INDEX. 



A. 



Abbey, G. : On the Destruction of an 

 Elm-Tree by Fungi at St. Albans, 

 xlii, 129-132. 



Abbot's Lanc^ley, earthquake of Dec. 

 1896 felt at, 187. 



Abbot's Eipton visited, lx%ii. 



Abbott, G., on District Unions of 

 Natural History Societies, sliii. 



Acrocarpi of Hertford, 10-1. 



Acroccphalus turdoidcs new to Herts, 

 149. 



Additions to the Library in 1895, 

 xx^ii ; in 1896, Ix. 



Address, Anniversary, 1S96, 1. 



u^J(/ialitis hiaticula at Tring Eeser- 

 voirs, 79, 158. 



Agaricus exceJsas, violaceo-ater, and 

 eircnsis found at Gorhambury, 

 xxxix, xl ; A. Sadlcri found at 

 Cassiobiu-y, Ixxv, lxx\ii ; A. melleus 

 a true root-fungus, 17. 



Aid, mutual, amongst animals, 1. 



Aldbury A^sited, xxx. 



Aldenham, rainfall at, in 1895, 109; 

 in 1896, 142 ; earthquake of 

 Dec. 1896 felt at, 191. 



Aldenham House visited, xxxvii. 



Amphocarpi of Hertford, 107. 



Anas strcpera new to Herts, 150. 



Ancient British coin found near 

 Watford, 133. 



Animals, mutual aid amongst, 1. 



Anniversary Meetings, Feb. 25, 1896, 

 xviii ; Feb. 26, 1897, liii ; Address, 

 1896, 1. 



Anser alhifrom new to Herts, 149. 



Anthropometric measiu-ements, xv. 



Ants, their social habits, 6 ; as agri- 

 culturists and horticultiu'ists, 12. 



Apes highly sociable, 11. 



Apsley Mills, Hemel Hemp-stead, rain- 

 fall at, in 1895, 112 ; in 1896, 142. 



Ardeley, earthquake of Dec. 1896 felt 

 at, 197. 



Ardetta minuta in Herts, 156. 



Ashridge Park Ai-sited, xxx. 



Ash well, phonological observations at, 

 in 1895, 98, 99 ; in 1896, 230, 231 ; 

 earthquake of Dec. 1896 felt at, 201. 



\0L. IX. — PART IX. 



Asia otus in Ashridge Park, 154.. 

 Aston Bury visited, Ixviii. 

 Aston Church visited, Ixix. 

 Auk, little, in Herts, 81, 159. 

 Autumn of 1895, S'J, 102; of 1896, 

 179, 234. 



B. 



Babington, Prof.C. C. (Hon. Memb.), 

 obituary notice of, xx. 



Balance-sheet for 1895, xxvi; 1896, lix. 



Barkway, earthquake of Dec. 1896 felt 

 at, 202. 



Barnet, New, climatological observa- 

 tions at, in 1895, 9^ ; iJi 1896, 

 243 ; earthquake of Dec. 1896 felt 

 at, 194. 



Bayfordbury, Hertford, rainfall at, 

 1860-96, 64, 72; in 1895, 112; in 

 1896, 142; earthquake of Dec. 1S96 

 felt at, 199. 



Bedfordshire, Characeaj of, 25 ; earth- 

 quake of Dec. 1896 felt in, 203. 



Bedmont, earthquake of Dec. 1896 felt 

 at, 187. 



Bees, their habits, 6. 



Bengeo, earthquake of Dec. 1896 felt 

 at, 199. 



Bennington Aisited, Ixix ; climatological 

 observations at, in 1895, 95 ; in 

 1896, 243 ; rainfall at, in 1895, 

 112; in 1896, 142, 182. 



Bennington Church and Lordship 

 Aisited, Ixix. 



Bcrkhamsted, rainfall at, 1856-96, 60, 

 71; in 1895, 112; in 1896, 142; 

 climatological observations at, in 

 1895, 94; in 1896, 242; pheno- 

 logical observations at, in 1895, 9S> 

 99 ; in 1S96, 230, 231 ; earthquake 

 of Dec. 1896 felt at, 186. 



Berkhamsted, Little, earthquake of 

 Dec. 1896 felt at, 199. 



Birds, memorial to Herts County 

 Coimcil for the protection of, xxiii ; 

 order of Home Secretary protecting, 

 xxiv ; mutual support in, 7 ; observed 

 in Herts in 1895, 73 ; in 1896, 148; 

 of North Herts, 163. 



Bishop's Stortford, earthquake of Dec. 

 1896 felt at, 202. 



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