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Yorkshire NatiLralists at Spurn. 



On the following- date the party continued its investigations 

 in the Spurn district, and on Monday, whilst some were called 

 away to business, others appeared upon the scene, the party 

 breaking- up on Monday evening-. 



For the V^ertebrate Section Mr. Riley Fortune reports : — The 

 chief object of the ornithologists was to visit the colonies of 

 Lesser Tern and Ringed Plover which exist upon the shingly 

 beach of Spurn (Plate X.). It was satisfactory to find that fair 



Photo by] Thrushes' Slaughter Stone, Spurn Head. {Godfrey Biugley. 



numbers of both species still manage to exist, and that the nest- 

 ing season has been more favourable than that of last year, when 

 most of the eggs were destroyed by the high tides. 



The two species are found nesting along practically the 

 whole length of the beach, but the main colony of terns appears 

 to be located at the Point proper. Nests of both were found 

 with eggs, far advanced in incubation, and young birds, some 

 just hatched, were also seen. Most of the eggs had been 

 hatched, but there were evidences, despite the protection 



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