WATFORD KATUEAL HISTORY SOCIETY. XXXIX 



Dec. 12. — Notes on the Botnny of the Experimental Grass Plots at 



Rothamsted, Harpenden ; by John J. Willis. 

 . Notes on Birds Observed in 1878 ; by John E. Littleboy. 



At the June and December meetings several short communica- 

 tions were also read, and microscopical and other objects of interest 

 were exhibited. 



The meteorological and phenological reports for 1877 will appear 

 in the next part of the 'Transactions,' and the reports for 1878 

 will be presented at an early meeting. Several additional observers 

 have forwarded their returns of the rainfall, and periodical natui'al 

 phenomena are being observed at an increasing number of localities. 

 To the two — Watford and \Yare — from which observations were 

 received in 1876, a third — Odsey — was added in 1877, and now 

 observations are also taken at Harpenden and Redbourn. 



As in the previous year one of the Field Meetings proposed had 

 to be abandoned on account of the weather. It was intended to 

 have "S'isited Ashridge Park on the 12th of June, which, however, 

 was unfortunately one of a continuous succession of wet days. Five 

 Field Meetings took place, and each one was successful both as to 

 its interesting nature and the attendance of members. 



The following localities were visited : — 



May 4. — Cassiobmy Park, the Temple of Pan (Grove "Woods), and 

 Langleybury. 



18.— Tyler's Hill, Chesham. 



June 1. — St. Albans. 



22.— Hertford and Ware. 



July 3.— Moor Park. 



The annual whole-day meeting was at Hertford and "Ware, in 

 conjunction with the Geologists' Association of London, when the 

 able geological expositions of Professor Morris, and the cordial 

 reception and hospitable entertainment of Dr. Gwyn Jeffreys, 

 F.R.S., at AYare Priory, added greatly to the success and enjoy- 

 ment of an otherwise most interesting field day. 



For hospitality kindly afforded at the Field Meetings the Society 

 is also indebted to Mr. Littleboy, Hunton Bridge ; Mr. "Willshin, 

 St. Albans ; and Lord Ebury, Moor Park. The parks and private 

 grounds of the Earl of Clarendon, The Grove, and Mr. W. Jones 

 Loyd, Langleybury, Watford ; Mrs. Worley, New Barnes, St. 

 Albans, and the Pev. F. D. Barclay Bevan, Amwellbury, Ware, 

 have also been visited by the kind permission of their respective 

 owners ; and at Moor Park Lord Ebury threw open his house as 

 well as his private grounds to the inspection of the members. 



The donations to the Society's Library have been more numerous 

 than during the preceding year. The donations of your Honorary 

 Member, Professor F. V. Hayden, Director of the United States 

 Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, still occupy 

 the foremost place in number and value. The most important 

 work of the Survey which has yet been issued. Professor Hayden's 

 'Geological and Geographical Atlas of Colorado,' an enduring monu- 

 ment to the ability and industry of the United States Surveyors 

 and their chief, has lately been received. The number of societies 



