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The swallow stopt as he hunted the bee, 



The snake slipt under a spray, 



The wild hawk stood with the down on his beak, 



And stared, with his foot on the prey, 



And the nightingale thought, I have sung many songs. 



But never a one so gay. 



For he sings of what the world will be 



When the years have died away. 



In proposing a vote of thanks Mr. Walton asked the lecturer if 

 he knew whether the "Butcher Bird " [Lanius excubitor), ever 

 visited this neighbourhood. 



Dr. Eastes said he had not seen it, nor was it recorded in the 

 Secretary's " Rambles round Folkestone," the list in which was 

 drawn up a few years ago by Mr. F. Tolputt, a keen observer of 

 birds. 



The Secretary seconded the vote, remarking in reference to Mr, 

 Walton's question that all our Shrikes are popularly known as 

 " Butcher Birds," and that one, the Red-backed Shrike (L. collurio) 

 was very common here. 



February 21 st. 

 The Aveather was again very unfavourable, but there was a very 

 fair attendance. Microscopes were brought by the President, and 

 Messrs. Hills, Peden, Butt, and Hambridge, and several interesting 

 exhibits were shown. Also on the table were : — 



Variations in the Drinker Moth . . . Mr. Hills 



Collection of Canton Grasses ... Mr. Walton 



Bed backed Shrike ... ... Mr. H. Ullyett 



Great Grey Shrike ... ... Dr. T. Eastes 



The last was of great interest because of the question asked at 

 the previous meeting. 



Bohemian Waxwing from Canada ... Dr. T. Eastes 



March 21st. 



Thirty members present. Mr. Walton read the following paper, 

 entitled 

 TWENTY YEABS' BOTANIZING BOUND FOLKESTONE. 



Since the spring of 1873 the face of the neighbourhood has 

 changed very much indeed, and the changes that have taken place 

 are not of a kind to bring much satisfaction to the mind of a 

 botanist. I can speak to you of things as they used to be as well as of 

 how they now are. Twenty years ago the Sandgate and Sandling 

 branch railway was being made. There was a patch of fruitful 

 ground just at the end of the Sandgate Parade (the road by the sea 



