anticlinal, running from near Skipton to Harrogate, the disturbance caused by 
which is considered to give rise to the wonderful mineral springs of the latter 
place, can be seen. Some extensive quarries in the Millstone Grit, near Ripley 
station, are worth a visit, and on the opposite side of the river is a small faulted- 
in patch of Magnesian Limestone, faulted against the Grit on its southern 
boundary, the river here running along the fault-line. This excursion conve- 
niently might terminate at the Clint Quarries, near liampsthwaite station, where 
good sections are exposed in the Cayton Gill beds, a marine phase in the Mill- 
stone Grit, in which fossils are abundant. 
Geologists will need no reminding of the famous Dropping Well at 
Knaresborough. 
BOTANY. — The Botanical Section will be officially represented by 
Dr. T. W. Woodhead, F.L.S. 
Flowering Plants. — Mr. C. A, Cheetham writes : —Plants which will 
be in flower are the Green Hellibore, Yellow Star of Bethlehem, Wallflower, on 
the Castle walls, Spring Potentilla, Laurel-leaved Daphne, Toothwort, and 
probably Goldilocks, Greater Celandine, and the large tiowered Bittercress 
(C. amara). The Spring Sedge will be also conspicuous and the Wood Stitch wort 
showing its early bloom. Amongst Plants which will be seen, but not flowering, 
The Pellitory of the Wall, Autumn Crocus, showing last year's capsules. Deadly 
Nightshade {Atropa Belladona), ani very noticeable on the river banks the 
seedlings of Impatient Balsam, an escape from cultivation. 
Mosses and Hepatics. — This Section will be officially represented 
by its President, Mr. W. Ingham, B.A., who writes: — The Knaresborough 
district is rich in these plants. The most interesting out of a long list are the 
following — Barhula gracilis in the grounds of the Castle, Weisia calcarea an^ W . 
verticillata by the river side, Eurhynchium tentelliim on stones. Plaginthecium 
depressum on blocks of limestones, Eurhynchium miirale var. julaceum by the river- 
side, Barhula revoluta and B. lurida, Tortula rigida, Thuidium recognitum and T. 
hystricosum on grassy hillocks. 
HepatlcSt — A prominent feature is the abundance of tlie Liverwort 
Lunularia cruciata (a typical greenhouse hepatic) on stones by the river, 
Conocephalus conicus is also abundant by the river. The rare and minute Haplozia 
pumila grows on the sloping bank rising from the river. 
Fungi.— The Yorkshire Mycological Committee will probably be officially 
represented. 
VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY.— The Vertebrate Section will be officially 
represented by Mr. Riley Fortune, F.Z.S., who writes : — 
Mammals. — Most of the smaller mammals abound. Bats are abundant, 
but the season will be too early for them. A large colony of noctules always 
spend the winter in the Castle Walls. Water Shrews are particularly plentiful 
in Sykes Beck. 
Binds.- The district is very rich in bird life. The season is. however, too 
early for most of the migrants. Some of the earlier arrivals may be seen, notably 
the Chiff Chaff, the numbers of which was one of the notable features at the last 
meeting of the Union in the district The valley beirig warm and well sheltered 
affords distinct inducements for the early arrivals. There are many interesting 
species amongst the resident birds, of which the following are notable examples, 
all of which nest in the district : — Red-legged Partridge, Stock Dove. Little 
Grebe, Woodcock, Tufted Duck, Kestrel, Sparrow-Hawk, Long-eared, Tawny 
and Barn Owls, Kingfisher, Green, Great Spotted and Lesser Spotted Wood- 
peckers, Dipper, Long-tailed, Great, Coal and Marsh Tits, Gold-crest, Nuthatch, 
Creeper, Pied and Grey Wagtails, Hawfinch, Tree Sparrow, Lesser Redpoll, 
Goldfinch, Bullfinch, Magpie and Jay. 
