The Warwickshire Naturalists' and Archaeologists' 

 Field Club held its Annual Meeting at the Museum, 

 Warwick, on Tuesday, March 2nd, 1879. The following 

 papers were read and discussed: "On certain Superficial 

 Deposits near Coventry," by W. Andrews, Esq. " On 

 the Municipal Regalia, Seals, and Coinage of the City of 

 Coventry." by W. G. Fretton, Esq., F.S.A. " On the 

 Origin and Use of Mineral Phosphates as a Manure," 

 by the Rev. P. B. Brodie, M.A., F.G.S., Vice-President, 

 Vicar of Rowington, Rural Dean. " On the Lowest 

 Stratum of the Lower Keuper White Sandstone (Water- 

 stones)," by W. Andrews, Esq. " On a supposed down- 

 throw in the Permian Strata between the boreholes at 

 Spon End, Coventry," by W. Andrews, Esq. 



The first Summer Meeting was held at Bredon Hill, 

 Worcestershire, on Wednesday, May 12th, 1880, The 

 members drove from Evesham to Bredon Hill. The 

 beautiful church at Elmley, lately restored, was visited, 

 and the ancient British entrenchment on the ascent of the 

 hill, which the President considers was a frontier fortress 

 of the Dobuni. Higher up a quarry of Inferior Oolite on 

 the top was examined, but no fossils were found. A 

 sketch of the Geology of the district was given by the 

 Vice-President, near the Tower, where a magnificent 

 view is obtained over the Vales of Evesham and 

 Gloucester, which includes the Oolites, Lias, and Trias, 

 and in the more distant ranges towards and beyond the 

 Malverns, Hereford, and the Welsh hills, the Old Red 

 Sandstone, Silurian, and Prae-Cambrian rocks. The only 

 plant of any interest noticed was Cerastiiim arvense. 



