18 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



water colored red. The liquid ascended in the wood, and tinged 

 the leaves, and the color spread downwards in the bark. Several 

 experiments were instanced which tend to show that leaves exhale 

 much moisture during the day; and similar cases were mentioned 

 showing the action of the capillary vessels of the roots in absorbing 

 moisture. 



Mr. J. B. Crosfield read some notes on Ornithological observations 

 made during the past year. He gave particulars as to dates of 

 migration, songs, and nesting of various species as noticed by 

 himself, and also respecting observations of the Brambling, Wood- 

 lark, Dartford Warbler, and other birds. He also exhibited a. 

 specimen of the Gray Phalarope which was shot while swimming in 

 a brook, at Ham Farm, near Redhill, by Mr. J. G. Marriage on the 

 16th October last, the day following a severe gale. He also gave 

 the following particulars of the occurrence of rare birds in this 

 neighbourhood, as supplied to him by Mr. Reeves, of Holmesdale 

 Road, by whom the specimens had been preserved ; viz a pair of 

 Black Terns shot by a man named Apps, at Earlswood Pond, in 

 September, 1875, and since seen and identified by Mr. Howard 

 Saunders ; a Peregrine Falcon shot at Clay Hall Farm, in October, 

 1876, by Mr. Williams; a female Great Gray Shrike caught alive 

 near Flanchford Bridge on the 21st November last; this bird 

 died shortly after, being apparently diseased ; a male of the same 

 species caught in a trap at Buckland, a few years ago ; and 

 several other species. 



Evening Meeting, Jan. lllh, 1878. Mr. Fleming exhibited 

 a number of specimens of Australian birds, comprising about 30 

 species, and made some observations in reference to their most 

 striking characteristics. He also exhibited several Marsupials and 

 other animals from Australia. 



Mr. Sydney Webb exhibited the following species of Lepidoptera 

 for record ; viz. Coleophora ochrea taken in April and August, 1877, 

 on the Downs at Caterham Junction ; the species of this genus have 

 not hitherto been supposed either to hybernate or to have more 

 than one brood in the year, but these captures would point to one 

 or the other cause, which further investigation must decide ; Nep- 

 ticula arcuata, and Antispila Treitschkiella, rare Tineinse from 

 Reigate Hill. 



Mr. Sydney Webb also read some statistics and other parti<;ulars 

 relating to the meteorology of the year 1877. 



