All Communications and Exchanges intended for the Club 

 should he addressed to the Honorary Secretary, Port-of- 

 Spain, Trinidad, B.W.I. 



JOURNAL 



tfield 'Nfktiii'alij^' Club. 



Vol. 2. APRIL, 1S94. No. 1. 



REPORT OF CLUB MEETINGS. 



2nd February, 1894. 



ORESENT: Mr. H. Caraceiolo, President; Messrs. W. E. 

 Broadway, Charles Libert, T. I. Potter, J. Russell Murray, 

 H.J. Baldamus, T. W. Carr, Henry Tate, R. R, Mole, and F. W. 

 Urich, Hon. Sec. and Treasurer. The following gentlemen were 

 elected Town Members of the Club : Hon. Dr. Lovell, C.M.G., 

 Messrs. J. Graham Taylor, P. Taaffe O'Connor and H. A. 

 Alcazar. Mr. Mole read a paper on '"A Visit to the High-woods 

 of Caparo," which descrihed lappe, agouti and quenk hunting as 

 carried on in the forests of Trinidad. The President showed 

 specimens of a mealy hug, Dactylopius sp. affecting coffee, and 

 a peculiar Mantis. He also made some remarks on a tick found 

 on cattle in the neighbourhood of Port-of-Spain which had been 

 determined as fihipicephalus americanus (Marx). Messrs. Mole 

 and Urich laid on the table a Preliminary List of Trinidad 

 reptiles showing a total of 7'.) species viz : 



Tortoises ... ... ... 7 species 



Alligators ... ... ... 1 ,, 



Lizards ... ... ... 21 ,, 



Snakes ... ... ... ."J I 



Frogs and toads ... ... ... 10 ,, 



7-°> specie s 



The compilation of this list had been the work of the last 



four years and there were still a great many more species to be 



added. Mr. Urich stated that the list was drawn up in the 



