XU PROCEEDINGS, 



St. Albans ; and Mr. Mann, who was an authority on hawks and 

 hawking, and kept a mew of hawks at Hyde Hall, Sawbridge worth, 

 contributed notes on birds to our ornithological recorders. 



The census of the Society at the end of the years 1896 and 1897 

 was as follows : — 



1896. 1897. 



Honorary Members 17 17 



Corresponding Members 3 3 



Life Members 48 46 



Annual Subscribers 162 149 



220 215 



The following lectures or papers have been read or delivered 

 at Watford during the year : — 



Jan. 26.— The Rontgen or "X" Eays; by Thomas Mansell, F.R.M.S., 



F.R.P.S. 

 Feb. 26. — Anniversary Address — Serpents and Umbrellas ; by the 



President, Arthur Stradling, M.R.C.S., F.Z.S. 

 March 23. — Report on the Rainfall in Hertfordshire in the Year 1896 ; by 



John Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S., F.R.Met. Soc, etc. 



Notes on some Plants collected in Hertfordshire by Miss Maria 



Ransom, 1838-1840; by James Saunders. 



Notes on Birds observed in Hertfordshire during the Tear 1896 ; 



by Alan F. Grossman, F.L.S. 



On some Roman Coins found at Brickendonbury, Hertford ; 



by Sir John Evans, K.C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., Sc.D., 

 Treas.R. S., V.P.S.A., etc. 

 April 30. — Climatological Observations taken in Hertfordshire in the Year 

 1896 ; by John Hopkinson, F.L.S. , F.G.S., F. R. Met. Soc, 

 Assoc. Inst. C.E. 



Report on Phenological Phenomena observed in Hertfordshire 



duringtheYearlS96; by Edward Mawley,Pres.R. Met. Soc, 

 F.R.H.S. 



Notes on Lepidoptera observed in the Neighbourhood of Watford 



in the Year 1896 ; by S. H. Spencer, Jun. 

 Dec. 14.— A Visit to Canada ; by John Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S., 

 Assoc. Inst. C.E., etc. 



The following have been read at St. Albans : — 



April 6. — The Earthquake of the 17th of December, 1896, as it affected 

 the County of Hertford ; by Herbert George Fordham. 



Meteorological Observations taken at The Grange, St. Albans, 



during the Year 1896 ; bv John Hopkinson, F.L.S., E.G. S., 

 F.R.Met. Soc, Assoc. Inst. C.E. 



The Climate of St. Albans, deduced from Meteorological 



Observations taken during the Ten Years 1887-1896 ; by 

 John Hopkinson. 



Water-Levels in the Chalk near Royston ; by Harold Warren, 



Assoc.M. Inst. C.E. 

 Dec. 8. — British Parasitic Flowering Plants, with a List of the Species ; 

 by James Saunders. 



The following Field Meetings were held during the year : — 



March 19.— Tyler's Hill, Chesham. 



April 24. — The Valley of the Bourne, Boxraoor. 



May 1. — Abbot's Ripton and Huntingdon. 



22. — Aston and Bennington. 



■ 29.— Kew Gardens. 



