l^orf^ebtrc flDannc ffiiolog^ Committee. 
Chairman - Prof. W. Garstang, M.A., F.Z.S., Leeds. 
Convener - Rev. F. H. Woods, B.D., Bainton, Driffield. 
A MEETING 
Of the Marine Biology Committee will be held at 
Robin Hood's Bay, 
From Friday, Oct. 11th, to Tuesday, Oct. 15th, 1912. 
Headquarters — Grosvenor* Hotel. 
RAILWAY ARRANGEMENTS.— Through return tickets at pleasure 
party rates will be issued at all stations on the G.C., G.N., H. & B., L. & Y., 
L. & N. W., Midland & N.E. Railways, which have booking arrangements 
for Robin Hood's Bay, to Members and Associates of the Y.N.U. surrendering 
the Certificate noted below. The tickets will be available for the outward journey 
from the 10th to the 15th October, and will be available for returning any day up 
to and including Wednesday, October 16th, 1912. Wherethrough bookings are 
not in operation, Members may book to the most convenient junction, and re-book 
to destination, the reduced fares being available for each stage of the journey. 
The N E. Rly. Co. issue week-end tickets from all their stations on Friday, 
Saturday, and up to mid-day on Sunday to Robin Hood's Bay at a single fare 
for the double journey, minimum 1st class 4/-, 3rd class 2/6. The return journey 
can be made with these tickets on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. 
N.B.— The Railway Booking Clerks will only grant these reduced fares to Members 
and Associates producing a Special Certificate signed by one of the Secretaries of the 
Union. Members and Associates wishing tor this Certificate must apply to either of the 
Hon. Secretaries for it. At Stations on the N.E. and H. & B. Railways, tickets at the 
reduced fares will be issued on production of the signed card of membership. 
In the daytime, especially the mornings when the tide is low, 
excursions will be made in search of forms of marine life, and each 
evening there will be discussions on the specimens collected. There 
will be lectures, probably, by Prof. Garstang and others. 
Accommodation. — Suitable accommodation can be secured at the 
Grosvenor Hotel, very near the station, at 6/6 a day, but notice 
should be sent to Mr. Woods to reach him not later than Thursday, 
October 10th, stating the number of days for which accommodation 
is required. 
A short account of the Marine Mollusca of Robin Hood's Bay, 
will be found in the June number of the Naturalist for 1907, but the 
collection of shells on that occasion was very hurried, and the des- 
cription incomplete. The chief feature is the prominence of 
univalves, for the most part seaweed eaters, and the comparative 
absence of bivalves which mainly burrow in the sand. As far as 
moUuses are concerned, and probably other forms of marine life, 
Robin Hood's Bay is practically new ground. 
The Committee will be glad to welcome all who are interested in 
any branch of Marine Biology. 
