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Mr. J. Levick exhibited several specimens of Daphnia Kahlbergensis, showing a 

 remarkable variation in the degree of pointedness of the head ; he also showed Sida 

 crystallina and Argulus foliaceus. — Miceoscopical General Meeting, July 20th. 

 — Mr. E. W.Chase gave an account of a collection of birds presented to the society 

 by Mr. B. J. Glainville, of Grahamstown, South Africa. It consisted of thirty-eight 

 specimens belonging to the three orders, Accipitres, Passeres, and Scansores, twelve 

 families and twenty-three genera. None of them were of great rarity, but many of 

 them very beautiful. A vote of thanks was unanimously passed to Mr. Glainville 

 for his gift. Mr. J. E. Bagnall exhibited Gymnostomum tenue, Gymnodenia 

 conopsea, and Radiola millegrana, all rare in Warwickshire, from Berkswell, 

 and Sagittaria Sagittifolia, from Rowington ; also on behalf of Mr. C. E. Crick 

 a number of rare plants from King's Cliff. Mr. W. B. Grove exhibited 

 JEcidium depauperans, (Vize,) a fungus found on Viola, and distingcished from 

 JE. Violce by the peridia occurring scattered over every part of the plant, even 

 the petals. It so impoverishes the plant that it can scarcely mature its flowers. 

 Mr. W. Southall exhibited leaf of Durio zibetinus, the plant which produces the 

 Durian Fruit. It forms a beautiful microscopic object. Mr. J. F. Greenway 

 exhibited Stephanoceros Eichhornii from Blackroot Pool. 



CARADOC FIELD CLUB.— The first Field Excursion took place on 

 Friday, June 25th. About twenty-five members were present. The walk was 

 from Berringtou Station on the Shrawsbury and Hereford Railway, by Eye and 

 Yarpole — the churches of which places were visited — through the grounds of 

 Croft Castle, to the well-known encampment of Croft Ambrey ; thence to Yatton 

 Court, where Rodney Ward, Esq., had hospitably provided luncheon for the 

 party. A visit was paid to the exposure of Aymestry limestone adjoining the 

 village from which it takes its name. Returning by carriage to Leominster, the 

 excursionists dined together at the Royal Oak Hotel, and after dinner a paper 

 was read by the Rev. T. 0. Rorke on the various objects of antiquarian interest 

 visited during the day. 



DUDLEY AND MIDLAND GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND FIELD 

 CLUB. — This Society held their third Field Meeting for this season on Monday 

 and Tuesday, 28th and 29th June, at Leominster and Kington. The party spent 

 some time in examining the fine old church at Leominster, under the guidance 

 of the Vicar, and then travelled on to Kington, when the evening was spent in 

 examining the tilestones and Ludlow rocks of Bradnor Hill and the Arrow 

 Valley. In this district the Upper Ludlow beds lie directly on the Lower Ludlow, 

 as the intermediate Aymestry limestone, which is so well developed in the 

 typical district of Aymestry, a few miles to the north, is here entirely absent. 

 Next morning the party drove to the romantic little waterfall of " Water-break- 

 its-neck," in Radnorshire. The Ludlow beds here yielded a few fossils to 

 the hammers of the geologists. The botanists were also successful in securing 

 some rare plants. On the Monday evening the Annual Meeting was held at 

 Kington, (C. Cochrane, Esq., Vice-President, in the chair,) when the report of 

 the committee and statement of accounts were read and adopted. Alfred 

 Freer, Esq., was elected President for the ensuing year. 



NOTTINGHAM LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.— A 



Meeting of the Natural Science Section was held June 18th, when a paper was 

 read by Mr. J. J. Harris Teall, M.A., F.G.S., entitled "Archaeological and 

 Historical Notes on the Isle of Man; " and Mr. J. Shipman read a second paper 

 on the " Geology of the Isle of Man." The first of the Annual Excursions of 

 this Society was held on Thursday, July 8th. The excursion was made to Arbor 

 Low, Youlgreave, and Haddon. At the first of these places a paper was read by 

 the conductor, Mr. A. H. Scott White, B.Sc, B.A., F.G.S., &c, on the " Megalithic 

 Circle," which will appear in a future number of this magazine. This paper was 

 illustrated by drawiugs and diagrams (a set being given to each member) and 

 flint implements and pottery. After luncheon at the Bulls Head Hotel, the 

 party visited the fine old church of Youlgreave, when a paper by Mr. S. Dntton 

 Walsh, F.S.A., was read by Mr. A. Marshall, describing the many points of 

 interest. Haddon was reached at 6 p.m. ; here the party divided, some visit- 

 ing the hall, and the rest a quarry in the Carboniferous Limestone. 



