CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



1. Anniversary Address. — Francis Bacon. By the President, 



John Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S.,r.R.M.S.,r.K.Met.Soc. 1 



2. Bats and some other Beasts. By Geoege Rooper, F.Z.S. 37 



3. Terrestrial British Quadrupeds existing in a "Wild State at 



the Present Day. By T. Vaughan Robekts . . . . 41 



4. Report on the Rainfall in Hertfordshire in 1891. By 



John Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S., F.R.Met.Soc 53 



5. Notes on Birds ohservcd in Hertfordshire during the year 



1891. By Henky Lewis 62 



6. Meteorological Observations taken at The Grange, St. 



Albans, during the year 1891. By John Hopkinson, 

 F.L.S., F.G.S., F.R.Met.Soc 69 



7. A Naturalist's Calendar for Mid-Hertfordshire. By J. J. 



Willis 76 



8. Report on Phenological Phenomena observed in Hertford- 



shire during the year 1891. By Edward Mawley, 

 F.R.Met.Soc, FR.H.S 85 



9. Coal : its Nature, Origin, Position, and Extent ; and its 



Range under the South of England. By Professor 



T. Rupert Jones, F.R.S., F.G.S. (Plates I and II) . . 89 



10. Anniversary Address. — Charles Darwin. By the President, 



JoHNHoPKiNsoxN,F.L.S.,F.G.S.,F.R.M.S.,F.R.Met.Soc. 101 



11. Notes on the Mycetozoa, with a List of Species from 



Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. By James Saunders 137 



12. Ice and its Work. By John Morison, M.D., F.G.S. . . 147 



13. Climatological Observations taken in Hertfordshire in the 



year 1891. By John Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S., 

 F.R.Met.Soc. (Plate III) 157 



14. Notes on Birds observed in Hertfordshire during the year 



1892. By Henry Lewis 161 



15. Notes on some Hertfordshire Mammalia. By T. Vaughan 



Roberts 169 



