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INDEX. 



Meteor seen at Kensworth, 2i Jan. 

 1898, 68 ; at Hertford, 20 Feb. 

 1898, 146. 

 Meteorological observations in Herts in 

 1897, 49 ; in 1898, 143 ; in 1899, 

 223. 

 Meteorology, notes on, 68, 118. 

 Metropolis, Royal Commission on 



Water-supply of, 109. 

 MiALL, Prof. L. C, on the Study of 



Life-histories, xxi-xxiv. 

 Midlands, South, Mycetozoa of, 103. 

 Migrants, arrival and departure of, in 

 1897, 40 ; in 1898, 140; in 1899, 

 183. 

 Mill Green, Hatfield, visited, xxx ; 



flooded in Feb. 1897, 32. 

 Mirams, North and South, swallow- 

 holes near, 3, 5, 6 ; flooded in Feb. 

 1897, 32. 

 Mimmshall Brook swallow -holes, 6. 

 Mimram flooded in Feb. 1897, 32. 

 Mineral composition of clay-with- 



flints, 157. 

 Mistletoe, trees on which it grows, 4o. 

 Moat near Wheathampstead visited, Iv. 

 Mollusca of Hitchin lake-bed, 18 ; of 



the Chalk Eock, 112. 

 Monotropa, a saprophyte, 44. 

 Moor Park, Eickiiiansworth, rainfall 

 at, in 1897, 26; in 1898, 124; in 

 1899, 216. 

 Mosses, geographical distribution of, 



Ix ; of Hitchin lake-bed, 19. 

 Motacilla nlba nesting in Herts, 180. 

 Moths of West Herts, 186. 

 Much Hadham, see Hadham. 

 Mum, J. (quoted), on the yield of the 



Chadwell Spring, 74. 

 Miimcnpa atricapiUa near Great 



Gaddesden, 35 ; at Munden, 137. 

 Museum, Natural History, South 

 Kensington, \asited, xxvii ; County, 

 established at St. Albans, xliv, 167 ; 

 visited, Ixxiii. 

 Museums of Canada, xxiv. 

 Mycetozoa, of the South Midlands, 



103 ; their habitats, 169. 

 Mylne, R. W. (quoted), on springs 

 in the Lea valley, 4 ; on the yield 

 of the Chadwell Spring, 74. 



N. 



Naias marina in Hitchin lake -bed, 19. 



Nash Mills, Heniel Hempstead, rain- 

 fall at, in 1897, 26 ; in 1898, 124. 



National Trust for Places of Historic 

 Interest or Natural Beauty, Iviii. 



Natural History Museum, South 

 Kensington, visited, xxvii. 



Natural History Societies, Unions of, 



xviii. 

 Nesting-places, curious, 102, 192. 

 New Barnet, see Barnet. 

 Noctuae of West Herts, 187. 

 Nomansland, flint-gravel and sand at, 



159. 

 Northaw, rainfall at, in 1899, 218. 

 Northchurch, rainfall at, in 1897, 26 ; 



in 1898, 124; in 1899, 216. 

 North Minims, see Mimms. 

 Northwood visited, Ixxv. 

 Notes on botany, 68 ; meteorology, 68, 



118; ornithology, 68, 102, 192. 



0. 



Observations, meteorological, in Herts 

 in 1897, 49 ; in 1898, 143 ; in 1899, 

 223; phenological, in 1897, 61 ; in 

 1898, 129; in 1899, 173. 

 Odsey, Ashwell, rainfall at, m 1897, 

 26 ; in 1898, 124 ; in 1899, 216 ; 

 phenological observations at, in 1897, 

 62; in 1898, 130; in 1899, 174. 

 (Eclcmia nigra near Rickmansworth, 



139. 

 Ophrys muscifera at Cheshunt, 68. 

 Orchidea3, British saprophytic, 48. 

 Ordinary Meetings, session 1897-98, 

 ix-x, xvii-xxvi ; 1898-99, xxu- 

 xxxix, xlvi; 1899-1900, Ivi-lx, 

 Ixviii. 

 Ordnance map, 6 -inch, referred to and 



corrected, li, Ixxii. 

 Oriole, golden {Oriolus galbula) ?, near 



St. Albans, 87. 

 Ornithology, notes on, 68, 102, 192. 

 Orobancheaj, British parasitic, 46. 

 Otis tarda in Herts, 34. 

 Ouse basin, rainfall in, in 1897, 28 ; 



in 1898, 126; in 1899, 219. 

 Outliers of the Tertiary beds, xxvm. 

 Owl, little, nesting in Herts, 37, 130 ; 

 short-eared, at Elstree Reservoir, 

 181. 

 Oxlip in Herts, ix. , ••• 



Oxy-hydrogen lantern purchased, xiu. 

 Oyster-catcher in Herts, 38, 139, 182. 



P. 



Palieolithic deposits at Hitchin, 14 ; 



sections of, 16, 20. 

 Panurus biarmicus in Herts, 35. _ 

 Papers, list ol, read in 1897, xii ; in 



1898, xli; in 1899, Ixiii. . 

 Parasitic flowering plants, British, 44 ; 



list of, 46. 

 Paul, G. : Fly-orchis at Cheshunt. 



xxvi, 68. 

 Pearson, G., obituary notice of, Ixii. 



