YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION. 
FORTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT, FOR 1908. 
Presented at Doncaster, December lo, 1908. 
The Executive Committee of the Yorkshire NaturaHsts' 
Union has pleasm'e in presenting the following report of the work 
of the Union during the past year. 
The Forty-sixth Annual Meeting was held at Halifax on 
December 14th, 1907, and that town certainly kept up its long 
reputation for a keen interest in scientific research. Messrs. W. 
Simpson and W. Fielding conducted the geologists to Beacon 
Hill and Southowram, and other members visited the interesting 
Natural History Museum, under the guidance of Mr. W. B. Crump ^ 
At the afternoon sectional and general meetings, the 
reports presented showed that practical interest had been 
taken in the various branches of the Union's work, and that 
some valuable results had been obtained. The President, Mr. 
C. Crossland, who was supported by the Mayor of Halifax, (Aid. 
W. Wallace), gave an excellent address on the Study of Fungi in 
Yorkshire. This was printed in our journal " The Naturalist," 
for March and April, and is a comprehensive record of the 
work of mycologists in this county. A coilversazione held 
in the Bankfield Museum proved exceedingly enjoyable, the 
many valuable exhibits affording exceptional interest. Twenty- 
three new members were elected, and three societies were 
affiliated with the Union. 
The usual Six Field Meetings have been held, the attend- 
ance varying according to circumstances. Work of a most 
valuable character has been carried out, resulting in many im- 
portant additions to our lists of the Fauna and Flora. 
The excursions were held as under : — 
For York, N.W.— Topcliffe (May i6th). 
S.E. — Hornsea (Whit Week-end, June 6th to 8th). 
S.W. — Hampole (Thursday, July i6th). 
N.E. — Osmotherley (Bank Holiday Week-end, Aug. 
1st to 3rd). 
„ Mid. W.~Clapham (Week-end, Sept. 5th to 7th). 
Fungus Foray. — Mulgrave Woods (Sept. 19th lo 24th). 
