Proceedings. cxH. 



also living larvae of several species; Mr. Lovett, Argidus 

 foliacens preserved in fluid (under his microscope), a starfish 

 {Uraster glacialis), over i8 inches in diameter, caught on a 

 deep sea line off Jersey, also scavenger beetles at work from 

 Tilgate Forest ; Mr. Low Sargeant, A rgiilus foliacens {ali-ve, 

 under microscope, polarised), some excellent photographs of 

 views and of members of the party taken during the excursion 

 to Guildford in August. 



Ordinary Meeting, October loth, 1883. 

 John Berney, Esq., F.R.M.S., President, in the Chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed. 



The following gentlemen were elected members of the 

 Club :—E. Garnet Man, Esq., and Wm. Aldridge, Esq. 



A " List of Ephemeridse found in the neighbourhood of 

 Croydon," by the Rev. A. E. Eaton, was taken as read. 

 (Trajis. Art. 38.) 



The President announced that on the 2gth September a 

 number of members of the Club, accompanied by some ladies, 

 paid a visit to the Zoological Gardens, and that, although the 

 weather was wet, a very pleasant afternoon was spent there. 

 The President also announced that on the 14th November a 

 paper would be read by Howard Saunders, Esq., F.Z.S., 

 upon the " Fauna of Spain." He then read a letter which he 

 had received from Mr. N. Waterall, describing how a starling, 

 having become entangled in the branches of a tree by means 

 of a piece of string which was fastened to its leg, was fed by 

 a thrush. 



The following donations were announced : — ^Journal of the 

 Northamptonshire Nat. Hist, and Field Club (No. 14) ; 6th 

 Annual Report of the Hackney Micro, and Nat. Hist. Soc. ; 

 " Science Gossip " for October; Report of the South London 

 Micro. Soc. 



Mr. A. B. Earn then read a very interesting paper entitled 

 *' A Week in the Fens or Broads of Norfolk." {Trans. Art. 39.) 



After a short discussion, in which the Rev. E. M. Geldart, 

 Dr. Carpenter, Mr. Straker, Mr. McKean, Mr. Fuller, 

 and Mr. Henry Turner took part, the meeting passed a hearty 

 vote of thanks to Mr. Earn. 



With the permission of the President, Dr. Carpenter then 

 called the attention of the members of the Club to the scheme 

 for the enlargement of the Public Hall, and stated that collectors 

 were about to go round for subscriptions to defray the cost of 

 such enlarijement. 



