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exhibits the fauna and flora of a typical mud flat at Breedon Water near 
Great Yarmouth in October, while another, the Broadland case, measuring 
some 26 ft., shows a characteristic scene in June on the Norfolk waterways, 
with the bittern, bearded tit, great-crested grebe, etc., with their nests 
and young, together with associated water plants. 
A third case shows in a similar manner a typical Norfolk loke or lane, 
displaying the tints and colours of the hedgerows in autumn, with abundant 
animal, bird and insect life, fungi and berried plants. 
Surrounding each case is a series of transparent photographs, which are 
changed according to the season of the year, while in the Gallery study 
collections of plants, animals and geology are housed for the benefit of 
students desiring more detailed knowledge of the natural history of the 
county of Norfolk. 
Miss C. A. Simpson.—A regional study in the Cotswolds by members of 
the Leplay Society. 
Aims of the Leplay Society. Their application in and near a Cotswold 
valley. Scope for varied interests and for detailed, intensive study. 
Need for training in observation. Map reading and map making. 
Specimens of work by members and students. Application of the method 
in schools. 
Capt. T. DANNEREUTHER called the attention of delegates to the publi- 
cation by the British Museum (Natural History) of a booklet containing 
five plates of coloured illustrations, together with explanatory text for the 
easy identification of the principal migrant butterflies and moths. This 
booklet (Set E. 57) can be obtained from H.M. Stationery Office, price 
ninepence. Responsible officials of local natural history societies can 
obtain bulk supplies on sale or return at the rate of thirteen for ten shillings ; 
such applications should be addressed to the British Museum (Natural 
History), South Kensington, London, S.W. 7. A pair of lantern slides 
for class and lecture purposes, illustrating all the sixty-eight species of 
butterflies now recognised as British, together with their authorised names, 
are obtainable at cost price, four shillings, from Capt. T. Dannereuther, 
Windycroft, Hastings. 
The following resolutions were passed : 
(1) That this Conference of Delegates of Societies in correspondence 
with the British Association for the Advancement of Science, assembled 
at Norwich, welcomes the facilities afforded by the Town and Country 
Planning Act, 1932, for the preservation of individual sites and objects of 
scientific interest, but views with grave apprehension the indiscriminate 
building development over wide areas of exceptional natural beauty and 
scientific importance; and requests the Council of the Association to 
represent to H.M. Government the urgent necessity for taking immediate 
steps to schedule such areas, as recommended by the National Parks 
Committee (Report, Section 285), 1931, to be developed as national parks. 
(2) That the attention of the respective Councils for the Preservation 
of Rural England, Scotland and Wales be called to the serious effects upon 
the insectivorous bird population through the cutting of hedgerows during 
the breeding season, and the consequent destruction or desertion of the 
birds’ nests; and recommends that the said Councils urge upon local 
administrative authorities the desirability of suspending such operations 
during the nesting period. 
