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railway. A single Sand Martin, the only one seen during the 

 day, was noticed shortly after leaving Gomshall Station. 

 Ascending the deep lane from the village, a Cirl Bunting was 

 observed singing in a Beech-tree, although the song of its 

 near relative, the YeUowhammer, had not been heard for 

 some weeks. Further on, the harsh scream of Jays was 

 heard, and the loud rattle-Uke note of the Missel Thrush. 

 The abundance of both these species, especially the latter, of 

 which flocks numbering twenty or thirty were seen, led to the 

 conclusion that they were probably migratory visitors arrived 

 from further north, as there seemed more of both species than 

 are likely to be resident in the immediate neighbourhood. The 

 Yew-trees appeared to be an attraction to the Missel Thrushes. 

 Fungi were the special object of search on this excursion, but 

 they were not met with, in as great variety as usual. At this 

 early hour the grass was laden with hoar frost, and in exposed 

 situations soft fleshy fungi were found hard-frozen. Among 

 the woods Lactarius hlennhis and Hijffrophonis ebitrnetis were 

 met with plentifully, and the beautiful white Ayaricus muc'idus 

 was found growing on dead or doomed boughs of Beech. 

 Primroses and Dog Violets were found in flower in various 

 places on an open sunny slope amongst the woods. Gentiana 

 awareUa was plentiful on the chalky hillsides. On the aixival 

 of the second detachment the party was increased to twelve, 

 and proceeded by the lanes and fields in the direction of 

 Abinger. Soon after passing Abinger Hammer a quantity of 

 Soapwort (SajwTiaria officinalis) was found in flower at the top 

 of the bank by the road-side, a locality that does not appear 

 in the ' Flora of Surrey.' At Abinger the ohuroh was visited, 

 where harvest decorations were going forward, and some time 

 was then spent among the Pine-woods close by. Amongst 

 the Fungi here found, the rich crimson Cortinarius sanguineus 

 was very plentiful, and deserves mention. The route then led 

 in a westerly or south-westerly direction along paths and lanes 

 through the woods, amidst beautiful country, to Felday, In 

 the Pine-woods above this village the well-known Chantarelle 

 [Cantharellus cibarius) was found very abundantly, and one of 

 the party collected a large quantity to take home, intending to 

 have them cooked for supper. From here the lane was 



