Meeting. — At 5-30 p.m. for general business and Section reports. 
Geology.— Filey is a convenient centre for the investigation of the 
unrivalled; series of Oolitic rocks which occur in the cliffs to the north, and 
for the exceptional sequence of cretaceous beds which are immediately to 
the south, both series being more or less enveloped in various deposits of 
Pre-galcial, Glacial, and Post-glacial age. In recent years particularly, 
each of these three, series has presented problems of exceptional interest, 
and probably no time is more opportune than the present for a re-investiga- 
tion of the beds. Within a few miles of Filey may be examined sections 
such as rarely occur anywhere in the country between the lower Oolite and 
the comparatively modern peat deposits. The whole area is particularly 
attractive from the collector’s point of view as well as to the student of 
Stratigraphy . 
Botany. — Mr. J. F, Robinson writes : — 
The part of the coast near Filey, which lies to the south of the 
town, is in the East Riding of York. (V.C. 61), and will be by far the 
best route for the botanists to take. At the ravine in the Boulder Clay, 
generally known as “ Primrose Valley,” many interesting plants are crowded 
together in a somewhat peculiar association. Amongst other flowering 
plants, ferns and horsetails, the following may be noted '.— Viola hirtpi, 
Polvgala serpyllacea, Geranium sanguineum, Genista tinctoria, Agrimonia 
Eupatoria, Rosa spinosissima, Sanguisorba officinalis , Poterium Sanguisorba, 
Spircsa Filipendula, Serratula tinctoria and Equisetum maximum. A little 
farther along the coast, at a distance of about one-and-a-half miles from 
Filey, one comes to the “ Flat Cliff,” a kind of undulating undercliff caused 
evidently by slipping down of the adjoining Boulder Clay. Here there are 
several small ponds in which many aquatic plants luxuriate, notabty : — 
Ranunculus heterophyllus, R. Drouetii, R. Flammula, R. Lingua, Hypericum 
tetrapterum, Apium inundatum, Menyanthes trifoliata, Pedicularis palustris, 
Iris Pseudacorus, Carex ampullacea, Equisetum palustre, E. limosum, etc. 
In drier ground will be found Silaus pratensis, Stachys Betonica, the orchi- 
daceous plants Lister a ovata Habenaria viridis, Orchias mascula and Morio 
with several sedges, Eriophorum (Cotton Grass), and grasses, including 
Air a ccespitosa, etc. 
Vertebrate Zoology. — -Mr. E. V/. Wade writes 
Probably the cliff -breeding birds will claim most attention. At 
the time of the visit the chalk cliffs to the south will still be full of 
Guillemots, Razorbills, Puffins and Kittiwakes, and to the north Herring 
Gulls and Cormorants will still be busy with family matters. Other inter- 
esting birds to be noted are Common Bunting, Stonechat, Rock Pipit and 
Red-legged Partridge. Cuckoos are usually plentiful on the rough ground 
to the south, and here and in the ravines small bird life is plentiful — but they 
are sadly persecuted in the nesting season by the youths of the neighbourhood. 
House Martins and Tree Sparrows nest in the cliffs, as also do Rock Doves, 
Stockdoves, Kestrels, Jackdaws and Carrion Crows. A look-out should 
be kept for the Peregrine Falcons and the Fulmar Petrels. A pair of Oyster- 
catchers usually frequent the bay, and it is quite possible that at this date 
Dunlins and Turnstones may be seen on the Brig. Only the commoner 
species of mammals, reptiles and amphibians are recorded. 
Invertebrate Zoology. — Mr. T. Stainforth writes — 
Coleoptera : The boulder clay cliffs should at this season be 
fich in beetle life. Many forms of Bembidion may be found, including, 
among others, anglicanum, saxatile, affine, etc. Nebria livida, which 
lives in abundance in the crevices of the cliffs, will certainly be obtained 
by detaching loose chunks of the clay. The seaweed and other rubbish 
left on the sands will repay careful examination, in spite of the 
monotonous abundance in iff of such forms as Cafius xantholoma and Cercyon 
littoralis. Some of the microscopic Trichopterygidae are likely to occur, 
as well as species of A theta (Homalota), and there is a sporting chance of 
finding Aepus marinus. The crevices of the rocks between tide marks at 
the Brig afford a likely habitat for Micratymma marinum. 
Arachnida : Arachnologically Filey is almost terra incognita. The 
records are few, and form only a small percentage of the species of spiders 
which certainly occur in such a promisnig district. Halophilous forms 
should be sought for at the foot of the cliffs, and myrmecophilous species in 
the ants’ nests, which are particularly abundant on the “ Flat Cliff.” 
Reports of this meeting should be sent to the Hon. Secretaries, Yorkshire 
Naturalists’ Union, The University, Leeds, not later than August 1st. 
