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INDEX. 



Odsey, Ashwell, phenological observa- 

 tions at, in 1895, 98, 99; in 1896, 

 230, 231 ; rainfall at, in 1895, 112 ; 

 in 1896, 142. 



(Edemia fitsca new to Herts, 150 ; 

 CE. nigra in Herts, 157. 



(EdimeiHUs scohpax disappearing from 

 Herts, 157. 



Ordinary Meetings, 1895, ix-xvii ; 



1896, xvii-xviii, xxviii-xxix, xl-Ui; 



1897, lii-liii, Ixii-lxiv. 

 Ormerod, Miss G., obituary notice 



of, Iv. 

 Osprey in Herts, 155. 

 Oiise basin, rainfall in, in 1895, 115; 



in 1896, 145. 

 Overlooked records of Herts plants, 121. 

 Owl, tawny, in Ashridge Park, 77 ; 



pugnacity of, 154 ; long-eared, in 



Ashridge Park, 154. 

 Oxford Clay near Huntingdon, Ixvii. 

 Oyster-catcher at Elstree Keservoir, 158. 



Tcnidion halia'etus in Herts, 155. 



Papers, list of, read iu 1895, ^^ '■> ^^ 

 1896, Iv. 



Parasitic fungi, 14. 



Pendley Manor, Tring, rainfall at, in 

 1S95, 112; in 1896, 142. 



Percolation in Herts, 40 ; through 

 chalk at Nash Mills, 1854-84, 40, 

 67 ; through soil at Nash Mills, 

 1S42-S4, 41, 68 ; at Lea Bridge, 

 1852-73, 41, 69 ; at Eothamsted, 

 1871-92, 43, 70. 



Petrie, Prof. W. M. F., on a federal 

 staii' for local museums, xlvi. 



FliaUwrocorax carlo at Tring Reser- 

 voirs, 77. 



Phenological work, xii ; phenomena 

 observed in Herts in 1895, 97 ; in 

 1896, 229. 



Photographs, geological, xlviii. 



Photography, meteorological, xiv. 



Pintail duck at Tring, 156. 



Pipes iu the Chalk, 51. 



Pirton, earthquake of Dec. 1896 felt 

 at, 195. 



Plant-diseases caused by fungi, 15. 



I'lauts, cryptogamic, Hsts of, xxxviii, 

 Ixxv, 25, 104 ; flowering, overlooked 

 records of, 121 ; collected iu Herts, 

 1838-40, 167. 



riasmodinpliora brassiccc, finger-and- 

 toe disease in plants, 15. 



Pleurocarpi of Hertford, 107. 



Plover, winged, at Tring, 79, 158; 

 golden, at Tring, 158 ; grey, iu 

 Herts, 158. 



Pochard, habits of, 78. 



Podiceps cristatus at Tring Eeservoirs, 

 81 ; P. fluviatilis on the Gade and 

 Colne, 81. 



Porzana maruetta near Hitchin, 157. 



Proceedings, session 1895-96, ix ; 

 1896-97, xl. 



Q. 



Quail in Herts, 157. 

 Querquedula crecca in Herts, 156. 



R. 



Radlett, phenological observations at, 

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



Rainfall in Herts, 33 ; mean annual, 

 in Herts, 1842-92, 38, 57, 91 ; at 

 Nash Mills, 1834-96, 58, 71 ; at 

 Kensworth, 1870-96, 59, 71 ; at 

 Berkhamsted, 1856-96, 60, 71 ; 

 at Gorhambury, 1860-96, 61, 71 ; 

 at Rothamsted, 1853-96, 62, 71 ; at 

 Hitchin, 1850-96, 63, 72 ; at 

 Welwyn, 1872-96, 64, 72 ; at Bay- 

 fordbiiry, 1860-96, 64, 72; at Much 

 Hadham, 1866-96, 65, 72 ; at 

 Royston, 1866-96, 66, 72 ; in Herts 

 in 1895, 109; in 1896, 139, 182. 



Rambles by forest, field, and flood, li. 



Ransom, Miss M., plants collected in 

 Herts by, 167. 



Rays, the Riiutgen or "X," 135. 



Reading Beds at Tyler's Hill, Ixiv. 



Records, early meteorological, xii ; of 

 river- and well-levels, xiii ; of floods, 

 xiii ; overlooked, of Herts plants, 

 121. 



Redbourn, earthquake of Dec, 1896 

 felt at, 191. 



Red House, Ware, rainfall at, in 1895, 

 112; iu 1896, 142. 



Redpoll, lesser, in Herts, 77, 153; 

 mealy, in Herts, 153. 



Redshank in Herts, 79, 158. 



Reed, earthquake of Dec. 1896 felt 

 at, 202. 



Reed- warbler, great, new to Herts, 149. 



Report on the Conferences of Delegates 

 to the British Association, Ipswich, 



1895, x; at Liverpool, 1896, xliv ; 

 of the Council for 1895, xix ; for 



1 896, liv ; on phenological phe- 

 nomena in 1895, 97 ; in 1896, 229 ; 

 on the rainfall in Herts in 1895, 

 109 ; in 1896, 139. 



Rickmansworth, rainfall at, in 1895, 

 112; in 1896, 142; earthquake of 

 Dec. 1896 felt at, 187. 



Ring-ouzel in Herts, 75, 150. 



Rism tridacttjla on Berkhamsted Com- 

 mon, 80. 



River temperature, xi ; levels, xiii. 



