xlyi PROCEEDINGS, 



211th Ordinary Meeting, 23rd March, 1899, at St. Albans. 



The Right Honourable the Earl of Verulam, President, in 

 the Chair. 



Mr. G. W. Blow, 12, St. Peter's Street, St. Albans, and 

 Mr. Edwin Skett, Seftonville, Harpenden, were proposed for 

 membership of the Society. 



The following lecture was delivered : — 

 " Colour in Nature." By Wilfred Mark Webb, F.L.S. 

 The lecture was illustrated by lantern-slides and experiments on 

 complementary colours, etc., made with the aid of two lanterns. 



212th Ordinary Meeting, 28th March, 1899, at Watford. 



William Lepard Smith, Esq., in the Chair. 



Mr. G. W. Blow, Mr. Isaac Butler, Mr. Walter Grover, Mr. Edwin 

 Skett, and Mr. E. P. Thompson were elected Members of the 

 Society. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. " On some Effects of the Hailstorm of the 24th of June, 



1897, in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire." By James Saunders. 

 {Transactions, Vol. X, pp. 119-120.) 



2. " Note on Lunar Halos observed in Hertfordshire." Com- 

 municated by John Hopkinson, F. R. Met. Soc. (Transactions, 

 Yol. X, p. 118.) 



3. " Report on Phenological Phenomena observed in Hertfordshire 

 during the Year 1898." By Edward Mawley, Sec. R. Met. Soc, 

 E.R.H.S. {Transactions, Yol. X, pp. 129-135.) 



4. " Report on the Mycetozoa of the South Midlands for the 

 Years 1895 to 1898." Bv James Saunders. {Transactions, Yol. X, 

 pp. 103-104.) 



5. " Notes on Birds observed in Hertfordshire during the Year 



1898. By Alan F. Grossman, F.L.S. , M.B.O.U. {Transactions, 

 YoL X, pp. 136-142.) 



6. " Note on Wagtails feeding a young Cuckoo." By Mrs. Russell 

 Carew. {Transactions, Yol. X, p. 102.) 



7. " Notes on Curious Nesting-places." Communicated by John 

 Hopkinson. {Transactions, Yol. X, p. 102.) 



The following papers were taken as read : — 



1. "Report on the Rainfall in Hertfordsliire in the Y^ear 1898." 

 By John Hopkins-m, F.L.S., F.G.S., F. R. Met. Soc, Assoc. Inst. C. E. 

 {Transactions, Yol. X, pp. 121-128.) 



2. " Meteorological Observations taken in Hertfordshire in the 

 Year 1898." By John Hopkinson, F.L.S., etc. {Transactions, 

 Yol. X, pp. 143-152.) 



