LINNEAN SOCIETY OP LONDON. 9 



January 18th, 1912. 

 Dr. D. H. ScoxT, M.A., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 21st December, 

 1911, were read and confirmed. 



Miss Alice Pegler was proposed as an Associate. 



Mr. Frank Evans, Mr. George WilHam Howes, and Ealph 

 Vincent, M.D., M.E.C.P., were elected Pellows. 



Dr. A. Anstruther Lawson, F.L.S., gave a lantern lecture 

 entitled " Some features of the Marine Flora at 8t. Andrews," 

 showing the wealth of algal vegetation at t'lat part of tlie coast, 

 and its special characteristics, including the habit of the plants 

 when growing in their natural position under water. Illustrations 

 of the gigantic Brown Alga3 of the Pacific Coast were also shown 

 for comparison. 



The lecture was discussed by Miss A. L. Smith, Mr. J. C. 

 Shenstone, Prof. F. E. Fritseh, Mr. A. D. Cotton, and the 

 President, the lecturer replying to various questions. 



Miss E. L. Turner, F.L.8., then showed a series of lantern- 

 slides illustrating her discovery last year of a nestling Bittern in 

 Norfolk on the 8th July, 1911. The slides were from photographs 

 taken by the author, and showed the young bird in its protective 

 attitude simulating a bundle of I'eeds, and the nest itself. 



The narrative showed that probably more than one young bird 

 had been batched, and that the fledgling found was the last of the 

 brood, and the older birds had been induced by the parents to quit 

 the neighbourhood of the nest and scatter amongst the reeds of 

 the marsh. It is gratifying to recoi'd the recurrence of this in- 

 teresting species in a county in which it was formerly common, 

 and it is hoped that it may re-establisli itself in its old haunts. 



The Rev. T. 11. R, 8tebbing, F.R.S., added some remarks, 

 congratulating Miss Turner on her success as an observer. 



The General Secretary read a letter from Dr. George Henderson, 

 accompanying a quantity of seeds of Nannorrli02^s liitchiana, 

 H. Wendl., which the sender wished should be tried in cultivation 

 in the South of England by as many persons as possible. He 

 stated that these seeds were of last summer's growth, and came 

 from the Ivhyber Pass, wliere snow sometimes covered these palms 

 in winter, whilst the summer is very hot. He further suggested 



