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Field Notes. 



in a waterfall, Amblyodon dealbatus P. Beauv. and Weissia 

 verticillata Brid. , both in fine fruit ; the Weissia is very uncom- 

 mon in this condition. 



The preceding notes were made on the excursion of the 

 Yorkshire Naturalists' Union to Horton-in-Ribblesdale last 

 autumn, on which occasion the mosses seen which do not 

 appear to have been previously reported from this district were 

 Oligotrichum hercynicum Lam., Seligeria pusilla B. & S., Rhaco- 

 mitrium heterostichum var. gracilescens B. & S., Barhula. spadicea 

 Mitt., Weissia verticillata Brid., Amblyodon dealbatus P.B., 

 Weber a elongata Schwoeg., Leucodon sciuroides Schwaeg. 



GEOLOGY, 



Vertebrate remains from the Chalk of Lincolnshire — 



During a recent visit to the chalk quarry at Barton-on-Humber, 

 Lines., I secured some fossils, a few of which I sent to Dr. A. 

 Smith Woodward. He kindly informed me that one was 

 apparently the crown of a tooth belonging to a reptile, but he 

 could not give the generic name with certainty. This being 

 so, it is the first record of any reptilian remains from the Lin- 

 colnshire chalk. The specimen can be seen in the Geological 

 ■Gallery at the Hull Museum. The other special fossil Dr. A. 

 Smith Woodward named for me, which is a rarity in this locality, 

 is a fine tooth of Scaphanorhynchus raphiodon Ag., from the 

 yellow marl of the B. plena zone. Besides these I obtained 

 three teeth of Oxyrhina mantelli, and one tooth of Ptychodus 

 sp ?— H. C. Drake, Hull. 



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 DIPTERA. 



The Holly Leaf Burrowing Fly. — The Holly is rare at 

 Cadney, being only a planted alien. Its leaf burrower, Phyto- 

 myza aquifolii Gaureau, is very common on the few bushes we 

 have. I have to thank Dr. W. G. Smith for Messrs. Miall and 

 Taylor's full account of this fly. — (' Transactions Ent. Society,' 

 London, September 26th, 1907). — E. x\drian Woodruffe- 

 Peacock, Cadney, Brigg. 



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 BIRDS. 



Bittern and Roug:h= Legged Buzzard at Spurn, — 



Robinson, the Y.N.U. Watcher over Spurn, in his weekly report 

 to me, mentions that he saw both a Rough-legged Buzzard and 

 a Bittern on the warren on May 6th. Also several uncommon 

 small birds, which he could not identify. — R. Fortune, 

 Harrogate. 



Naturalist. 



