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INDEX. 



Bittern, common, at Riekmansworth, 



78 ; near Hitchin, 156 ; little, in 



Herts, 156. 

 Bomhyces in Herts in 1895, 29 ; near 



Watford in 1896, 238. 

 Bone Hill, St. Albans, rainfall at, in 



1896, 142. 

 Botaurus sfdlaris at Eickmansworth, 



78; near Hitchin, 156. 

 Bonlder Clay in Stukeley cutting, 



Himtiu.<rdon, Ixvii ; at Bricket 



"Wood, Ixxii. 

 Bourne, the Hertfordshire, visited when 



flowing in 1897, Ixv. 

 Bramhling, habits of, 76. 

 Brarafield, earthquake of Dec. 1S96 



felt at, 198. 

 Braughing, earthquake of Dec. 1896 



felt at, 202. 

 Brett, Dr. A. T., on parasitic fungi, 



ix ; obituary notice of, Iv. 

 Erickendonbury, Hertford, Roman 



coins found at, 169. 

 British Association, reports on Con- 

 ferences of Delegates to, Ipswich, 



1895, x; Liverpool, 1896, xlii; 



Earthquake Committee, 183. 

 British coin, ancient, found near 



Watford, 133. 

 Brocket Hall, Hatfield, rainfall at, in 



1895, 112. 

 Brown, Isaac (Hon. Memb.), obituary 



notice of, liv. 

 Broxbourne, rainfall at, in 1895, ^^^ ! 



in 1896, 142. 

 Buckinghamshire, Characeae of, 26. 

 Buckland, earthquake of Dec. 1896 



felt at, 202. 

 Bulboiirne, rainfall at, in 1896, 142. 

 Buntingford, rainfall at, in 1895, 112 ; 



in 1896, 142. 

 Bushey, earthquake of Dec. 1896 felt 



at, 191. 

 Butterflies in Herts in 1895, 28. 

 Buxton, A. F., on the diving of the 



duck, xxix. 



C. 



Cam district, rainfall in, in 1895, 

 115; in 1896, 145. 



Cambridgeshire, earthquake of Dec. 

 1896 felt in, 203. 



Cardnells dcgans and spinus in Herts, 

 76 ; C. cletjans nesting in Herts, 153. 



Cnssiobiiry Park visited, Ixxiv ; fungi 

 of, Ixxiv. 



Chalk, at Hitchin, xxxv ; its area in 

 Colne and Lea basins, 46 ; per- 

 colation of rain through, 47 ; as 

 a water-bearing stratum, 51 ; water- 

 levels in, near Roystou, 209. 



Chalk Rock at Aldridge's Dell. Ixv. 

 Chara vnl(iaris at Great Bramingham, 



21 ; C. hispida at Totternhoe, 21. 

 Characete, notes on, 19 ; general 



appearance and mode of occurrence, 



19 ; life-history, 20 ; geographical 



distribution, 24 ; geological distribu- 

 tion, 24 ; of Herts, 25 ; of Beds, 



25 ; of Bucks, 26. 

 Cheshunt, rainfall at, in 1895, ^^2; 



in 1896, 142 ; earthquake of Dec. 



1896 felt at, 201. 

 Circus cyancus near Hitchin, 155. 

 Cirl-bunting breeding near Tring, 153. 

 Climate of St. Albans, 215. 

 Climatological observations in Herts 



in 1895, 93; in 1896, 241. 

 Cobham, Surrey, rainfall at, 1825-59, 



37. 

 Coccothraustes vulgaris a resident in 



Herts, 76, 152. 

 Coin, an ancient British, foimd near 



Watford, 133. 

 Coins, Roman, found at Brickendon- 



bury, 169. 

 Colne basin or district, rainfall in, 



1872-92, 37; in 1895, 115; in 



1896, 145. 

 Colney Heath visited, xxxiv. 

 Cohnnha cenas nesting in Ashridge 



Park, 157. 

 Colymbus glacialis in Herts, 159. 

 Conferences of Delegates to British 



Association, Ipswich, 1895, ^ '■> 



Liverpool, 1896, xlii. 

 Cormorant at Tring Reservoirs, 77. 

 Coturnix communis in Herts, 157. 

 Council elected, 1896, xviii ; 1897, 



liii; report of, for 1895, xix ; for 



1896, liv. 

 Cowroast, Tring, rainfall at, in 1895, 



112; in 1896, 142. 

 Crabs aiding each other, 5. 

 Crake, spotted, near Hitchin, 157. 

 Crossbill, two-barred, new to Herts, 



74 ; common, in Herts, 77. 

 Crossman, a. F. : Notes on Birds 



observed in Hertfordshire during the 



year 1895, xxviii, 73-84 ; . . . 



during the year 1896, Ixiii, 148-162. 

 Crvptogamic plants, Ksts of, xxxviii, 



ixxv, 25, 104. 

 Curlew at Tring, 80. 159. 

 Cygnus musicus in Herts, 156. 



D. 



Dafila acuta at Tring, 156. 



Baldinia concentrica found at Cassio- 



bury, Ixxv, Ixxviii. 

 Danes'bury, VVelwvn, rainfall at, in 



1895, 109; ill 1896, 182. 



