Yorkshire Naturalists' Union. 



SECTION FOR VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY. 

 (Presidet\t — Riley Fortune, Esq., F.Z.S.)* 



Two Meetings of the above section will be held in room No. C 9 at 

 the Leeds Institute, Leeds, at 3 p.m., and at 6-30 p.m. respectively, 

 on Saturday, November 21st, 1908. 



Business : — 



To consider the Sectional Report for 1908, and to recommend the names of 

 officers for the section for 1909. 



To consider the Report of the Wild Birds' and Eg-gs' Protection Acts Com- 

 mittee for 1908, and to recommend the names of officers and committee for 1909. 



To supply opportunity for the discussion of subjects retative to the work of this 

 section, and for the purpose of exhibiting- specimens, photographs, lantern-slides, 

 etc., connected with Vertebrate Zoology. 



A series of short papers will be read, amongst others, by Mr. W. 

 Denison Roebuck, F.L.S., on 'Suggestions for the Investigation of 

 Yorkshire Mammals, Reptiles, and Fishes ' ; by Mr. Riley Fortune, 

 F.Z.S., on 'The Sandwich Tern in the North of England ' ; by Mr. E. 

 W. Wade, M.B.O.U., on 'The Present Status of the Stone Curlew in 

 Yorkshire ' ; by Mr. W. H. Parkin, on ' The Development of the Young 

 Nightjar, with Special Reference to the Growth of the Pectinated Claw* ; 

 by Mr. A. Haigh-Lumby, on ' The Cuckoo and its Mysteries ' (from the 

 recent German of Dr. Th. Zell) ; by Mr. Sydney H. Smith, on ' Snap- 

 shots of a Naturalist Sportsman ' ; by Mr. N. N. Lee, on * The 

 Migrations of the Salmonidae ' ; by Mr. H. B. Booth, M.B.O.U., on 

 ' The Changing Distribution of the Long-tailed Titmouse in the 

 West Riding. 



If time permits, Mr. Rosse Butterfield will introduce a discussion 

 on ' How many Passerine Birds ai;e Double-brooded in Yorkshire ' ? 



All members and associates of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union 

 interested in Vertebrate Zoology are invited to attend, and to bring any 

 notes, specimens, photographs, lantern-slides, etc. ; and are requested 

 to bring forward any matters of interest connected with the work of 

 the Section. 



Any member or associate is at liberty to introduce a friend. 



Please Note. — As it is desired to make these meetings as representative as 

 possible of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union and of the County of Yorkshire — 

 it is particularly requested that officials of all the Affiliated Societies will draw the 

 attention of their members to this notice. 



N.B. — Meetings will probably be held in the same rooms, and at the same 

 hours, on Saturday, February 13th, 1909. On this date Mr. E. S. Stewart, F.R.C.S., 

 M.B.O.U., has promised to give a resume of his recent ornithological trip to Spain — 

 illustrated by specimens and by lantern slides. 



Any further particulars can be obtained from the Honorary Secretary of the 

 Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, at the Museum, Hull; from Mr. H. B. Booth, *Ryhill,' 

 Ben Rhydding ; or from any of the officials of the Vertebrate Section. 



