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which probably defended the more modern house. Leavmg 

 Brambletye, the party arrived by shady lanes at the height of 

 Ashdown Forest. Parts of the Forest were very swampy. 

 Here Sphagnum was abundant, with some plants of Sundew. 

 Fine patches of Heather and Devil's-bit Scabious were quite 

 features of the Forest. Tlie party then crossing some pic- 

 turesque streamlets, which cut their way through the Hastings 

 Sandstone, reached "Northwood," where they were most 

 hospitably entertained by W. .J. Evelyn, Esq. Noticeable 

 among other interesting objects here were a pair of very 

 diminutive Indian Oxen ; also splendid black, long-horned 

 bulls, used on the estate for ploughing ; and the Crimean 

 Goose, with feathers long and thin, after the character of 

 some of the inferior feathers of the Ostrich. 



On the afternoon of the 26th of September a party of 

 thirteen assembled at Betchworth Station, and walked to 

 Brockham and the banks of the Mole. By the water's edge 

 Sparridnium ne^ilectioii was found. 



Evening Meeting. — December 18th, 1891. 



Mr. W. H. Tyndall read a paper on ' British Spiders.' 



The paper, which was of a descriptive character, was illus- 

 trated by diagrams. 



Mr. Charles E. Salmon read a paper on 'The Nesting of 

 THK Norfolk Plover, and on other species of birds ' : — 



On the invitation of Capt. Verner, a well-known ornitholo- 

 gist, my brother and I left Keigate last May for a few days at 

 Lydd. 



Our chief object was to obtain photographs of some of the 

 eggs of birds breeding on the shingle, and more especially to 

 try and procure one of the nest of tlie Norfolk Plover, or 

 Thick-knee. 



Early the following day a start was made for a tramp on 

 the " Holmstone," a great plain of pebbles, walking on which 

 is greatly eased by wearing a couple of flat boards on the feet, 



