zetland Hotel was 

 made, the results being Liviax agrestis, type and var. sylvatica^ Helix 

 7ie?noralis, H. hispida., H. caperata^ and Zua. On arriving at Guis- 

 borough the party started for a wood named ' Tocketts,' where some 

 little halt was called, and the following were met with : — Arion ate?- 

 and var. 7nargi?iata, A. hortensis and var. subfiisca, A. bourgtiigjiafi, 

 Liviax agres/is, L. arborum^ and Z. Icevis — this latter abundantly. 

 Under fallen timber, and in the damper portion of the wood, Zonites 

 aliiarius, Z. nitiditlns, Z. punis, Z. crysfallinjis, Z, fidvus, H. rotuji- 

 data, Clausilia rugosa, C. lajfiinata — th^st two fairly abundantly. 

 A single specimen each of Helix aculeata and Vertigo edentida came 

 to hand, and Carychiuin was common wherever there was moisture. 

 Leaving ' Tocketts,' the route was taken along Skelton Beck to 

 Howl Bridge, between which and Skelton Mill, in addition to the 

 species already mentioned, the following were taken: — Limncea 

 peregra (in pool near Howl Bridge), A. ater vars. pallesce7is and 

 snccinea, A. snbfiisciis (fine), Limax agrestis var. nigra, Vitritia, Zonites 



Naturalist, 



