26 Yorkshire Naturalists' Union : Annual Report, 1913. 
011 Hornsea Mere lias only been observed to rear one brood of 
two young ones. After Mr. Bolam’s report of five broods aggre- 
gating nineteen young in 1912. this is most disappointing. A 
bird was observed on Burton Constable lake on 24th March, the 
first ever recorded there. 
At Bempton the egg-gathering has proceeded regularly, and 
a good harvest has been gathered in. The Peregrine Falcons 
reared two young in the old eyrie. 
On 15th March a Little Auk was picked up dead in one of 
the timber yards in Hull. On 8th March Mr. F. Boyes reported 
several Waxwings at Beverley. Flocks of Bramblings were 
observed at Thearne on 6th April, and at Ferriby until 12th 
April. On 25th August two Bar-tailed Godwits and one young 
Ruff were observed at Hornsea Mere. 
Messrs. Smith and Zimmerman record the nesting of the 
Pochard on Skipwith Common. 
The North Riding. — Mr. T. H. Nelson reports : — The autumn 
migration has produced little of interest ; the first flights of Wood- 
cock took place early in Oct., on the 10th of which month I flushed 
one in my garden, and procured a very richly maaked specimen on 
the Tees marshes next day. A few Brandings, Short-eared Owls, 
Gold-crests, and the common migrants appeared as usual ; and the 
second Woodcock flights arrived in the first week in November. 
Mr. Thos. Stephenson has sent me information of a Little 
Bunting captured near Whitby on October 6th. Tnis is the first 
record of this species for Yorkshire, and, therefore an addition to 
the County list. 
Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians, and Fishes Committee. — 
Mr. A. Whitaker writes : — Leisler’s bat has been frequently 
observed in the Barnsley district, and a number of specimens 
procured at different times, the most important capture being 
that of two adults and two newly-born young on 25th June. 
Mr. H. B. Booth records the Common Field Vole (il/. agrestis) 
from Malham Moors (1200 feet above sea level), at a much 
greater altitude than he had previously noted this species. A 
Grey Seal was reported from Whitby. 
Mr. E. W. Wade reports that the Badger has been established 
at Brantingham Dale for the last four years. 
Some interesting observations on the young of the Palmated 
Newt are being made by Mr. F. Rhodes, of Bradford. They are 
from eggs laid in a tank, and although the young are two years 
old they are still less than an inch in length and almost trans- 
parent, and a Flounder weighing 1 lb. 4 oz. was taken in one of 
the Salmon nets at Nabuin Dam. 
Mr. Grabham writes that several Salmon of between thirty and 
forty pounds weight have been netted in the Ouse near York. 
Mr. W. J. Clarke furnishes some interesting records of marine 
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