JOUKNAL OF PROCEEDINGS 



AT 



ORDINARY, FIELD, AND OTHER MEETINGS. 



Saturday, February 26th, 1881. — Ordinary Meeting. 



[Before the commencement of the official business of the Meeting, 

 the Rev. W. Linton Wilson, M.A. (one of the Vice-Presidents of the Club) 

 in a kindly speech presented the Honorary Secretary with a handsome 

 silver salver and a purse, on behalf of some members of the Club, as a 

 friendly memento of his labours in the foundation and first year's work 

 of the Society. The salver is inscribed as follows: — "Presented to 

 William Cole, Esq., by some of the members of the Epping Forest and 

 County of Essex Naturalists' Field Club, in recognition of his services in 

 connection with that Society, February 26th, 1881." Mr. Cole in a short 

 speech warmly thanked his friends and colleagues for their kindly 

 feelings towards him, and for their generous appreciation of his efforts 

 to found a Naturalists' Society in Essex which should be worthy of their 

 fine but much-neglected county. He had received so much ready help 

 from scientific and other friends that the work of calling the Club into 

 being had been a very delightful task, and he felt that success was certain 

 if equal energy and enthusiasm were shown in the future.] 



The thirteenth Ordinary Meeting was held at the head-quarters of the 

 Club, 3, St. John's Terrace, Buckhurst Hill, at seven o'clock, the 

 President, Mr. Raphael Meldola, in the chau\ 



Lettere of thanks for election as Honorary Members from Dr. M. C. 

 Cooke, J. E. Plarting, Esq., Major-General Pitt-Rivers, Worthington 

 Smith, Esq., and Henry Walker, Esq., were read by the Secretary. 



Donations of books, pamphlel^s and periodicals (exclusive of "Ex- 

 changes") were announced from Miss Cole, Mr. B. G. Cole, Mr. P. F. 

 Copland, Mr. W. H. Gomm (15 vols.), Mr. J. E. Harting (9 vols.), Mr. 

 W. S. Simpson, Mr. W. Swanston, Mr. C. Thomas, Rev. F. A. Walker, 

 and Mrs. Yeates. Mr. Heathfield presented one of Smith and Beck's 

 " Universal Microscopes " ; Mr. Gomm tluree exhibition boxes; the Rev. 

 F. A. Walker some specimens of sponges, &c., from Hunstanton ; and 

 Mr. Meldola some skins of British birds. A vote of thanks to the donors 

 was passed by acclamation. Upwards of twenty of the principal 



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