Ivi PROCEEDINGS, 



Marcli 12. — Hertfordshire Rainfall, Percolation, and Evaporation ; by John 

 Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S., F.R.Met. Soc. 

 Notes on Lepidoptera observed in Hertfordshire during the year 

 1896 ; by A. E. Gibbs, F.L.S., F.E.S. 



Notes on Birds observed in Hertfordshire during the year 1895 ; 



by Alan F. Grossman, F.L.S. 

 April 21. — Report on the Rainfall in Hertfordshire in the year 1895 ; by 



John Hopkinson, F.L.S. , F.G.S., etc. 

 • Climatological Observations taken in Hertfordshire in the year 



1895 ; by John Hopkinson. 



Meteorological Observations taken at The Grange, St. Albans, 



during the year 1895 ; by John Hopkinson. 



Report on Phenological Phenomena observed in Hertford- 



shire during the year 1895 ; by Edward Mawley, 

 Pres. R. Met. Soc, F.R.H.S. 



List of Mosses collected in the neighbourhood of Hertford ; by 



Hugh Darton. 



On some Overlooked Records of Hertfordshire Plants ; by 



B. Daydon Jackson, Sec. L.S. 



Notes on the Observation of Swallows ; by A. Sainsbury Verey, 



Memb. Brit. Orn. Union. 

 Dec. 8. — On an Ancient British Coin found near Watford ; by 

 Sir John Evans, K.C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., Sc.D., 

 Treas. R.S., V.P.S.A., etc. 



On the Destruction of an Elm-Tree by Fungi at St. Albans ; 



by George Abbey. 



Report on the Conferences of Delegates to the British 



Association at Liverpool in 1896 ; by John Hopkinson, 

 F.L.S., F.G.S., F.R.Met. Soc. 

 ■ 22 . — Extracts from a Naturalist's Notebook ; bv T. Vaughan Roberts. 



Flying ; by the President, Arthur Stradling, M.R.C.S., F.Z.S. 



The following lecture was delivered at St. Albans : — 

 Dec. 10. — Rambles by Forest, Field, and Flood ; by James Saunders. 



At the meeting on the 8th of December a discussion was com- 

 menced on the advisability of forming Unions of Natural History 

 Societies, and it was continued on the 22nd of December, when 

 resolutions approving of the formation of such Unions were passed. 

 These resolutions will be printed in the report of that meeting 

 (see p. lii). 



The following Field Meetings were held during the year : — 



April 25.- — Aldbury and Ashridge Park. 

 May 9. — Kew Gardens. 



13. — Hatfield House and Park. 



23. — Colney Heath and North Mimms Park. 



June 20.— Hitchin. 



July 18. — Aldenbam House and Park, Elstree. 

 Oct. 10. — Gorhambury Park, St. Albans. 



The meeting on the 20th of June was held in conjunction with 

 the Geologists' Association of London; that on the 10th of October 

 was the annual fungus foray. 



For assistance at the field meetings in allowing the members 

 and their friends to visit private houses and parks the Society 

 is indebted to the Marquis of Salisbury, Hatfield House ; to 

 Mr. Walter H. Burns, North Mimms Park; to Lord Aldenham, 

 Aldenham House ; and to Mr. J. B. Taylor, Gorhambury. The 



