xlvi PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



receive the ordinary publications of the Society instead of all the 

 publications, and the extension of their right to admit two visitors 

 in place of one to any of the meetings. 



On Saturday afternoon, the 20th of May, a visit was paid to the 

 new British Museum of I^atural History, at South Kensington, and, 

 under the able guidance of Mr. Robert Etheridge, F.R.S., the 

 members inspected the collections of fossils. The general plan of 

 the Museum was also shown and explained by Mr. Etheridge, and the 

 various workrooms, etc., in the crypt were visited, and the great 

 facilities they afford for the special study of natural objects were 

 made evident. About two hours were spent in the Museum, and at 

 the conclusion of the visit the members present testified their 

 appreciation of the valuable services of their guide, and the kind 

 manner in which he had rendered them, by the hearty vote of 

 thanks which they accorded him. 



The following Field Meetings have been held during the year : — 



May 27. — Harpenden and "Wheathampstead. 



June 15. — Hertford Heath and Hoddesdon. 



June 17. — Rickmansworth and the Harefield Chalk Pits. 



June 24. — Watford and the Leavesden AVoods. 



July 15. — Eoyston. 



July 20. — Tewin and "Welwyn. 



Nov. 4. — Cassiobury Park, AVatford. 



The only meeting held in conjunction with any other Society 

 was that at Rickmansworth, in which members of the Geologists' 

 Association took part. The Hoyston meeting was the annual 

 whole-day meeting, and was an eminently successful one. 



Eor hospitality kindly afforded at the Eield Meetings the Society 

 is indebted to Mr. R. Luke Howard, Mackery End, Harpenden ; 

 ]\[r. F. M. Campbell, Rose Hill, Hoddesdon ; Dr. Brett, Watford 

 House (Rickmansworth meeting) ; the President, Nascott House, 

 "Watford; Mr. Henry Fordham, The Rookery, Royston; Mr. F. U. 

 Fordham, The Bank House, Royston ; and Colonel Smyth, The 

 Grange, Welwyn. 



A new departure in the proceedings of the Society has been 

 attempted during the year. The Field Meeting on the 4th of 

 JS'ovember was announced as a " Fungus Foray," and resulted in 

 the collection of 88 species of Fungi (74 species being Hymeno- 

 mycetous), the list of which is the first which has been compiled 

 for the County of Hertford. The species were identified by Dr. M. 

 C. Cooke and Mr. H. T. Wharton, who accompanied the party, and 

 to whom the thanks of the Society are due for an interesting and 

 instructive afternoon. On this occasion also 22 species of Mosses 

 were collected and identified by Mr. A. E. Gibbs. 



In the report for 1881 the Council announced the bequest to the 

 Society by the late Mr. R. A. Pryor, of the MS. of a new ' Flora 

 of Hertfordshire,' and of his botanical library, herbarium, and the sum 

 of £100. The whole of this bequest has now been received, less 

 legacy-duty on the £100, by which this amount has been reduced 

 to £91 16s. Of this the sum of £43 55. was expended in 1881 



