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APPENDIX 11. 



A LIST OF NATUEAL HISTORY SOCIETIES AND 

 FIELD-CLUBS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, 



With their Secretaries. 



[In the hope of making this account of some interest, I addressed 

 a letter to the secretary of every society in the following list. 

 Either many of the letters miscarried, or the gentlemen ad- 

 dressed were too occupied for outside correspondence. A second 

 whip brought the number of answers up to a considerable propor- 

 tion of the whole, and there I was constrained to stop. I offer the 

 complete list at my disposal, with some of the information, vary- 

 ing in detail, against each, that my letters evoked. Naturalists 

 wishing detailed information on the fauna of certain districts will, 

 it is hoped, find some secretary in the under-m-entioned able and 

 willing to assist them. The date of foundation and present 

 strength are given for those interested in the history and develop- 

 ment of the Field-Club movement. As changes in the constitution 

 and secretaryship of these Field Clubs are constantly happening, I 

 think it desii-able to refer the reader to two annual publications in 

 which such information is brought up to date, the ' Year- Book of 

 Scientific Societies' (Griffin) and the 'Naturalist's Directory' 

 (Upcott Gill). 



The following abbreviations have been used below : A. — 

 Antiquarian ; Ar. = Arclueological ; F.C. = Field Club ; M. = 

 Microscopical (or Microscopists') ; N,H. = Natural History; Ns'. = 

 Naturalists' ; P. — Philosophical ; Publications in italic and annual 

 unless marked otherwise ; S. = Society ; Sc. = Scientific] 



Date of foundation in round brackets ; number of members in 

 square brackets. 



Aberdeen "Working Men's N.H. and Sc.S. 

 Accrington Ns'.S. 



