34 
the following rare captures made during the past summer 
and autumn in the neighbourhood of Bath :— 
1.—A fine specimen of the Azte (Milvus ictinus), shot at Monkton 
Farley, in November. Had been seen hovering about the place for 
several days previous. Formerly common in England, but of late 
years become extremely rare. 
2,—An adult Red-throated Diver (Colymbus Septentrionalis), taken 
alive in a grass field at “The Cloisters,” near Bath, in an exhausted 
state, during the gale of wind on the 14th October. 
3.—A Spotted Crake (Crex porzana), picked up dead on the rail near 
Kelston, with a deep cut across the breast, and supposed to have struck 
in its flight against the telegraph wires. 
4.— Arctic Tern? (Sterna arctica). Several specimens shot on the 
river, near Dundas, during the autumy ; immature, and the species 
not determined with certainty. It is on record that large flocks of 
this species of Tern appeared in the west of England in the spring 
of 1842. 
5.—Black Rat (Mus rattus). Several specimens obtained on sand 
hills near some old warehouses outside Bristol in May last. Common 
formerly, but now rarely met with except in a few old cities and 
towns. 
6.—Sirex gigas. A specimen of this uncommon insect, one of the 
largest of the Hymenopterous order in this country, taken in a house 
in Union Street, Bath, was also exhibited ; followed by remarks on 
some other timber-eating insects, which occasionally make great havoc 
in the rafters of churches and houses. 
This was followed by a paper on Dolebury Camp, contributed 
by the Vice-President (Vide p.1). It is hoped that the 
admirable survey made of that camp by Mr. Dymond, a 
photograph of which Mr. Scarth exhibited in illustration of his 
paper, will be reproduced in a succeeding number of the 
Proceedings. 
On January 18th Mr. Harold Lewis gave a history of the 
beginnings of the Bath Newspaper Press (Vide p. 8), the 
Secretary in the chair; and the 15th of February was originally 
divided between Mr. Charles Moore and the Rev. H. H. Winwood, 
