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the twenty-ninth vohime. No. 339, recently to hand, is for 

 March-i\pril, contains eight pages, and is sold at 3d. ; three- 

 half-pennyworth of which is occupied by a paper on ' Means of 

 Seed Dispersal, Direct, Colateral and Secondary Bird Carriage,' 

 by the Rev. E. Adrian Woodruffe-Peacock. 



SOUTH-EASTERN NATURALISTS 



We were privileged to attend the twenty-third Annual 

 Congress of the South Eastern Unioji of Scientific Societies, 

 which was held in London daring the four daj^s ending June 

 ist. It was well attended, interest in the meetings and 

 jaunts was well maintained, and the Union once more demon- 

 strated the advisability of ' carrving on ' during the present 

 war. Besides the Presidential address of Sir Daniel Morris on 

 ' \ Chapter on the Geographical Distribution of Plants,' there 

 were papers on ' Roman Mints in So nth-Eastern England ' by 

 P. H. Webb ; ' Mosqiii'oes in England,' by Sir Ronald Ross ; 

 ' Meteorolog'cal Instrumejits, and how to read them.' by R. 

 Corless ; 'The Geology of Flint Implements,' by Reginald A. 

 Smith ; ' Allotment Pests,' by R. W. Ascroft. 



AND THEIR EXCURSIONS. 



There were some delightful ' outings.' These included a 

 visit to St. Bartholomew's Church ; the admirable and well- 

 arranged Horniman Museum at Forest Hill, where the Curator 

 Dr. H. S. Harrison, gave an address ; to the Charlton Pits and. 

 ancient Camp (conductor, Mr. W. Whitaker, F.R.S.) ; to the 

 New Transport Co's Works ; Kew Gardens and Herbarium, 

 under the direction of Prof. G. S. Boulger; and to Messrs. vSiebe 

 Gorman & Co's works to examine Diving and Mine-Rescue 

 apparatus. 



LITERATURE. 



There was an abundance of literature. Besides the circular 

 convening the meeting, there was the Daily Bulletin {4 or 

 8 pp.), five of which were issued ; tickets and admission cards 

 galore. In addition each member was presented with a bundle 

 of reprints containing a Prospectus of ' A Survey of Woolwich,' 

 issued ten years ago ; a review of Prof. J. W.. Carr's Inverte- 

 brate Fauna of Notts, published in 1916 ; Catalogue of the 

 South-eastern Union's Library in 1912, with lists of additions 

 since made ; the Report of the Botanical Section, reprinted for 

 the Society's Transactions for 1917, etc. The charge of i/- 

 which was made for each excursion was a little difficult to 

 understand seeing that each visitor paid for his own refresh- 

 ments and railway fare, and the guides gave their services ; 

 possibly the money went towards the printers' bills. On one 

 occasion a check was made and the number of persons present 

 who had not obtained tickets resulted in a nice little sum being 

 added to the funds ! 



Naturalift, 



