REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR igij. 
XVll 
Society have been arranged in groups on the staircase walls, 
the Bones of the Moa have been added to the collection in the 
cases and labelled. 
Field Naturalists’ Section. —We commenced the year’s 
work with an excursion to Suett Carr on May 30th, permission 
to visit the Carr having been granted by James Melrose, Esq., 
and Messrs. English and Sons. Much useful work was done. 
Nests of the following birds were observed : sparrow hawk, 
green woodpecker, willow warbler, yellow-hammer, white- 
throat, waterhen, and linnet. Plants came in for a good deal 
of observation, and some interesting fungi were found and 
examined. Many lepidopterous insects were seen on the 
wing, the beautiful cinnabar moth with its vermilion coloured 
underwings being very abundant. 
Other excursions have included Buttercrambe Woods, New 
Earswick (the home of our President), Acomb and Hob Moor, 
Moreb}^ and Stillingfleet. 
Tbe first annual Fungus Foray was held on September 12th, 
when Warthill was visited for the investigation of the fungus- 
flora of the woods and pastures of that district. 
At the first bi-monthly meeting of the Winter Session, Mr. 
A. E. Peck, F.L.S., of Scarborough, gave a lecture on ‘‘ Edible, 
Poisonous, and other Fungi.” The lecture was illustrated by 
lantern slides, made from photographs taken by the lecturer 
in Raincliffe Wood and at Hackness, near Scarborough. 
Other lectures given included the following: Mr. Oxley 
Grabham on ‘‘The Grayling and how to catch him,” ^ Dr. 
Gayner on “ Turner on Birds,” Mr. C. A. Cheetham on 
“ Austwick and its Plants and Problems,” Mr. John Scott on 
“The Growth of Wheat,” Mr. W. Ingham on “The Moon- 
wort,” Mr. J. A. Dell, M.Sc. on “ The Life History of some 
Common Flies,” Mr. W. Bellerby on “ Characteristics of the 
British Polyporas,” Mr. A. Smith on “The July Moths of this 
district,” our President on “ Konrad Sprengel and Insect 
Pollination,” Mr. H. J. Wilkinson on “ Dispersal of Plants,” 
Mr. F. Year on “ Bird Life in the neighbourhood of York,” 
and Mr. H. L. Lee on “ Some Notes on the Larvae of the 
Caddis Flies.” 
