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Members of the Club. This proposal was carried unanimously. The 

 first ordinary meeting of the Club was fixed for the 28th February, and 

 the meeting then broke up, tea and coffee being served in one of the 

 rooms. 



SATURD.A.Y, February 2Sth, 1880. — Ordinary Meeting. 



The first Ordinary Meeting of the Club was held at the Head-quarters, 

 at seven o'clock, the President, Mr. Meldola, in the chair. Nearly 

 seventy members were present. The minutes of the Foundation Meeting 

 were confirmed. 



Letters were read from the gentlemen proposed at the last meeting, 

 returning thanks for their election as Honorary Members of the Society. 



In accordance with the power given to him under Rule IH., the 

 President nominated Mr. John T. Carrington, F.L.S., M.E.S. (Natu- 

 ralist, Royal Aquarium), Mr. E. A. Fitch, F.L.S., M.E.S. , Mr. N. F. 

 Robarts, F.G.S., and the Rev. W. Linton Wilson, M.A., as Vice-Presi- 

 dents during his year of office. 



The President then delivered an Inaugural Address on the objects 

 and work of the Club. (Transactions, Vol. I., pp. 1-26.) 



Mr. John Spiller, F.C.S., said that he was sure all present must appre- 

 ciate the very admirable address with which they had been favoured by 

 their President. Its preparation must necessarily have taken long study 

 and thought, and he begged to congratulate the members of the Society 

 on having such a masterly plan of operations so eloquently sketched out 

 for their future guidance and encouragement. He hoped that they 

 might look forward not only to a careful record and revision of the facts 

 relating to the natural history of the county, but also to making many 

 substantial additions to the facts themselves. They had certainly 

 enjoyed a great treat that evening in listening to Mr. Meldola's address, 

 but they must not forget that many members of the Club were less 

 happily situated, and had not been able to attend the meeting, and, 

 therefore, in their interests, and in the interests of the Society itself, he 

 begged to propose that the address should be printed and circulated 

 amongst the members. The motion was seconded by Mr. H. J. Barnes, 

 and was carried unanimously. 



The Librarian announced that Mr. Whitaker had presented a set of 

 pamphlets, relating to the geology of Essex, to the library, and that Sir 

 Antonio Brady, F.G.S., had sent a copy of a privately printed catalogue 

 of his magnificent collection of the Pleistocene Vertebrata, from the 

 neighbourhood of Ilford, in Essex. Thanks were given to the donors. 



The Secretary read a paper communicated to the Club by Mr. R. M. 

 Christy, of Chignal, near Chelmsford, on " The Occurrence of the Great 

 Bustard {Otis tarda, L.), and the Rough-legged Buzzard {Buteo lagopus), 



