74 Proceedings. 
The following Officers were elected :— 
President. Mr. Frederick Hughes. 
Secretary. Mr. Albert J. Crosfield. 
Treasurer. Miss Ethel Sargant. 
Curator. Mr. John Linnell. 
Committee. Messrs. T. R. Chapman, T. Cooper, J. B. Cros- 
field, W. Cochrane, B.A., the Rev. G. Currie 
Martin, Messrs. D. P. Poulter, C. E. Salmon, 
A. Trower, and W. H. Tyndall. 
The Rev. R. Ashington Bullen presented some valuable 
Fossils collected in North Kent. 
Dr. Bossey exhibited roots of the Common Pea and Ever- 
lasting Pea, and called attention to the tubers upon them, which 
have the property of restoring nitrogen to the soil. 
Mr. A. J. Crosfield called attention to the same feature in 
another leguminous plant, Tetragonolobus purpureus. 
Miss Ethel Sargant gave an address on 
SEEDLINGS OF ARUM MACULATUM. 
The address was illustrated with diagrams and specimens. 
Mr. Albert J. Crosfield described the 
Birps aND Piants oF TanereR, Morocco. 
The month of April was specially favourable for seeing birds, 
as many were passing on migration. All through the month 
Bee-eaters were passing over in flocks varying in numbers from 
3 or 4 to 70. They floated along against the east or north 
wind, uttering their plaintive whistle as they flew. 
Seven White Storks were seen passing over the town on 
April 8rd ; probably the stream of migration was then almost at 
an end. Storks were scen in pairs in the fields; and on 
April 11th about a dozen pairs were nesting on the thatched 
