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to the distribution and breeding of the commoner sorts. He 
thought the time was come when this should be done. The 
British Ornithologists’ Union had appointed a committee to 
revise the nomenclature of British birds, and the list they had 
drawn up would shortly be published. He would be very 
happy, taking this as a foundation, to collect and edit as 
complete a list as possible of the birds of the county, in the 
preparation of which he invited assistance from all in Glou- 
cestershire who are interested in the subject. 
Dr. Parner referred to the importance of a Meteorological 
Register for the county, and advocated the annual collection 
and publication of facts under that head. 
Mr. Taunron, C.E., then offered a few remarks introductory 
to a paper which he proposes to contribute to the Transactions 
of the Club on the “ Valley of the Churn, and the Borings at 
the Barton.” It would appear from Mr. Taunron’s experi- 
ments, that the River Churn in its course over the Oolite parts 
with a large proportion of its waters, which making their way 
through fissures in the substratum, form an underground 
stream not greatly inferior in volume to that which passes 
above ground. The borings at the Barton have been directed 
to the tapping of this subterranean source, which was reached 
at a depth of 93 feet, when the water sprung to the surface 
with considerable force, yielding with a 3} inch bore about 
1800 gallons per hour. At Mr. Bowny’s brewery, with a larger 
bore, and at a somewhat greater depth, water was obtained 
yielding a flow of 3000 gallons per hour. 
With the termination of Mr. Taunron’s address, the pro- 
ceedings of the day came to a conclusion, and the party 
separated. 
The Second Field Meeting of the season was held on June 
21st. I was debarred by illness from being present at this 
very interesting meeting, and am indebted to our Secretary 
for a report of the proceedings of the day. 
The Club on this occasion availed itself of the recent 
opening of the new line of rail from Cheltenham to Oxford, 
