REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR 1909. 
II 
The appearance of the beautiful daylight comet, No. 1 of 
1910, presented a great opportunity for those interested in 
astronomy, many of whom were not slow to avail themselves 
of a telescopic view of that very beautiful object. Halley’s 
comet, unfortunately, never presented a very striking appear¬ 
ance during its present return. 
Library. —The Librarian has nothing of special interest to 
report about the past year. With regard to the future, he is 
happy to say that Dr. Anderson’s additions to the Museum 
will most probably greatly benefit the Library. We may look 
forward to a relief from the present congestion : possibly to 
total rearrangement on a more satisfactory basis. 
Ornithology. —Several additions have been made during 
the past year, both as regards dead specimens and eggs and 
also in respect of living birds for the aviaries. The Hon. 
Curator reports that all the collections are in good order. 
Zoology. —The collection of small mammals, both mounted 
and in skins, is steadily being added to, and all the collections 
are in excellent condition. Two albino Hedgehogs, which 
were presented to the Society nearly two years ago, are still 
alive. 
Field Naturalists’ Section. —The Committee have great 
pleasure in reporting that the progress of the Society has been 
well maintained during the Summer and Winter Sessions. 
Fifteen fortnightly meetings have been held in the Museum, 
and the members have had four Field Excursions. The first 
Excursion was to Skipwith Common. The chief object of the 
visit was to observe the colony of the B.H. Gulls which breed 
there. The second field day was in Askham Bogs. On this 
occasion Mr. W. Ingham, B.A., recorded a rare sedge, Carex 
paradoxa. The third Excursion was to Beckdale Woods, by 
kind permission of Lord Feversham. The botanists had a 
very good day, over 100 species of Plants were seen in flower. 
The last field Excursion was to Strensall Common, where a 
large party spent a pleasant day. The result of the Excursions 
will be found duly recorded in the Sectional books. 
