3^6 Hor)isc(i : I/s Merc and Coas/linc. 



close to the boat. By an unknown signal of the ]Kirents n 

 young Grebe left the reed bed dose to .them. One of the oh' 

 bh-ds slightly sank its body, and u]-)lifted its wings, and the 

 young bird ^but a few days old) mounted on to the back of the 

 parent, and the trio sailed aw^ay in triumph. In order to test 

 the staying powers of the yoiuig bird, the boat was at once put 

 at full speed after them, and the birds made several long dives, 

 but the young Grebe never lost its hold upon the back of its 

 parent, who had so daringly rescued it when it appeared to 

 be in imminent danger. 



A native of the district, seeking for information on some 

 local bird question, enquired of a reverend member of the party 

 if he was a ' Horny-theologist " and by his insufficient 

 knowledge of scientitic terms, coined a word which, judging 

 bv its quick and general popularity with all the members 

 present, bids fair to supercede the usual term by which students 

 of bird life are generally known. 



No reptiles were seen, and only two amphibians — the Frog 

 (in abundance) and the Toad. Four fishes were noted — the 

 Pike, Roach and Perch in the Mere, and Eels in an adjoining 

 stream which runs into the Mere. 



Mr. W. Denison Roebuck writes : — The conchological sec- 

 tion was represented by its president, Mr. W. Harrison Hutton, 

 of Leeds Mr. A. J. Moore, of Hull, the Rev. F. H. Woods of 

 Bainton, and other members, and Mr. Hutton reported that 

 five slugs, thirteen land shells and thirteen freshwater shells — 

 thirty-one in all — were collected in and around Hornsea Mere. 

 On the cliffs were found Agriolimax agrestis, Pyramidtda 

 rotundata, Helicella caper ata, Hygvomia gramdata var. cornea, 

 H. hispida, H. riifescens, H. aspersa (copulating) and var. 

 7iigrescens. In the plantation occurred Vitrea crystallina, 

 V. nitidida, Helix hispida, Zonitoides nitidus, F,ucomdiis fidvus 

 and Cochlicopa hihrica. Under a log near the edge of the mere 

 were found Sticcinea piitris and 5. elegans, and along the mere 

 edge also occurred Agriolimax agrestis vars., reticidata and 

 albida, A. Icevis, Arion ater, A. intermedins, A. hortensis and 

 var. nigra. The w^ater shells found in the mere were Limncsa 

 peregra, L. palustris, L. truncatula, Planorbis alhns, P. carijiatus, 

 P. iimhilicatits , P. vortex, Physa fontinalis, Bythinia tentaculata, 

 Valvata piscinalis and var. acuminata, Sphcerium rivicola, 

 S. corneum, and Anodonta cygnea. The Rev. F. H. Woods, 



* There was surely a touch of sarcasm in this. — Ed. 



Naturalist, 



