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\ orkshire Naturalists' Union : Annual Report, igi 
fishes, especially drawing attention to the unusual abundance 
of the Pout (G. luscus) and mentioning one specimen whiph 
measured sixteen inches and weighed i lb. 14 oz. after being 
gutted. The following also call for special mention : a $ea 
Lamprey (P. marinus) thirty inches long and over one and a 
half inches in circumference; a Three-bearded Kockling {M . 
tricirrata) sixteen and a half inches long ; a Great Forked-beard 
(P. blcnnioides) twenty-one inches long and three pounds in 
weight, landed by a trawler on 10th May. and probably the 
first recorded for Yorkshire waters; an /Equoreal Pipe-fish 
(N. cequorcus ) fifteen inches long, taken on 22nd May in a crab- 
pot near Robin Hood s Bay, and being the second recorded 
Yorkshire specimen; two Porbeagle Sharks (L. cornubica ), 
taken in herring-nets off Scarborough on qth August and 19th 
September, the one three feet and the other two feet in length. 
A Thresher Shark was reported from the neighbourhood of 
Whitby, but further confirmation of this record is desirable. 
Wild Birds and Eggs Protection Committee.— Mr. Riley 
Fortune reports : — The amount received in Subscriptions for 
I 9 I 3 i s £ 2 7 5 s - 6d.. which, together with the balance in 
hand and a sum of £2 provided for in last year’s Balance Sheet 
and unspent, make a total fund of £54 is. _j.d . The expenditure 
amounts to £29 17s., leaving a balance in hand of £24 4s. qd. 
The birds at Spurn have had a good season, and many of 
the Lesser Tern have returned to the point to breed. Numbers 
were again nesting near the Beacon, and also in several places 
between the Beacon and the Point. It is unfortunate that 
during the nesting season Sunday excursion steamers bring large 
numbers of excursionists from Hull and Grimsby to Spurn who 
wander promiscuously about the Point, sometimes bringing dogs, 
and cause the watcher a good deal of anxiety. A pair of Oyster- 
catchers frequented the promontory, but the nest was not 
located. Redshanks again nested near Kilnsea, and Shellducks 
were in theii usual numbers. Ring Plovers were, if anything, 
more numerous than usual. Ihe Stone Curlews returned in 
their usual numbers, and successfully reared their broods. The 
Peregrines at Bempton were more successful in their nesting 
operations than last year. They reared two young ones. 
At Hornsea, despite the dry season, the birds appear to have 
had a successful time. Ihe Bearded Tits continue to do well, 
aud the watching at Hornsea has been particularly effective. 
. The Committee has been successful in protecting a Pere- 
grine s eyrie in the north-west fells. Three young were hatched 
and got safely away. This is particularly satisfactory, as it is 
very many years since the birds in the eyrie last reared a brood 
of young. Another brood nearly got away in a neighbouring 
valley, but the young were taken' just before flying. We were. 
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