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Field Meetings. 
On the 5th May, rgoo, the first Summer Meeting 
was held at Kew Gardens, in connection with the 
Selborne Society. Professor Boulger, F.L.S., F.G.S., 
kindly conducted the party and gave demonstrations. 
On Thursday, 7th June, 1900, by Lord Mansfield’s 
kind permission, a ramble in Kenwood took place. Mr. 
J. E. Whiting and the Hon. Secretary conducted the 
party. 
On the 28th July, 1900, a party of members and 
friends, numbering 31, visited the Rothschild Museum 
of Zoology at Tring, by kind permission of the Hon. 
Walter Rothschild, M.P. Dr. Hartert, director of the 
museum, kindly gave information and answered ques- 
tions. Tea was provided at the Rose and Crown 
Hotel, Dr. Gwynn, a Vice-President, presiding. After- 
wards the party drove to Aldbury and walked up into 
Ashridge Park, finally driving to Berkhampstead Station. 
Owing to the Essex Field Club’s Museum at 
Chingford being under rearrangement, and the exhibits 
in a transitional state, the meeting which was to have 
been held there in September did not take place. 
