XXX. FIRST WINTER MEETING. 



Mr. HEWGILL inquired if there had been any increase 

 in the number of nightingales in Dorset and the West 

 of England of late years, as he noticed a great number at 

 Burton Bradstock in 1912. 



Mr. BLATHWAYT replied that the nightingale had been 

 spreading westward all over England during the last 10 

 or 20 years, and was now found in Devonshire, where it 

 used to be unknown. 



Mr. A. POPE alluded to the falling off in the numbers of the 

 corn-crake or landrail. 



(3). " The Flora of Japan," by the Rev. C. H. B. WOODD, 

 illustrated with samples of his collection of pressed 

 specimens. 



