the i in. Ordnance Survey, Popular Edition. Circulars Nos. 79, 201 and 
314 may be consulted. Baker’s ‘ North Yorkshire ’ ; T. Sheppard, 
‘ Geological Rambles in East Yorkshire ’ ; Kendall and Wroot, ‘ Geology 
of Yorkshire ’ ; F. Elgee, ‘ The Driftless Area in North-East Yorkshire 
and its Relation to the Geographical Distribution of Certain Plants and 
Animals,’ Naturalist, 1907 ; Memoirs of the Geology Survey, ‘ Whitby 
and Scarborough District ’ ; Canon R. Fisher, ‘ Flowering Plants of Whitby 
and District ’ (Horne & Son, Whitby, 1/6). 
ROUTES. — Saturday : Leave Headquarters at 10 a.m. for footpath 
from Robin Hood’s Bay past the gasworks to Fyling Hall (Park Gate), 
along Ramsdale Beck to Ramsdale Mill ; thence across the beck by bridge 
to its south side, and up to Kirk Moor. Return via road to north of Brack 
Hall, Fyling Hall Station, and road down to the beach at Mill Beck, and by 
the beach, if tide permits, otherwise along cliffs back to Robin Hood’s Bay. 
Monday : Leave Headquarters at 10 a.m. for Stoupe Beck, via the cliff 
path ; thence past Stoupe Brow Cottage and over the railway to 
the old alum quarry (‘ Two Sister ’ rocks) ; turn right and follow road 
past the school to Howdale Beck, keeping along the east side of the Beck 
to its source on Brow Moor. Return by the west bank, and take the road 
from Howdale Farm, northwards, crossing Stoupe Beck, returning to the 
beach at Mill Beck. 
Sunday : No definite programme will be arranged for this day until 
members assemble on Saturday. 
High tides at Scarborough (at Robin Hood’s Bay about 15 minutes 
earlier) : — Saturday, April 15th, 8-32 a.m., 9-3 p.m. ; Sunday, April 16th, 
9-37 a.m., 10-14 p-m. ; Monday, April 17th, 10-36 a.m., 11-27 p.m. (Summer 
Time in each case). 
BOTANY. — Mr. T. Stainforth, B.A., B.Sc., writes : ‘ Very little seems 
to have been published about the natural history of the Robin Hood’s Bay 
district as it is in the early part of the year. It will be best to keep as far 
as possible to the valleys.’ Baker’s ‘North Yorkshire’ says little about 
Robin Hood’s Bay, except that the district is not rich botanically. Mr. 
R. J. Flintoff suggests that the following plants should be looked for : — 
On the Moors : Linn&a, Andromeda, Carex pauciflora, Gentiana verna, 
Genista anglica, Salix repens. In the woods the aliens Aconitum napellus 
(common below Falling Foss) and Pyrus torminalis, and the native 
Clinopodium calamintha, the agrestals Stachys arvensis and the alien Lepidium 
campestre. In sandy fields, Scleranthus annuus, and in marshy places, 
Comarum palustre, Vaccinium oxycoccos, Myrica gale, Eleocharis multicaulis, 
Osmunda regalis, Menyanthes trifoliata and Inula helenium. On the cliffs. 
Beta maritima and wild cabbage. 
ENTOMOLOGY.— Mr. G. B. Walsh, B.Sc., writes 
Coleoptera. — The most productive methods of collecting will be 
searching at the roots of heather, turning stones on the moors, working 
moorland pools, and sweeping heather. The most likely uncommon species 
to occur are Carabus nitens, Miscodera arctica, Bembidion mannerheimi, 
B. nigricorne, Olisthopus rotundatus, Nebria iberica, Cicindela campestris, 
Brady cellus cognatus, B. collaris, B. similis, Pterostichus adstrictus, P. 
lepidus, Calathus micropterus (usually in rotten wood), Patrobus excavatus, 
Cymindis vaporarium. In the pools, Rhantus bistriatus, Hydroporus gyllen- 
halia, obscurus, melanocephalus , melanarius, tristis and umbrosus. By 
sweeping the heather, Haltica britten, Ceuth. erica, and Lochmaea suturalis. 
Under the layers of shale on the shore both species of Aepus and M. 
marinum. The Gyrinus on moorland pools is probably substriatus, but 
mixed with it I have recently found in fair numbers ab. Schatzmajori Ochs. 
Lepidoptera. — It will be too early for moorland and woodland butter- 
flies, but sallows will well repay working, both near the village and in How- 
gill, e.g. for Pachnobia leucographa. Sweeping the heather and bilberry 
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