xvi proceedings of the 



Repoht of the Council for 1877. 



In presenting their third Annual Report, the Council of the 

 Watford Natural History Society and Hertfordshire Field Club 

 have the pleasure of announcing that the Society continues to 

 prosper, the number of its members increasing, and the papers 

 read contributing materially to the knowledge of the Natural 

 History of the county. 



During the year 19 Ordinary Members and two Honorary 

 Members have been elected ; four members have compounded for 

 their annual subscription ; ten members have resigned ; and the 

 Council regret that they have to announce the loss of two members 

 by death — Mr. James Cardinal Harford and Mr. Isaac Ridgway. 



The census of the Society at the end of the years 1876 and 1877 

 was as follows : — 



1876 1877 



Honorary Members 8 10 



Life Members 15 19 



Annual Subscribers 137 140 



Total 160 169 



Three parts of the Society's ' Transactions ' have been printed 

 and distributed to th^ embers duritg the year, making eight 

 parts in all ; and it is ;ended to conclude the first volume with 

 the ninth part, which will complete the record of the proceedings 

 of the Society to the end of last session. 



The following are the principal papers and lectures which have 

 been read or delivered during the year 1877 : — 



Jan. 11. — Fisb-hatcbing and Fisb-culture in Hertfordsbire ; by Alfred T. 



Brett, M.D. With Notes on Pisciculture by Peter Hood, M.D. 



• . Notes and Queries on the River Cohie ; by A. T. Brett, M.D. 



Feb. 8. — Anniversary Address; by the President, John Evans, F.R.S., 



F.S.A., F.G.S.. F.M.S., etc. 

 March 8. — The Fertilisation of Plants; by the Rev. George Henslow, M.A., 



F.L.S., F.G.S. 

 April 12. — Instructions for taking Meteorological Observations ; by William 



Marriott, F.M.S. 



. Meteorological Observations taken at Holly Bank, Watford, 



during the year ending 28th Februai-y, 1877; by John 

 Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.M.S., Hon. Sec. 



. Report on the Rainfall in Hertfordsbire in 1876 ; by the 



Honorary Secretary. 



. Notes on a Remarkable Storm in Hertfordshire, April 4th, 1877 ; 



by Lieut. R. B. Croft, R.N., F.L.S. 

 May 10. — On Microscopic Fungi ; by E. M. Chater. 



. Notes on some Hertfordshire Plants; by R. A. Pryor, B.A., 



F.L.S. 

 Oct. 11. — Famous Trees in Hertfordshire ; by the Rev. Canon Gee, D.D. 

 Nov. 8.— The Birds of Our District ; by John E. Littleboy. 



. Notes on Birds observed near Hitchin; by J. H. Tuke. 



Dec. 13. — Further Notes on Our Birds; by J. E. Littleboy. 



. Report on Phenological Observations in Hertfordshire in 1876 ; 



by the Honorary Secretary. 



Several short communications, which appear in the ' Transac- 

 tions' under the heading of " Miscellaneous Notes and Observations," 



