CONTENTS. 



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1. Anniversary Address — Chalk Water in Hertfordshire. 



By the President, William Whitakek, B.A,, F.B.S., 

 Pres. G. S., Assoc. Inst. C. E 1 



2. The Palaeolithic Deposits at Hitchin and their Relation to 



the Glacial Period. By Clement Reid, F.L.S., F.G.S. 14 



3. Report on the Rainfall in Hertfordshire in the Year 1897. 



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

 Assoc. Inst. C. E 23 



4. Notes on Bii'ds observed in Hertfordshire during the Year 



1897. By Alan F. Grossman, F.L.S 33 



5. British Parasitic Flowering Plants, with a List of the 



Species. By James Saunders 44 



6. Meteorological Observations taken in Hertfordshire in the 



Year 1897. By John Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S., 

 F.R.Met. Soc, Assoc. Inst. C.E 49 



7. Report on Phonological Phenomena observed iij Hertford- 



shire during the Year 1897. By Edward Mawley, 

 Sec. R. Met. Soc, F.R.H.S .. .. 61 



8. Miscellaneous Notes and Observations. — Meteorology ; 



Botany ; Zoology .... 68 



9. The Chadwell Spring and the Hertfordshire Bourne. By 



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

 Assoc. Inst. C.E. (Plate I.) 69 



10. A List of the Birds of Hertfordshii-e. By Alan F. Grossman, 



F.L.S 84 



11. Ornithological Notes 102 



12. Report on the Mycetozoa of the South Midlands for the 



Years 1895 to 1898. By James Saunders 103 



13. Anniversary Address — Geological and other Work in 



Hertfordshire. By the President, William Whitaker, 

 B.A., F.R.S., Pres.G.S., Assoc. Inst. C.E 105 



14. Meteorological Note 118 



15. On some Effects of the Hailstorm of the 24th of June, 



1897, in Hertfordshire and Bedfordsliire. By James 

 Saunders. (Plate II.) 119 



