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INDEX. 



Stanstead Abbotts, rainfall at, in 1905, 



40 ; in 1906, 230. 

 Stars and their origin, 23 ; their 



colours, 27. 

 Stellar evolution, impact tho^orj' of, 30. 

 Stenus opticus new to Herts, lO*' 

 Stevenage, rainfall at, in 1905, '50; 



in 1906, 230. V- 



Stonechat nests near Watford, 52, 208. 

 Stone-curlew at St. Albans, 58. 

 Stow, John (quoted), on earthquake 



of May 25, 1551, at Albury and 



Bennington, 144. 

 Summer of 1905, 42, 86 ; of 1906, 



224, 243. 

 Sunimerhill, Barnet, rainfall at, in 



1905, 40 ; in 1906, 230. 

 Surveys, county photographic, xlviii. 

 Sutton, A. : The River-System of 



Western Hertfordshire, ix, 1-4. 

 Swallow leaves late, 54. 



Tertiary beds at Ayot Green, xxviii ; 



at Croxley, xxxi, lii; at Bushey, Hi ; 



on Aldbury Common, Ivii ; gaps in, 3. 

 Tftrao tetrix new to Herts, 205. 

 Thame district, rainfall in, in 1905, 43 ; 



in 1906, 232. 

 Thames basin, rainfall in, in 1905, 43 ; 



in 1906, 232. 

 Therlield, rainfall at, in 1905, 40 ; 



in 1906, 230. 

 Thompson, E. P., on Herts birds, 51, 



56, 57. 

 Throcking, rainfall at, in 1905, 40; 



in 1906, 230. 

 Thrush, changes of habit in, 207. 

 Thunderstorms in 1905, 44-47 ; in 



1906, 233-238. 

 Tit, ?blue, strange nesting-place of, 



209, 

 Titmouse, bearded, in West Herts, 52. 

 Tdtanus calidris nests near Watford, 



60, 216. 

 Totternhoe Knoll visited, lix. 

 Treasure-trove, law of, xxii. 

 Tree-creeper increasingly scarce, 53 ; 



heard singing, 211. 

 Tring, rainfall at, in 1905, 40 ; in 



1906, 230 ; Sent a maritima taken 



at, 5. 

 Trottek, Canon H., on earthquake of 



March 15, 1905, at Barnet, 152, 153. 



U. 



Uhnus campesfris and montana, witches' 

 brooms on, 70, 71. 



Universe, its origin and end, 17. 

 Urwick's map of Herts, 1884, 116. 



V. 



Vaughan, M., on Herts birds, 51, 52, 

 57, 59, 61, 207, 211, 212, 214, 215. 



Ver, course of river, 1, 3, 4 ; MoUusca 

 of, 11. 



W, 



Walker's map of Herts, 1846, 92 

 i848(?),94; 1862, 100; 1870,104 

 1872 (c), 105 ; i88i (c), 113 ; 1888 

 (c), 119; 1892(c), 127. 



Ware, rainfall at, in 1905, 40; in 



1906, 230. 



Watford, ordinary meetings at, in 1905, 

 ix-x ; in 1906, x, xix-xxv, xxxv ; in 



1907, xxxvi, xliii-l ; list of fossils 

 from the Chalk of, li ; rainfall at, 

 in 1905, 40 : in 1906, 230 ; pheno- 

 logical observations at, in 1905, 84 ; 

 in 1906, 244 ; Ostracoda and Mol- 

 lusca from alluvial deposits at, 79. 



Weather of 1905 in Herts, 33 ; of 



1906, 221. 

 AVebb, W. M. : Nature Study (title 



only), xxxv. 

 Weekly Dispatch, map of Herts in, 



i860, 98. 

 Weetwood, Watford, rainfall at, in 



1905, 40; in 1906, 230. 

 Wehvvn, rainfall at, in 1905, 40 ; in 



1906, 230. 



West Herts river-system, 1. 



West Mill, rainfall at, in 1905, 40. 



Weston Park, rainfall at, in 1905, 40 ; 

 in 1906, 230. 



Wettest days in 1905, 42 : in 1906, 

 225. 



Wheatear in Herts, 52, 208. 



Whitaker, W. : Geological Photo- 

 graphs (title only), x, xxxvi. 



Whitchurch visited, liii. 



Wickham Hall, Bishop's Stortford, 

 earthquake of Nov. i, 1755, per- 

 ceived at, 149. 



Wigeon on the Gade, 58. 



Wigginton, rainfall at, in 1905, 42 ; 

 in 1906, 232. 



Winter of 1904-5, 42, 81 ; of 1905-6, 

 224, 241. 



Witches' brooms, 67. 



Woodpeckers in Herts, 57. 



Woodward, A. S., on local scientific 

 societies, XX ; on Diploiioxus Carnec/ii, 

 etc., xxvi. 



Wych elm, witches' brooms on, 71- 



