Field Meetings 1908, 313 
Ajuga, Athemis arvensis, just coming into flower, Arenaria 
serphyllifolia, A. trinervia, Bromus vacemosus, Cevastium arvense, 
C. glomevatum, Conopodium, Evodium was curiously rare, Evophila 
vulgaris of the very largest size, Listeva ovata, Lycopsis, was 
unusually rare, Myosotis collina was in pasture or by roadside, 
M. versicolor in tilth. Af. sylvatica was just within a wood by 
railway side and very rare; a ballast casual, I believe. Papaver 
argemone, and P. Rheeas Priorii. Polygala vulgaris, blue fowered, 
was only seen in short park turf. Primula vulgaris, very rare, 
and only by the side of a ditch with limestone water from the 
chalk. Sagina procumbens was in park grass. Sclevanthus annuus, 
was very rare, or we were too early forit. Stellaria graminea 
scarce. Urtica avens confined to the neighbourhood of houses, or 
under trees in the park where cattle stand. Veronicas were in ful] 
force. Seven ferns were noted in the woods. The clay and 
brick pits in the underlying Kimeridge clay were a striking 
contrast to the overlying flora. Alisma plantago, Apium inundatum, 
Carex flucca, C. Goodenowii, C. hivta,C. inflata, Cuicus palustris, 
Epilobium montanum, Equisetum limosum fluviatile,and the hybrid 
arvense x limosum, E. palustve, Galium palustre Witheringit, 
Hydrocotyle. Lemna trisulca was the only species seen—with it was 
the rarely recorded Iicciocarpus natans. Myosotis palustris, Pota- 
mogeton natans, P. polygonifolius, Ranunculus flammula, R. 
hederacens, Sagina apetala, Samolus, Stellaria uliginosa, Tussilago 
and Typha latifolia. 
Mammals were scarce. The rabbit was ubiquitous. ‘The 
best fact noted was in regard to the water vole. Ly the side of the 
large Kimeridge Clay pit east of the Holton-Nettleton road the 
voles make large nests of dry grasses in the Juncus fringe by the 
waterside. I have never met with these before. The circum- 
stances here are most unusual. On one side of the pit there is a 
wide stretch of marshy ground, on the other the retentive clay of 
the pit face. 
As a neighbourhood for birds these sandy soils seemed 
defective. The Green Woodpecker was common; and the 
President carried away a Kestrel as a memorial of a pleasant 
meeting. 
