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‘On Local Museums ...........++0+0+-e0+eLhe Rev. W. Bramley-Moore. 
*Additions to the Wycombe Flora, 1867 ......++++++«++++» The Secretary. 
*Our Ferns (communicated) ....eeseceseeeveeeeeeceeeseese Mr, Ullyett. 
*On the Migration of Birds (two papers).....+..+-+++++.2+ Marshall, Esq. 
On the Order Leguminose .......+scsecececeeecseceesess Lhe Secretary. 
The Stones of our Fields ..... Sao - .... The Rey. W. Bramley-Moore. 
*On the Seeds, or Spores, of Fungi (communicated) .... W. G. Smith, Esq. 
A Summary of the Birds of Berks and Bucks 
(communicated) ........+..s+.+.++-Alexander Clark-Kennedy, Esq. 
On Forget-me-nots ........00 cece seees siclefateiwie os seis eee sere oe Secretary. 
The Folk-lore of Frodsham, Cheshire (communicated)..Mr. J. F. Robinson. 
pearangtall ACUreSSs «i. ciejelsieelecinisie sens «sichsieieies oe see celv sce Moe | resident; 
British Reptiles ............ Ssfeitnieis.« ¢ bBisie.sisias oe efad be Rev. Ha hehe 
Water-lilies (communicated) ..........+.0+++++++-. Robert Holland, Esq. 
Besides these, our President has given us two short lectures on Geology, 
and one on Molluscs. Our Annual Conyersazione in the Town Hall was, 
I believe, generally considered a very successful meeting: the attendance 
was larger than on previous occasions, and the objects exhibited were 
more numerous. The Society tenders its best thanks to those ladies who 
kindly supplied tables on that occasion, as well as to those who assisted 
in arranging the objects, and to those who lent them. 
“The Quarterly Magazine of the Society still holds its ground; and the 
number of subscribers has so far increased, that it was thought desirable 
to terminate Vol. I. with the last number published, and to increase the 
number of copies of forthcoming numbers. ‘The papers published haye 
not, judging from the reviews, been lacking in interest ; five of those in the 
above list (marked *) have appeared in its pages: and some haye been 
transferred, wholly, or in part, to other periodicals. When all subscriptions 
for Nos. 5—8 have been paid, the receipts will exceed the expenditure by 
3s. 83d., a result which is satisfactory, both as showing the increased 
appreciation manifested of the Magazine, and as justifying the Society in 
continuing its publication. 
‘“*The Magazine, however, has not been the only work with which the 
Society has been intimately connected during the past season. One of our 
members, Alexander Clark-Kennedy, Esq., has produced an interesting 
volume on ‘* The Birds of Berks and Bucks,’’ which bears internal 
evidence of the assistance rendered to its author by other members of the 
Society. Many of those who were unable to furnish facts for insertion, 
aided, by their subscriptions, the publication of the work. The paper 
**On Local Museums,” by the Rey. W. Bramley-Moore, was published in 
pamphlet form, and a copy was presented to each subscriber to the 
Magazine. I may also mention my own “ List of Buckinghamshire Plants,’’ 
which I haye largely distributed among botanists in the hope of obtaining 
assistance in rendering the work more perfect—a hope which has, to a certain 
extent, been realised. I have before stated my intention to publish, if 
possible, at some later period, a complete Flora of the county, but much 
remains to be done ere such completion can be even approximately 
attained, although some of our members, as well as friends residing in 
other parts of the county, have kindly rendered me much assistance. 
“The project of a Local Museum for Wycombe, which excited much 
attention at our earlier Winter Meetings, has been temporarily abandoned : 
the one great obstacle to its fulfilment being the difficulty of obtaining a 
suitable room for the reception of objects. Indeed, much consideration 
would be necessary before we could commence to carry out such a scheme, 
lest we should attempt more than we could ultimately accomplish, and our 
labour be lost. I must confess that the President’s experience, as well as 
my own, of country museums as at present existing, is anything but 
favourable to their establishment. 
