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REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR 1916. 
Mineralogy. —Very few additions have been made in this 
department during the past year, but the Collections are 
maintained in their usual standard of excellence. 
Numismatics. —The Collections are in good order. A Paper 
by the Hon. Curator on “Some rare Saxon Coins” will be 
found on page i. 
Ornithology. —Both in skins and mounted specimens the 
Collections are gradually increasing. Whilst we possess 
many of the rarer birds of the County, we are still in want of 
some of the common species. 
Zoology.— Several additions have been made to the collec¬ 
tions of skins and mounted mammals. We still need a large 
tench, a large carp, and a large burbot, to add to our fine 
collection of Yorkshire Fishes. 
Field Naturalists’ Section.— Your Committee have to 
report that in spite of the troublesome times through which 
the country is passing, the interest in this Society has been 
well maintained, the meetings have been well attended, and 
much enthusiasm has been shown in the discussions which 
have followed the various lectures and papers. 
During the summer a number of field excursions were held, 
the first of which was to Moreby Park and the Heronry of 
Stillingfleet, the members were pleased to see 16 pairs of birds 
breeding in Stillingfleet Wood, and later in the summer the 
keeper informed me that all the young were successfully reared. 
Our second excursion was to Sandburn, and on Saturday, June 
17th, Castle Howard was visited. Rambles on Clifton Ings 
and in Askham Bogs also took place, and on August 2nd, Mr. 
H. J. Wilkinson conducted a number of members round the 
Museum Gardens and explained the work which was being 
done in the Botanical Garden. On Saturday, August 5th, a 
most enjoyable afternoon was spent by a large party on 
Skipwith Common. 
The first meeting of the Winter Session was held in the 
Tempest Anderson Hall on September 27th, when our President 
gave a lecture on “ Some Yorkshire Gymnosperms, recent and 
fossil,” illustrating his remarks with a large number of lantern 
slides, books, and specimens. 
