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The President, in a brief address, acknowledged the flattering terms in 
which he had been re-elected: and made a few remarks relative to the 
desirability of forming a Museum in connection with the Society. 
The formal business of the evening being concluded, an inspection of the 
objects exhibited ensued. The President showed several entomological 
specimens, including the Clouded Yellow (Colias Edusa) taken at Wycombe 
five years ago, and referred to its recent reappearance in the district. Liv- 
ing specimens of many local wild flowers were on the table, including the 
Great Burnet Saxifrage (Pimpinella magna) new to the district, Cat-mint 
(Nepeta Cataria), Calamint (Calumintha officinalis), &c.; plants of the Grass 
of Parnassus (Parnassia palustris), and Dwarf Centaury (Zrythrea puichella), 
from Liverpool, were much admired. Miss Chandler brought two fasciculi 
of dried plants: and dried specimens of the small, but rare, Waterworts 
(Zlatine hexandra and £. hydropiper), and Cyperus fuscus were shown by 
the Secretary. A short address, ‘‘On the Stomachs of Insects,’’ was given 
by the President in the course of the evening: those of the Beetles, Cricket, 
Mole Cricket, and Grasshopper being selected for illustration. A vote of 
thanks to J. Edwards, Esq., and Mrs. Edwards, for the kind reception given 
to the Society, brought a very pleasant meeting to a close. 
The following from Mr. Ullyett, in acknowledgment of the microscope pre- 
sented to him by the Society, has been received by the Secretary :— 
‘*«S, Mary’s Schools, Folkestone, 
“September 20th, 1867. 
*« Dear Srr,—Please to convey to the members of our Society my warmest 
thanks for the valuable present they have forwarded. They could not haye 
chosenany thing more useful to me, and it will alwaysserve toremind me of the 
pleasant rambles and conversaziones I enjoyed in their company while I was 
at Wycombe. I heartily wish the Society a long continued life, and that 
the success now attending it may never decrease. I hope ere long to hear 
that they have established a Museum in the town. 
“Believe me, my dear Sir, yours faithfully, 
“Hy. Uniyert.” 
Books Received. 
A Summary of the Occurrences of the Grey Phalarope in Great Britain 
during the Autumn of 1866. By J. H. Gurney, Jun. (London: Van Voorst.) 
This is a very neatly got up little pamphlet, and will prove exceedingly 
interesting to the ornithologist, especially to him who makes our Birds of 
Passage a fayourite study. Phalaropus lobatus is a northern bird, and visits 
