Ix PROCEEDINGS, 



Ordixaey MEETiJfG, 22xD Makch, 1895, AT St. Albaxs. 



JoHjf MoRisox, Esq., M.D., F.G.S., Vice-President, in tlie Chair. 



Mr. E. H. Jackson, 5, Lower Derby Road, Watford ; Mr. Henry 

 George Moon, London Road, St. Albans ; Mr. Thomas Cheadle 

 Myddelton, Spencer House, St. Albans ; and Mr. J. B. Russell, 

 B Sc, 17, Lower Derby Road, Watford, were proposed for member- 

 ship of the Society. 



The following lecture was delivered : — 



" Extinct Monsters." By the Rev. Henry S. Hutchinson, B.A., 

 F.G.S. 



The lecture was fully illustrated by photographs kindly shown 

 by the oxyhydrogen lantern by Mr. T. Askwith. 



Ordik^art Meeting, 26th March, 1895, at "Watford. 



W. R. Carter, Esq., B.A., in the Chair. 



Mr. E. H. Jackson, Mr. H. G. Moon, Mr. T. C. Myddelton, and 

 Mr. J. B. Russell, B.Sc, were elected Members of the Society. 



Sir Henry Bruce Meux, Bart., Theobalds, Waltham Cross, was 

 proposed for membership. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " Report on the Rainfall in Hertfordshire in the year 1894." 

 By John Hopkinson, r.L.S,, E.G.S., F.R.Met.Soc. {Transactions, 

 YoL VIII, p. 131.) 



2. "The Floods of IS'ovember, 1894, in Hertfordshire." By 

 John Hopkinson. {Transactions, Vol. VIII, p. 141.) 



3. "Temperature and Rainfall at Hitchin, 1850-94." By 

 Wm. Lucas and John Hopkinson. {Transactions, Vol. VIII, p. 203.) 



4. " Xotes on Birds observed in Hertfordshire during the year 

 1894." By Henry Lewis. {Transactions, Vol. VIII, p. 147.) 



5. " Xotes on Birds fi-equenting the neighbourhood of Herons- 

 gate, Herts." By A. Sainsbury Verey, M.B.O.U. {Transactions, 

 VoL VIII, p. 155.) 



Letters were read from Mr. J. H. Buxton, Hunsdon Bury, Ware, 

 referring to the powers of the County Council for prohibiting the 

 destruction of wild birds, and suggesting that steps should be taken 

 for the preservation of the rare and beautiful birds of Hertfordshire; 

 and from Mr. T. Fowell Buxton, Easneye, Ware, suggesting that 

 the Society should get up an Association amongst the landowners 

 for the preservation of magpies, kingfishers, and owls, a form of 

 agreement being tendered to them for signature. 



Mr. Alan F. Grossman referred to the destruction of the great 

 crested grebe for the purposes of trade, and also of the kingfisher. 

 He thought that the proposed agreement would be valueless in 

 law, but that a circular might be sent to the landlords asking 

 them to prevent, so far as they could, the destruction of certain 

 birds which were becoming extinct in England, and also that the 

 County Council might be called upon to protect such birds. 



