2 FORMATION OF CLUB. 
chairman, during which any papers which he may have received 
from members of the Club shall be read from the chair. 
VI. That as members must incur some trifling expense in 
reaching the place of the field meetings, no subscription to any 
general fund be required, beyond the amount of five shillings 
yearly, to be laid out in defraying the cost of printing such 
papers as may be selected for that purpose, and to meet any ex- 
penses which may be incurred for stationery, postage, or other 
unavoidable outlay. That the cost of any lithographic or other 
illustrations be defrayed by the author of the paper for which 
they may be required. 
VII. That the papers of the Club be printed in a cheap octavo 
form, and distributed gratuitously to the members. 
VIII. That a class of honorary members be admissible, in 
which shall be included any ladies distinguished by their attain- 
ments in the study of Natural History, or local Antiquities, or 
to whom the Club may be indebted for the communication of 
papers or specimens. 
IX. That at the close of each year the president be requested 
to favour the Club with an address, containing a written sum- 
mary of its proceedings at the several field meetings, together 
with such observations from himself as he may deem conducive 
to the welfare of the Club and the promotion of its objects. 
X. That all candidates for membership shall be proposed. and 
seconded by existing members, either verbally or in writing, at 
any meeting of the Club. 
XI. That the Club shall endeavour to discourage the practice 
of removing rare plants from those localities of which they may 
be characteristic, and of risking the extermination of rare or in- 
teresting birds by wanton persecution. 
XII. That on the other hand, members be requested to use 
their influence with landowners and others for the protection of 
the characteristic birds of the country, and to dispel the preju- 
dices that are leading to their destruction. 
XIII. That consequently the rarer botanical specimens col- 
lected at field meetings, be chiefly such as can be gathered with- 
out disturbing the roots of the plants; and, that notes on the habits 
