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bank of the Ure, which was as clear and transparent as the 

 Swale was mudd}'. The 5 p.m. train brought the party to 

 Brafferton for the meetings, at which the report showed that 

 fifteen species of mollusca in all had been observed, including 

 Helix cantiana, brought from Cundall in plenty by other 

 members. Of these six (marked above with asterisks) were 

 new to the recorded lists for the portion of North-west York- 

 shire investigated. 







BIRDS, 



White Swallows at Harrogate : a unique occurrence. — 

 In a low outhouse at the rear of some cottages at Starbeck, a 

 pair of Swallows has for several years built a nest and reared 

 young ones. The occupants of the house take pride 

 in the birds, which are comparatively tame. The nest is quite 

 low down, and can easily be reached by anyone from the ground. 

 This year the birds have hatched five young ones, three of which 

 are perfectly white, and the other two normal colour. Unfor- 

 tunately, I did not hear of this until the birds were well on the 

 wing, so the opportunity of obtaining a good photograph had 

 passed. I have, however, obtained one of the three together 

 (small) on n telegraph standard. They are delightfully dainty 

 and beautiful objects, and as the owner of the house assured 

 me they had all pink eyes, they are evidently genuine Albinos. 

 It is to be hoped they will not share the usual fate of con- 

 spicuous specimens, as it will be interesting to note if they 

 return next year. — R. Fortune. 



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 ARACHNIDA, 



In a recent visit to Scarborough I captured, amongst other 

 spiders, Coclotes terrestvis Wid., Linyphia pusilla Sund., Pana- 

 momops himspis Camb. These have been identified for me by 

 Rev. O. Pickard Cambridge, F.R.S., and are all new records 

 for the Scarborough district. — H. C. Drake, Hull. 







Part 77 of ' The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal ' contains an illus- 

 tration of a fine bronze spear, and a bronze axe of the palstave type, found 

 some years ago at Rainton-cum-Newby, in the North Riding. Reference 

 is also made to a polished stone axe-head of Andesitic Ash from the 

 Borrowdale series, recently found near Heckmondwike. A suggestion is 

 made that finds of this kind should be recorded on a map of the county, 

 after the style of the map shewing the various ice-travelled erratics in 

 Yorkshire, which appeared in our July issue. 



1908 August I. 



