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American species elsewhere in Nottinghamshire, though, 
perhaps Professor Carr may have data in this connexion. 
Specimens were shewn me by the discoverer, Philip H. 
Clarkson, a member of the Mexborough Secondary School 
Scientific Society. — A. A. Dallman. 
The only Nottinghamshire station for C. perfoliata 
hitherto known is Boughton Breck, near Otterton, where it 
was pointed out to me by Rev. W. Becher, of Wellow, about 
twenty years ago. The plant is, of course, an alien.— J. W. 
Carr. 
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GEOLOGY. 
Large Ammonite at South Ferriby. — On the Humber 
foreshore at South Ferriby, Lines, between Walker’s Chalk 
Quarry and the Hall, Red Chalk, ‘ pink bands ’ and beds of 
the Lower Chalk are exposed, although owing to the squeezing 
effect produced by the weight of the Lincolnshire Wolds 
these beds occur at a high angle, in some cases being almost 
perpendicular. Where the solid rock occurs on the shore, 
denudation is not quite so rapid as on either side, resulting 
in a distinct bulge in the shore-line. At a distance of 350 
yards west of the jetty and a yard from the present cliff face 
is a large smooth ammonite, 2J ft. in diameter. It is in 
position in the grey chalk at about 20 ft. above the bed of 
red chalk which is exposed nearer the low-tide mark ; both 
ammonite and the chalk bed dipping about 45 0 . Large 
ammonites of this character are not uncommon at this particu- 
lar point, but it seems desirable in this case to place its precise 
position on record. I may add (though perhaps unnecessarily) 
that its condition is such that it cannot be removed without 
being destroyed. — T. Sheppard. 
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NESTING OF FULMAR PETREL IN YORKSHIRE : 
A NEW ENGLISH RECORD. 
During the past two or three seasons it has been known that 
the Fulmar has frequented various parts of the Yorkshire 
Coast, and on going to press we have just heard from Mr. H. B. 
Booth, M.B.O.U., that the Fulmar Petrel is actually breeding 
on the Bempton Cliffs. On May 26th he saw a fresh unblown 
egg brought from the Cliff -face at Bempton, and another egg 
was also brought up on the same date which was sold to a 
Yorkshire collector. In each case the bird had to be pushed 
off the egg, and the bird duly annointed the ‘ climmer 
in the usual full fulmar way. There is reason to believe 
that a third pair is breeding, and we trust it will be allowed to 
rear its young. — T.S. 
1922 June 1 
