Proceedings. Bt 



abundance as to give a bluish tinge to the field in one place 

 by its lovely flowers. Two other scarce plants were found in 

 the same neighbourhood, Hypericum undulatum and Sibthorpia 

 europcRa. 



The paper was illustrated by a large number of specimens 

 of the plants referred to, and by a large series of photographs. 

 Mr. Salmon also exhibited eggs of the Manx Shearwater and 

 Oystercatcher which he found in the Scilly Isles. 



Evening Meeting. — Februaky 21st, 1891. 



Young people were specially invited to attend. 



Mr. Henry M. Wallis, of Eeading, gave an address on ' A 

 Natural History Tour in Norway.' 



Mr. Wallis described the birds met with on the coast, in 

 the forest region, and on the bare fells. 



On a small island not far from Christiansund, he met with 

 Curlew, Eedshauli, White-tailed Eagle, Eider Duck, Great 

 Black-backed Gull, Common Gull, about a hundred pairs of 

 Common and Arctic Terns, Skuas, a pair of Turnstones, 

 whose deserted nest he found covered with a tuft of grass, and 

 Sheldrake which had nine young. 



Near the head of the fiord he watched an Osprey plunge 

 into the water in pursuit of fish. Mr. Wallis called attention 

 to the toes of the Osprey, which move on a freer basis than 

 those of the Eagle. 



On the lower slopes the Pied Flycatcher is an abundant 

 bird. It often nests in boxes put up for the purpose in gar- 

 dens, or against the telegraph poles, and at the railway 

 stations. 



In the forest region, amongst the Scotch firs and birches, 

 Woodcock, Eedstart, Chaffinch, Brambling, Northern Bull- 

 finch, Fieldfare, Song Thrush, Eedwing, Mealy Eedpole, and 

 Merlin, were met with. The Brambling, unlike its congener 

 the Chaffinch, often lays eight eggs. The Fieldfares com- 

 monly nest in colonies ; you may meet with two hundred 



