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YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION. 
*' The Birds of YorksMre," which has been taken over 
by the Union's publishers, Messrs. Brown, is being proceeded with 
satisfactorily, the whole being* in type. There has been some little 
delay through a variety of causes in getting this work on the 
market, but it has been felt that it would be more satisfactory to 
have the work done thoroughly and well, than to rush it through 
the press in a hasty manner. We are hoping shortly to announce 
that the " Birds of Yorkshire" is completed, and that still another 
of our monographs is available. 
Miscellaneous Volume, Part II.— Towards this we have 
in hand MSS. of an appendix of the Flora of Dewsbury, a list of 
fungi taken at Maltby, a list of Economic Fungi, by J. H. Holland, 
the geological bibliographies for 1902 to 1906, the excursion 
programmes for 1905 and 1906 (which are already printed off), 
a list of members and the 1905 report (printed off), and this report. 
This volume will probably be issued to the members for 1907. 
SECTIONS. 
The President and Secretary of the Union are ex-officio Members 
of all the Sections and Committees. 
Vertebrate ZoolOg'y Section. — Messrs. H. B. Booth and 
R. Fortune report : — This section has had a fairly successful year, 
and it is with pleasure we can report increasing attention and interest 
paid by its members. The meetings have been better attended than 
usual. At the Fewston and Flambro' excursions the section was 
particularly well represented. The papers and notes in "The 
Naturalist," relating to Vertebrate Zoology, during the past year 
have been up to the average of the last few years, but we should 
like to see an improvement in this direction, not only in the 
number of contributions but also in the number of contributors. 
The interesting articles by Mr. A. Whitaker have attracted a good 
deal of attention, and the thanks of all zoologists are due to him 
for his active researches. It is interesting to note that Mr. 
Whitaker has taken a number of Leisler's Bats in the county. 
There is plenty of room for observation upon this rather neglected 
class of mammalia, and we hope other members in different parts 
of the county will second Mr. Whitaker's efforts. In Aves the 
most notable record is that of the Lesser Grey Shrike (Z. minor)y 
from Sleights, near Whitby. Although it was shot on September 
20th, 1905, it was not identified and recorded until this year. The 
successful nesting of several pairs of Peregrine Falcons is particu- 
larly gratifying, and it is pleasing to record that a pair of Common 
Buzzards has managed to rear its young in the county for the 
first time for some years. The reported nesting of the Golden Eye 
Duck in the Washburn Valley has remained unauthenticated after 
