Abstract of Proceedings. 
1899—1900. 
OrDINARY MEETINGS. 
On the 1st December, 1899, the Rev. J. Kirkman, 
M.A., read a paper entitled ‘Remarks on Fungi,” 
illustrated by specimens and diagrams. After dealing 
with the terminology of the subject, the earliest forms in 
the vegetable world-—viz., lichens and fungi—were 
described. Various species found on the Heath and 
elsewhere in Hampstead were fully enumerated. 
The Hon. Secretary exhibited a specimen of the 
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) cinnamon variety, and a 
living specimen of an albino sparrow caught in Pond 
Street, Hampstead, and lent by Mr. Whiting for 
exhibition. 
On the 12th January, 1900, owing to the sudden 
illness of Mr. E. R. Budden, F.C,S., F.I.C., etc., who 
was to have read a paper on ‘Odd Fish,” Mr. 
E. C. Crump kindly read a paper entitled ‘‘ The Science 
of Character.” 
The Hon. Secretary, on behalf of Mr. Whiting, 
exhibited a case of Lepidoptera illustrating protective 
mimicry among butterflies and moths, and also a speci- 
men of the Kittiwake Gull (Larus tridactylus) caught 
alive near the Hampstead ponds. The Hon. Secretary 
also exhibited a number of objects under the microscope. 
_. On the 2nd February, 1900, Mr. C. O. Bartrum, 
B.Sc., read a paper‘on “ The Mechanics of the Bicycle 
