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HERTFORDSHIEE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 



AND FIELD CLFB. 



The objects of the Society are: — 1. The investigation of the Meteorology, 

 Geology, Botany, Zoology, and Pre-historic Archaeology of the County of Hertford. 



2. The publication of the results of such investigation made by its Members. 



3. The dissemination amongst its Members of information on jSi'atural History 

 and ]\Iicroscopical Science. 4. The formation of a Library of works on Natui'al 

 History, and of a Museum illustrative of the Geology, Botany, and Zoology of 

 the County (the Vertebrata excepted). 5. The discoiiragement of the practice 

 of remo\'ing rare plants from the localities of which they are characteristic, and 

 of exterminating rare birds, fish, and other animals. 



The head-quarters of the Society are at the Watford Public Library, where 

 Evening Meetings are held during the winter on the Third Tuesday in each 

 month. Evening meetings are also held at St. Albans, Hertford, Ware, and 

 other places; and during the summer months Field Meetings are held in 

 various parts of the County. 



The Transactions of the Society, which have already conti-ibuted materially to 

 the knowledge of the Natural History of the County, are published in parts, each 

 containing from 32 to 48 pages, at intervals of about three months, and are issued 

 free to Members. 



Members pay an Entrance Fee of 10s., and an Annual Subscription of 10s., 

 for which they may compound by a payment of £5. Ladies are eligible for 



election. 



Donations to the Library, and letters relating thereto, should be addressed to 

 the Librarian, E. M. Chater, 129, High Street, Watford ; and to the Museum, 

 to the Cm-ator, F. W. Silvester, F.M.S., Hedges, St. Albans. Subscriptions, etc., 

 are payable to the Treasurer, Sydney Humbert, Watford. 



All other communications relating to the Society should be addressed to John 

 Hnpkinsou, F.L.S., Wansford House, Watford, or to R. B. Croft, Il.N,,F.L.S., 

 Fanhams Hall, Ware, the Honorary Secretaries. 



PUBLICATIONS OF THE SOCIETY. 



Transactions of the Watford Natural History Society. 



Vol. I. 1875-78. (312 pages). Price 10s. M. 



In Parts: — 1-6, and 8-10, Is. each; 7, Is. M,. 



Vol. II. 1878-80. (320 pages). Price IDs. M. 



In Parts : — 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6, Is. %d. each ; 3, 7, and 8, Is. each. 



Transactions of the Hertfordshire Natural History Society. 



Vol. I. 1880-82. (352 pages). Price lis. 

 ' In Parts: — 1, 2, 3, and 5, Is. 6rf. each; 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9, 1*. each. 

 Vol. II. Parts 1 and 2. Price Is. 6«f. each. 



