514 president's address. 



thus admitting air and moisture, and causing the death of the 

 trees. This insect appears to be abundant in Germany, and in 

 the north of Europe, where it makes sad havoc in the pine for- 

 ests. In this country it appears to occur most plentifully in the 

 South, although it has been found as far north as Edinburgh, — 

 Thomas John Bold, Long Benton, July 30, 1872. 



ADDRESS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE TYNESIDE 

 NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB, 



READ BY THE PRESIDENT, GEORGE CLAYTON ATKINSON, ESQ., AT THE 

 TWENTY-SIXTH ANNIVERSARY MEETING, HELD IN THE MUSEUM OP 

 THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, ON THURS- 

 DAY, APRIL 18th, 1872. 



Gentlemen, — In closing the duties of President of the Tyneside 

 Field Club, so flatteringly conferred upon me, I beg to lay before 

 you a resume of our out-door proceedings of the year, accom- 

 panied by a few observations of my own. 



May 25. — Lintz Green, on the Derwent, was the first of our 

 pleasant Field Meetings. It was merely an afternoon's excur- 

 sion, the party leaving Newcastle by the 2-5 train. The day, 

 however, was wet, so it was just as well that the distance from 

 home was not farther, nor the time occupied, longer. Rowland's 

 Gill and the gardens at Gibside were visited ; after which some 

 of the party availed themselves of the hospitality of Mr. J. D. 

 Bush, while the rest went on and visited the paper mills of the 

 Messrs. Annandale. 



After tea at Rowland's Gill, Mr. Thompson exhibited a speci- 

 men of the Long-eared Bat (Vespertilio auritus) taken at Styford 

 a few days before. 



June 27. — By well. — A beautiful day brought together a party 

 of about a hundred, of whom nearly one-fifth were ladies. They 

 went from Newcastle at L45 and left the train at Wvlam, where 



