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aloe leaves they would often spread out their tails like a fan, 
showing conspicuously the white fringe. When on the ground 
they had much the manner of Nightingales. 
Three Norfolk Plovers rose from the foot of a stony hill near 
the Atlantic sea-board on May 6th. 
Other species met with at Tangier were :—House Sparrow in 
great abundance ; Serin Finch (a pair were generally twittering 
in the tree-tops in the Hotel garden); Ultramarine Tit; Thrush; 
Blackbird; Robin; Linnet; Goldfinch; Calandra Lark, one 
pair; Wood Lark; Crested Lark, very abundant in the corn- 
fields; Corn Bunting; Raven; Buzzard; Algerian Chaffinch ; 
Grey Shrike; Ortolan Bunting, in a small flock feeding on 
sandy ground; and two kinds of small Warbler, probably the 
Melodious Warbler and the Western Olivaceous Warbler. 
Mr. Crosfield exhibited about 60 specimens of plants from 
the neighbourhood of Tangier. 
Meertne, held at Redhill, 25th of November, 1898. 
The President nominated Dr. Bossey and Mr. W. H. Tyndall 
as Vice-Presidents for the year. 
The Secretary read parts of a letter from Mr. W. A. Brewer 
offering to present to the Club a collection of fossils and a 
collection of British plants. The Secretary was asked to 
convey the thanks of the Club to Mr. Brewer. 
Mr. C. E. Salmon presented a reprint from the ‘ Journal of 
Botany ’ of “* Notes from Cantire.” 
Mr. C. E. Salmon mentioned that a Potamogeton in the 
Power collection belonging to the Club has been identified by 
Mr. Arthur Bennett, F.L.S., as P. rutilus, Wolfg., a species 
new to Great Britain. It is not certain whether it was 
gathered in Warwickshire or Staffordshire. 
